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A previous University of Miami football player pleaded innocent on Friday to fees of eliminating a colleague outside a South Florida apartment building in 2006.

An attorney for Rashaun Jones, 35, went into the plea throughout a remote court hearing after district attorneys officially filed second-degree murder fee versus him.

Jones, who was apprehended last month, was long suspected in the fatality of Bryan Pata, 22. Jones was initially detained on a first-degree murder fee, and district attorneys claimed he could still deal with that cost. Yet to prosecute him on that charge, prosecutors would certainly need to provide the situation to a grand jury.

was expected to be an early pick in the 2007 NFL draft following his fourth as well as last period with the Hurricanes. The 6-foot-4, 280-pound (1.9-meter, 127-kilogram) protective lineman was shot several times outside of his Kendall apartment or condo the night of Nov. 7, 2006.

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Some witnesses asserted to hear arguing and then gunfires. Regardless of having numerous bucks in his purse, neither the vehicle neither the cash were taken, cops said.

Private investigators said they found out through countless meetings that Pata and Jones, who played 3 seasons with the Hurricanes, had experienced fights prior to the shooting. Pata previously defeated his teammate throughout a fight, officials stated. As well as Pata's sibling informed investigators that Jones had endangered to fire Pata 2 months prior to his fatality. In spite of the prompting of his sibling, never reported the threat.

During two meetings with investigatives, Jones informed detectives that he went to his own residence as well as never left on the night of Pata's death. Yet records reveal that Jones' cellular phone was using various cell towers around the moment of the capturing, authorities stated. And an eyewitness in the location at the time of the capturing determined Jones in a photo schedule, authorities stated.