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First court hearing unveils evidence in death of Southern Miss football player MJ Daniels
HATTIESBURG — The first of four suspects in the June shooting death of Southern Miss football player MJ Daniels had a preliminary court hearing Friday in Forrest County Justice Court.
Samir Green, 16, of Hattiesburg, was denied bond for a second time by Hattiesburg Municipal Judge Mary Moore Conville for his alleged role in Daniels’ death on June 11. Green faces one charge of capital murder and one charge of attempted armed carjacking, which was withheld by Conville at $100,000. Green is being charged as an adult.
Conville also denied a motion to dismiss the charges, citing sufficient probable cause.
Hattiesburg police has said the investigation is ongoing.
The three others who were arrested — Orlando May, Allen Marcus Gardner and Nytavion Shaw — haven’t had preliminary hearings. They all have been charged with the same two counts; May faces additional charges of felony eluding and motor vehicle theft.
Hattiesburg Police detective Chandra Daniels (no relation to MJ Daniels) was the lone person to testify Friday, providing new pieces of evidence as to what happened the night of the shooting and the succeeding days.
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How Hattiesburg detective recalled the night of the shooting death of MJ Daniels
Chandra Daniels said Hattiesburg Police responded to a 911 call of multiple shots fired at the Ivy Row apartment complex near the Southern Miss campus. There, they found MJ Daniels dead in the driver’s seat of his black Dodge Challenger with one gunshot wound to the back of his head near his neck.
She added that they found two bullet holes on the car — one on the passenger’s side and one on the driver’s side. The driver’s side bullet did not enter the vehicle. A 9 mm shell casing was found near the passenger’s side of the car. Fingerprints, including those of Green, were discovered on the exterior of the car.
Three witnesses were identified at the scene but their names have not been released to the public. One female witness, according to Daniels, said she was walking her dog at the Ivy Row apartment complex when she noticed four black males following her before the shooting. The female called her roommate as she walked back to her apartment and the four males turned around and walked away as she neared the door of her unit.
May, Gardner and Green were arrested two days after the shooting. Shaw was arrested on June 20.
May and Green were arrested together near Hattiesburg High School, according to Daniels. It’s unclear who was driving, but a police officer pulled the two of them over after recognizing it as a reported stolen vehicle. They sped away from police before fleeing on foot and being apprehended by police. A .38-caliber handgun was found in the car.
MJ Daniels, 21, was entering his senior season as a defensive back with Southern Miss. The former George County High School star played the 2021 and 2022 seasons at Ole Miss before transferring to the Golden Eagles.
His funeral was held June 22 at the George County High School gymnasium.
Sam Sklar is the Southern Miss beat reporter for the Hattiesburg American. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on X @sklarsam_.
This article originally appeared on Hattiesburg American: Southern Miss: New evidence revealed in shooting death of MJ Daniels
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