(CBS DETROIT) – The trial for James Crumbley, the father of the Oxford High School shooter, continues Friday in an Oakland County court with the second day of testimony.
The second day of testimony began with the cross-examination of Edward Wagrowski, a former detective and computer crimes analyst for the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.
Wagrowski was the second witness to testify Thursday. He spent 28 years with the sheriff’s office, including 10 with the computer crimes unit.
Wagrowski now works for the U.S. Secret Service and went to Oxford High School on the day of the shooting. He was responsible for viewing footage from more than 100 cameras in the high school.
Late Thursday evening, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that James Crumbley made threatening phone calls while in the Oakland County Jail. James Crumbley’s access to a phone and electronic messaging has now been limited to his lawyer. The sheriff’s office did not go into detail about the alleged statements.
The defense and the prosecution delivered their opening statements Thursday, and both were focused on the action James Crumbley took as a father before the November 2021 shooting.
On Thursday, the prosecution called two witnesses to the stand. Molly Darnell was the first to testify Thursday. Darnell has worked as an educator with Oxford Community Schools since 1998 and previously testified during the shooter’s Miller hearing in the summer of 2023 and at Jennifer Crumbley’s trial in January.
Darnell was shot once by the shooter through a closed classroom door, with the bullet exiting her left arm.
Jury selection began Tuesday morning and concluded midafternoon on Wednesday, with a 15-person, all-white jury comprised of nine women and six men selected. The jury is made up of a majority of parents who have dealt with mental health issues, and six jurors are gun owners.
James Crumbley’s trial comes on the heels of Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the shooter, who was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in February. She is scheduled to be sentenced on April 9.
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James Crumbley is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors accuse James Crumbley of purchasing the gun that was used in the shooting for his son and not getting his son the treatment he needed for his mental health struggles despite his requests for help.
James and Jennifer Crumbley were charged in the Oxford High School shooting where their son killed four students, Justin Shilling, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, and Hana St. Juliana, and injured seven other people on Nov. 30, 2021.
The shooter was sentenced in December 2023 to life in prison without parole.
CBS News Detroit will stream live coverage of the trial each day, beginning at 9 a.m.
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