Exclusive: Chief talks about Miree case

MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) - For the first time since the arrests of Jamal Lang, Michael Lee, Ernest Wiggins, and Bo Taylor were made in the Kyser Miree murder case, Mobile Police Chief Tyrone Williams is talking. He sat down for an exclusive, one-on-one interview with FOX10 News.

Since the death of Miree, details about the case have been kept quiet. While there are many details that won't come out until the case goes to court, Chief Williams did discuss a few.

Williams started the interview by saying the arrests were the result of just plain, old fashioned, police work.

"These people put their heads together, came up with a game plan, and executed it. It was flawless," said Williams.

Williams woke up early Sunday morning to phone calls from investigators. That's not too out of the ordinary for a police chief, but these were the calls for which he and the victim's father had been waiting for.

"Mr. Miree and I had several conversations over the past months and I called him about 3:45 Sunday morning. He answered and sounded awake. It was a relief for him," Williams said.

Williams said many departments were included in the murder investigation. He said he was impressed that his team never lost sight of what needed to be done, even while under pressure from so many.

"We don't allow the citizens to rush us in doing what we need to do. We have to be effective and efficient and make good cases, because it does us no good to be sloppy and get the case thrown out," said Williams.

Williams still hasn't gone into specific details about what happened that April night, but he did say this.

"They were not watching the house. This was one of those random incidents where they followed an individual to a location and decided they would commit a crime," explained Williams.

Williams made a statement months ago when the reward was raised to $50,000. He said at that point he knew someone knew something.

So did tips play a role in solving this murder?

"I can tell you that we worked several tips that came in through Crimestoppers or Text Tip, and they helped us," said Williams.

He said there will be an analysis at a later date to determine if anyone gets any of the reward. For now, Williams is proud of his team, proud that a family is healing, and proud that old fashioned police work got four suspects off the streets.

All four of the suspects are facing capital murder charges. Why all four? Williams said regardless of who pulled the trigger, whether someone was sitting in the car or driving the car, the charge is the same.

Williams also said they do know who pulled the trigger but aren't releasing that information at this time.