Brandon Miller is guilty..

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What's more, when considering why the gun was left in Miller's car, it must be mentioned that security at Club 1225 pats down guests before they enter the business.

Extensive reporting through the progression of the case all but personally confirms that Brandon Miller was the designated driver that night and spent most of the evening at a restaurant in nearby downtown Tuscaloosa.

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All of the witness evidence for probable cause in the capital murder cases presented by Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit investigator Brendan Culpepper hinged exclusively on the statements given by Johnson to police

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In response, Culpepper claimed Davis became belligerent, asking Johnson if he knew who he was and what he would do to him. The investigator, when under cross examination, said Johnson was the only person involved who gave such a testimony.

Indeed, when under oath during the preliminary hearing, Humphrey did not corroborate the investigator's claims. Instead, she testified that she never heard Davis, nor anyone else for that matter, make any threats, despite being in the Jeep.

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Still, Miles told investigators that, while standing alongside the Jeep and trying to corral his friends away from the situation,

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he saw a gun passed from the front passenger of the vehicle to Johnson in the back seat

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. Indeed, Miles can be seen on video visibly urging the two other men to leave the area, to which they eventually comply without any further escalation

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While video evidence does not conclusively show if a handgun is indeed being transferred during this initial interaction, it does appear to show Harris in the passenger seat leaning forward toward the glovebox, before then twisting her body around as if handing something to Johnson in the back seat.

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At roughly the same time as these messages were sent, Cedric Johnson is recorded on video getting out of the black Jeep still parked at Grace Street and University Boulevard with its hazard lights on.

It must be noted that Johnson appears to be wearing sweat/track pants during the night of the shooting and can be seen at this point now favoring his right hip and concealing his right hand throughout this section of video.

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Once on the other side of the street, Johnson goes up to speak to a group of people, most notably 23-year-old Birmingham-area native Shu'Bonte Greene.

Greene was subpoenaed to testify during the preliminary hearing in February, but did not show up to court that morning in the Tuscaloosa County Jail courtroom. Defense attorneys told Patch Cedric Johnson had not yet been successfully served a subpoena.

According to arrest documents from Jefferson County obtained by Patch, Greene has an extensive criminal history that includes a 2021 arrest for receiving stolen property, attempting to elude a police officer, unlawfully carrying of a pistol and burglary.

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At the same time, security camera footage during the hair-tugging fist fight near CVS still shows the black Jeep circling the block.

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It's at this time the Jeep can be seen pulling up to the yield sign at Grace Street and [img]immediately switching off its headlamps once it comes within its eyeshot of Davis[/img], who is walking the opposite direction and does not appear to see the Jeep or even turn to look back after the lights flash off.

Indeed, the headlamps snap off fast, presenting an eerie image to this reporter that, given the aforementioned details, casts an insidious look after the Jeep had been trolling the immediate vicinity after the brief verbal spat off of University Boulevard.

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At roughly the same time, the black Jeep is captured on video executing a U-turn nearby and starting back down Grace Street in their direction, eventually pulling in behind Miller's car.

And after all, this followed the Jeep circling the block with time enough to have an unexplained meeting with others nearby — all in the time it took for a full-on fight to commence near CVS and be broken up.

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From one angle in particular, when the first shot can be heard, an initial muzzle flash can be clearly seen inside the Jeep on the driver's side. This was followed by two more bright muzzle flashes from the same spot within the blacked-out windshield as Davis is now seen in the open and away from the Jeep returning fire.

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