Michael “Buzz” Davis, charged in the fatal shooting of Jamea Jonae Harris on the Tuscaloosa Strip, is seeking youthful offender status.

Davis, 20, and former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, 21, are charged with capital murder in the Jan. 15 slaying of the 23-year-old Harris.

Davis’s attorney, John Robbins, confirmed that he has applied for youthful offender status for his client. Since that application has been made, existing court files for Davis are now sealed and not available for public viewing until a judge decides on the request.

According to the state’s Youthful Offender statute, if a person charged with a crime in an adult court in Alabama is under the age of 21 at the time of the alleged offense, that person has the right to make an application with the court requesting Youthful Offender status be granted.

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Under the statute, a person deemed a youthful offender serves no more than three years if convicted, among other benefits.

The hearing for the request is set for July.

Davis and Miles were set to go before a Tuscaloosa County judge on May 24 to be arraigned and again request that bond be set. Davis will not be part of that hearing now.

Both were indicted in March following a preliminary hearing during which both were denied bond at that point. Both remain held without bond in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.

Attorneys for both men have previously claimed their clients could have been in fear that night.

They said they had seen a gun in the victims’ vehicle and noted that when they could have left the area before the shooting, they instead came back, turned off their vehicle lights and stopped.

Miles is represented by attorneys Mary Turner, Kayla Griffin and Grace Prince.

During the preliminary hearing, lead Det. Branden Culpepper testified that the shooting happened about 1:45 a.m. that Sunday in the 400 block of Grace Street off University Boulevard.

It was in that hearing that it was first revealed publicly that basketball players Brandon Miller and Jaden Bradley were also at the scene of the shooting.

Harris, who is survived by her 5-year-old son, Kaine, was in Tuscaloosa that weekend with her boyfriend, Cedric Johnson, and her cousin, Asia Humphrey, who is a student at the University of Alabama.

Harris, her boyfriend, Cedric Johnson, and her cousin, Asia Humphrey had gone to Twelve25 club that night and then stopped at Quick Grille to get food. They were in Harris’ black Jeep.

Darius Miles, Michael Davis and Jaden Bradley had also been at the club. Brandon Miller had dropped off Miles but didn’t stay because the line was too long, and Miller’s attorney later said he was at a restaurant.

The victims then went to the Quick Grille. Harris and her cousin waited in the car while her boyfriend went to get food. He returned and got into the backseat.

Miles and Davis approached the Jeep. Davis was dancing outside of the car, and reportedly was trying to get Harris’ attention.

The window was rolled down, and Johnson told Davis that she had a boyfriend and to move on. Davis said something to the effect of “I don’t want your girl” and Miles and Davis walked away, Culpepper said.

“It got a little elevated,’’ Culpepper said.

Davis reportedly said to Johnson, “You don’t know who I am and what I do.”

Turner, Miles’ attorney, said that Bradley told police that Miles had tried to calm down Davis.

Turner also said Miles thought he saw a gun going from the back seat of the victims’ vehicle to the front seat.

Culpepper said that could have been food being passed from the back seat to the front seat.

Johnson switched seats and gets into the driver’s seat of the Jeep. The Jeep drove off, took a right on University Boulevard and then came back. Its lights were off. They had met with other friends in another vehicle before coming back.

Miles texted Miller and said, “I need my joint,’’ which is slang for a gun.

Miles told Miller that someone was “fakin” which, according to the urban dictionary, means when a person uses words in an aggressive manner with no intention or ability to back them up.

When Miller got to the scene, Miles told Davis, “The heat is in the hat.” Culpepper said that meant a gun was present.

Miles added, “There’s one in the head.” That, Culpepper said, meant a round was in the chamber.

Ultimately, Davis again approached the Jeep and said, “I told you I was going to get you,’’ and opened fire, Culpepper testified.

He fired several shots at the driver’s window and then ran in an arc around the back of the vehicle, still shooting.

Johnson returned fire, striking Davis in the right shoulder and grazing his right side.

Miller’s vehicle was hit by gunfire twice in the windshield.

Johnson then left the scene and drove to the Walk of Champions. Harris was pronounced dead there.

From the shooting scene on Grace Street, authorities recovered eight shell casings from a 40-caliber handgun and a bullet fragment. Miles’ gun is a 40-caliber handgun.

The gun in the Jeep used to shoot Davis was a Taurus Judge .45 caliber. Culpepper said additional ammo and marijuana was also found in the Jeep.

In all, police recovered three weapons in connection with the incident.

From the University Downs where Miles the 911 call, they found a Mini Draco (an AK-47) and a 40- caliber handgun. The 40-caliber gun was found wrapped in a bedroom drawer of one of the residents who was out of town for the weekend and returned to find the gun in his drawer.

Asked by Davis’s attorney how they determined Davis fired the first shot, Culpepper said it was on video from Publix and Houndstooth.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Paula Whitley asked if in any of the interviews, did Miles and Davis report being threatened, and Culpepper said no.

Turner said the showing of a gun could be a threat. She also said the Jeep leaving, circling the block and coming back with lights off could also be taken as a threat.

Turner claims it was self-defense.

“You have to look at his mindset. Is something going on that he feels danger? That was on my client’s mind. He tried to arm someone for protection.”

Robbins said, “It is our position the threat was caused by Mr. Johnson.”