Members of Williams's NBA charity basketball team were present at the scene. "I just want to start today by offering our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Jamea Harris, a young woman, daughter and a mother who was taken away too soon in a senseless act," he said. Martin testified that Sherra Wright recruited him and Turner to kill Lorenzen Wright. A Memphis native, the 6-foot, 11-inch Wright played 13 seasons for the Memphis Grizzlies and four other NBA teams, after. ", On Saturday, Alabama had announced before its game against LSU that Miles would miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury. University of Alabama basketball player provided gun for shooting, court document says. All Rights Reserved. Coffee called Wright "a sacred son'' of Memphis and told his mother, Deborah Marion, that the trial might not bring her closure but to "celebrate the good'' about her son. In a statement Sunday, the university said Miles, a junior reserve forward from Washington, D.C., is no longer on the team. Alabama head coach Nate Oats said he is limited in what he can say about Miles when he spoke to reporters in a brief news conference in Tuscaloosa on Monday. He will be sentenced for the other charges at a later date. He had retired from the league when he was killed. Alabama basketball player, 2nd man charged with murder. Ja Morant, one of basketball's brightest young stars and a starting guard in the recent NBA All-Star Game, has been accused of both beating up a 17-year-old boy and threatening a . Daniel Kreps. Hightower was detained by authorities on Saturday night, jail logs show. Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, 21, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in a shooting that killed a 23-year-old woman last month, will be held without bond . Billy Ray Turner is charged with conspiring with Wright's ex-wife in the slaying. New Jersey Nets guard Terrence Williams (left), seen during a 2010 game in Orlando, Fla., is among 18 former NBA players charged with defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan. 2023 Cable News Network. [9] After sitting out the entire 19992000 season, Williams officially announced his retirement on June 28, 2000, at the age of 32 after 11 seasons. Morant and his friend then allegedly pummeled the teenager with over a dozen punches. Police spokesman Carlos Campos said Friday night that police have secured a murder warrant for the arrest of Crittenton in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Jullian Jones on Aug. 19. Mark Edward Dooley is facing those charges in Valley . Turner, a landscaper in the Memphis suburb of Collierville, and Sherra Wright attended the same church. Wright's decomposing body was found riddled with bullet wounds in a swampy field in east Memphis on July 28, 2010. He declared for the NBA Draft on April 18 but at that time, he was planning to keep his eligibility and the option for him to return to school open. "It'll never be closure, because I'll never see my son again,'' Marion said. Martin testified that he and Turner met with Sherra Wright to plan the killing and went to Lorenzen Wright's condominium in Atlanta to shoot him, with an understanding that he would get paid. He said the shooting resonated with him because he has daughters, but he also had to talk to Miles' mother about what happened, too. At the time of Wright's slaying, Martin was facing charges of killing his girlfriend, and he said his cousin helped pay part of his legal fees. Alabama junior forward Darius Miles was arrested on Sunday and charged with capital murder following a shooting in the early morning hours on Sunday in Tuscaloosa. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee told Billy Ray Turner that his trial in Wright's slaying is scheduled to begin Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File) The Associated Press. A week prior to that incident, however, Memphis Police were called to a nearby mall in July 2022 after Morant and a group of nine people attempted to confront an employee at a Finish Line sporting goods store who had some sort of dispute with Morants mother. The New York Post reported that Williams was playing with a shotgun while giving a tour of his 30,000-square-foot (2,800m2) home when the weapon fired, killing Christofi. Williams' father, Elijah Joshua Williams, died of a stroke aged 76 in November 2009. Apr 26, 2020. He additionally received a $16,433 fine for the damage to the tree. Both incidents in the Washington Post report came months before The Athletic reported that members of Morants entourage had a heated exchange with players on the Indiana Pacers during and following a game against the Memphis Grizzlies. 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The allegations against Morant come that same day as the star guard became the face of a new marketing campaign by energy drink company Powerade. All Rights Reserved. That charge arose because the death involved shots fired into a vehicle, Kennedy said. [14][15] The court repeatedly delayed the retrial for a series of reasons, such as the State's 2008 appeal of a ruling relating to prosecutorial misconduct at the first trial. The jury will be sequestered. Citing witness testimony, Scofield said Turner responded: "What do you want me to do, Sherra?''. Turner and Sherra Wright were indicted in December 2017, more than seven years after the killing. 