Former Auburn football player Jakell Mitchell and Markale Hart exchanged gunfire the night Mitchell was killed, an Auburn police detective told a Tallapoosa court.
Capt. Lorenza Dorsey confirmed Auburn police Detective Dustin Holt said in a probation revocation hearing for Hart on Jan. 12 that Mitchell fired a weapon the night he was killed.
"One thing we want to make clear is through the course of the investigation, probable cause was established that Mr. Hart shot and killed Mr. Mitchell," Dorsey said.
Mark Treadwell, Hart's attorney for the revocation hearing, said Hart was running away from Mitchell when the shooting occurred.
"There was an exchange of gunfire between the two," Treadwell said.
Mitchell was killed in a shooting at the Tiger Lodge apartment complex Dec. 14.
Hart has been charged for the murder of Mitchell. His preliminary is Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. in Lee County.
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