Asia Humphrey recalled ducking to the floor in the back of the Jeep Wrangler the moment she heard gunshots. She screamed. She yelled at Jamea Harris to duck, too.

But Harris, Humphrey’s cousin, died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Humphrey teared up at one point when she testified to a jury in a courtroom in downtown Tuscaloosa on Tuesday, thinking back to the moments after Harris’ death.

Humphrey was the first and only witness so far to take the stand in the capital murder trial for Michael Davis. She told the jury about what she remembered happening during the early hours of Jan. 15, 2023 near the Strip in Tuscaloosa.

Davis is charged with capital murder for the death of Harris and is on trial this week in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court with Judge Daniel Pruet presiding.

Also charged with capital murder is Davis’ friend Darius Miles, who was on the Alabama men’s basketball team at the time. Davis was not affiliated with the team. Miles, who was removed from the team after his arrest, does not yet have a trial date set.

Davis fired into the Jeep that carried Humphrey, Harris and Harris’ boyfriend, Cedric Johnson. A police investigator in 2023 testified that both Davis and Johnson fired their guns early that morning near the Strip. According to police, Davis fired first and hit Harris.

After the jury was selected Tuesday morning, prosecutors and Davis’ defense attorney gave different interpretations of what happened.

John Robbins, attorney for Davis, has argued that Johnson shot first and Davis returned fire “acting in self-defense” after a dispute that morning. Davis was shot in the shoulder and injured.

“He acted to protect himself and his friends,” Robbins told jurors Tuesday.

The gun belonged to Miles. Mary Turner, Miles’ attorney, has previously stated in court that Miles provided the gun to Davis for protection.

On Tuesday, both the prosecution and defense brought into question who was “hunting” on the night Harris was shot. Davis and Miles, or Johnson?

After Davis and Miles retrieved the gun, “now they’re hunting,” said Cristen Mejia, an assistant district attorney in Tuscaloosa County.

She also argued the shooting was an “ambush.”

Robbins blamed Harris’ boyfriend.

“This case is really about Cedric Johnson’s, I want to call it, pride, I want to call it, jealously, I want to call it, his insecurity,” Robbins told the jury.

Johnson, Robbins said, was the one who provoked the situation.

When Johnson moved into the driver’s seat of the Jeep and turned onto University Boulevard shortly after interacting with Davis, that’s when Robbins noted a shift.

“At this point … Cedric Johnson is on the hunt,” Robbins said.

Once opening statements ended, the prosecutors called Humphrey to testify.

Much of the questioning was spent on what occurred at the intersection of Grace Street and University. After Humphrey, Johnson and Harris spent several hours at Twelve25 sports bar on the Strip, Johnson went to get food at Quick Grill while Harris and Humphrey went to get the Jeep. Humphrey drove the Jeep to that corner and parked it at the stop sign.

Johnson got in the backseat of the car. Around that time, Davis, Miles and former Alabama basketball player Jaden Bradley left Twelve25. As they started to walk up Grace Street, Davis stopped and danced to the front left of the Jeep for about four seconds, Humphrey testified.

Then Davis approached the driver’s side rear window. That’s where Johnson was sitting.

“They’re good bro,” Johnson told Davis from the backseat, according to Humphrey‘s testimony.

“I don’t want your girl,” Davis responded, standing outside the vehicle.

That exchange happened about 10 minutes before Harris’ death.

Shortly after that interaction at the Jeep between Davis and Johnson, Harris passed Johnson’s gun to him, Humphrey testified.

The trial will continue Wednesday morning.

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.