6-keys: media/spln/collegebasketball/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. In a statement to the Washington Post, Morants agent Jim Tanner called the allegations unsubstantiated rumors and gossip that were put out by people motivated to tear Ja down and tarnish his reputation for their own financial gain., Any and every allegation involving a firearm has been fully investigated and could not be corroborated. I've never seen a newbie go to jail and not cry the first two months every night, scream and have to get suicide prevention in front of his cell." As of Thursday, the family member for whom Crittenton rented the SUV was the prime suspect in the shooting, but late Thursday police received new information that helped them identify Crittenton as the triggerman, according to the source. The two later parted. Morant then put his chin into the boys shoulder, asked a friend Do I do it to him? and then allegedly punched the boy in the face, forcing him to the ground. A witness, Jimmie Martin, told authorities about the Atlanta plot and that he helped Turner and Sherra Wright clean the crime scene, authorities said in the affidavit. He was convicted on four counts of trying to cover up the shooting. Outside the courtroom, Marion told reporters she was elated with the verdict. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been charged in his slaying, more than seven years after his body was found in a field in . And not one person died that night, two people died. She entered a surprise guilty plea to facilitation of murder in July 2019 and Judge Lee Coffee sentenced her to 30 years in prison. Michael Wright was allegedly drugged and murdered by his roommate. Armed with handguns, Turner and Martin went to Wright's condo in Atlanta, entered through a window and found someone sleeping on the couch in the living room -- but it was not Lorenzen Wright, Martin testified. University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, 21, has been charged with murder. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File). [208] Trevor Crowe. Williams spent the remainder of his career with the Nets and was an All-Star in 1998. Witnesses, however, told police that the teenager squared up to fight Morant after the ball-throwing incident, and didnt mention the gun. CNN has reached out to the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney and attorneys for Miles and Davis for comment but has not heard back. 12 Vols lose starting PG Zeigler to torn ACL, Tide's Oats takes blame for Miller's 'TSA' intro, Iowa State dismisses third-leading scorer Grill, Davis within 25 points of tying Maravich's mark, USC, OU, Seton Hall, Iowa in new hoops tourney, Man pleads guilty for trying to extort GT, Pastner, 5 things to know as Antoine Davis is set to pass 'Pistol' Pete's scoring record, Sizing up the player of the year winners in all 32 Division I men's conferences. Crittenton then took out his own gun. A 15-person jury was seated Monday in the trial of Billy Ray Turner, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder and conspiracy. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. He could face life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder. Both suspects appeared in a Tuscaloosa court Tuesday for a bond hearing, court records show. Turner's trial had been set for October 2020, but it was postponed after the Tennessee Supreme Court suspended trials last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Williams was the principal owner of the New Jersey Storm of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). According to CNN, Miles was arrested due to a shooting that transpired on Sunday (Jan. 15 . Another gun police said was the murder weapon in Wright's killing was found in a north Mississippi lake about two months before Turner and Sherra Wright were charged and arrested. ATLANTA -- Javaris Crittenton, the former NBA player once suspended by the league for bringing a gun into the Washington Wizards' locker room, has been charged with murder in the shooting of a woman on an Atlanta street. A University of Alabama basketball player was arrested on charges of murder this weekend. Miles, 21, and Michael Lynn Davis, 20, of Charles County, Maryland, were both charged with capital murder. In 1996, Williams proposed during halftime of a nationally televised basketball game to model Cynthia Bailey. It was later found by FBI divers. 1A 55-year-old Meridian man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife in McCall on Feb. 18. Crittenton was suspended for the final 38 games of the 2009-10 season by the NBA after he and Arenas acknowledged bringing guns into the locker room. ATLANTA -- Javaris Crittenton, the former NBA player once suspended by the league for bringing a gun into the Washington Wizards' locker room, has been charged with murder in the shooting of a . His decomposing body was found riddled with bullet wounds in east Memphis on July 28, 2010. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. DETROIT -- A former captain of the Michigan State University basketball team was charged with murder Monday in the fatal shooting of a man here, authorities said. Miles signed with Alabama in the 2020 class out of Washington, D.C., as a four-star prospect in the 247Sports rankings and a top-50 national prospect. Twelve of the 15 jurors will end up deciding whether to find Turner guilty or acquit him. 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