Auburn players will wear a No. 31 decal on the back of their helmets during the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1 to honor teammate Jakell Mitchell, who was murdered early Sunday morning.
According to Mitchell’s girlfriend, Mitchell got into an argument with a man during a party at the Tiger Lodge apartment complex when another man pulled at a gun and shot multiple times.
Mitchell, 18, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at East Alabama Medical Center.
Markale Hart is currently accused of the fatal shooting and is being held in Lee County Detention Center on $500,000 bail. Hart has asked for his bail to be reduced so he can be moved to Tallapoosa County because his family fears for his safety. According to Hart’s attorney, Anwar Taylor, Hart and his family have received death threats. Hart has two children ages 1 and 4 months.
If Hart does bond out, he is facing a possible probation revocation for a 2012 burglary second-degree conviction.
On Monday, coach Gus Malzahn said, “the last 48 hours have been tough and challenging” and that professional grief counselors are available on campus. Malzahn said no other players were at the party and that none of his players live in the Tiger Lodge apartment complex.
That apartment complex is the same complex where two former Auburn players died in a shooting in June of 2012.
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