The Oxford High School shooter was back in court for the third day of a pre-sentencing Miller hearing on Tuesday morning.
The hearing will determine if the shooter, who was a minor at the time of the shooting, can be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The first two days of the hearing last week brought heartbreaking testimony from survivors and new revelations in the investigation.
On the first day, it focused on how calculated the shooter was in planning the shooting, which killed four students – Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, Justin Shilling and Madisyn Baldwin – and injured seven others. We saw journal entries saying the shooter was planning it for months, and a video recording he took himself justifying his actions.
On the second day, we heard from students and educators who detailed the horror they witnessed inside of the school back in November 2021. The school's assistant principal described her efforts to save Tate Myre, and a student barely escaping the shooter after witnessing him kill Justin Shilling.
"I was telling them to keep giving breaths, he needs air. So much blood, he was all over me," the assistant principal said.
"He signaled me and moved the gun I ran behind his back and out the door. I realized if I stayed I was going to die," the student said.
The defense also began presenting their case, with a psychologist taking the stand insisting anyone, including the shooter, could be rehabilitated. The psychologist said because of the shooter's age, he would be in mandatory mental health classes.
