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Another article on it from Yahoo sports.
I don’t know the layout of the parking lot or how the car the victim was in was parked.(the article above says they were able to drive away. Did they hit something? Smash into Miller’s car, drive away unobstructed so they weren’t really “blocked”…etc)
But if it can be proven that Miller purposefully parked the car to block any sort of escape route, and knowingly brought a gun to the scene where he just blocked said escape route, I think it could be legally inferred that he knowingly helped commit a crime.
Now whether or not he knew it was going to be murder…it might be tough to make that leap. It seems obvious in hindsight but he could easily lie and say he didn’t know the gun was loaded or that it was going to be used at all.
But if through text/testimony/video (security camera) proof, the DA can prove with certainty that Miller blocked the victims car in to keep the victim from escaping whatever harassment was about to befall her (turned out to be her murder) then they can probably tag Miller legally.
That’s a lot of ifs…so we shall see what happens.
Guys “step away” from programs and get kicked off of teams all the time for making poor judgement decisions. Bringing a gun to a guy that was obviously not in the right state of mind is near the top of the list. He should be suspended for the season.
No need to abandon him though. Some mentorship, counseling, contrition, positive deeds, and good publicity would do the young man some good over the next few months leading up to the draft…but that sort of lack of situational awareness and poor decision making needs to have consequences.
Didn’t Texas fire Chris Beard even though he didn’t legally “do something wrong”?