Trial of James Crumbley, father of Oxford High School shooter, continues with fourth day of testimony
(CBS DETROIT) - The trial of James Crumbley, the father of the Oxford High School shooter, continued Tuesday in an Oakland County court with the fourth day of testimony.
Adam Stoyek, a detective with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, was the first witness called by the prosecution on Tuesday. Stoyek and several other officers served a search warrant for the Crumbley's home the afternoon of the shooting. Photos of the Crumbley's home were shown as exhibits during Stoyek's testimony.
Jurors heard about the search that Stoyek and other officers carried out at the Crumbley's home and were shown a video of James and Jennifer Crumbley in the back of a police cruiser.
David Hendrick, a former detective sergeant for the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, was the second witness to testify Tuesday. Hendrick retired from the sheriff's office in the spring of 2023.
Hendrick worked as a detective sergeant with the sheriff's office's fugitive apprehension team and was tasked with locating James and Jennifer Crumbley on Dec. 2, 2021. The Crumbleys were formally charged on Dec. 3, 2021.
Luke Kirtley was the third witness to testify Tuesday. He is the owner of a coffee roasting company in Detroit, which was located in the same building where James and Jennifer Crumbley were found. Kirtley testified that he called 911 when he found Crumbley's vehicle parked near the building that his business was housed in.
Detroit Police SWAT team member testifies
David Metzke, a member of the Detroit Police Department, was the fourth person called by the prosecution to testify on Tuesday. Metzke works in DPD's SWAT team.
Metzke was part of the two teams that responded to the building in Detroit where James and Jennifer Crumbley were located while on the run.
Metzke's body cam footage from the night of the Crumbleys being apprehended was shown to the jury.
William Creer, a crime scene investigator with DPD, testified fifth on Tuesday. Creer was dispatched to the industrial building where James and Jennifer Crumbley were found.
Creer and his partner were responsible for collecting evidence and photographing the scene.
During Creer's testimony, the prosecution showed photographs of the industrial building where the Curmbleys were arrested and of evidence that was collected from the scene.
Following Creer's testimony, Timothy Willis, a detective lieutenant with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office testified. Willis has been with the sheriff's office for almost 28 years and is one of the officers in charge of the case. He oversees the special investigations unit, the fugitive apprehension team, the computer crimes unit and the warrants division.
Willis discussed the timeline of James and Jennifer Crumbley following the shooting at Oxford High School and when they were arrested.
Several of the shooter's journal entries were discussed during the detective lieutenant's testimony, and a video of the shooting was shown to the jury.
On Monday, three witnesses took the stand for the prosecution. Shawn Hopkins was the first witness to testify. Hopkins was the shooter's counselor.
Nicholas Ejak, the former dean of students at Oxford High School, was the second witness to testify on Monday and was followed by Brett Brandon, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Defense attorney Mariell Lehman cross-examined all three witnesses.
James Crumbley is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Prosecutors accuse him of purchasing the gun 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 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 will be sentenced on April 9.
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.
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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.
