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Day two of the high-stakes court hearing for the Oxford High School shooter started Friday morning and lasted well into the afternoon

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Day two of the high-stakes court hearing for the Oxford High School shooter will begin at 9 a.m. Friday. The first day brought chilling new revelations from the investigation. The re-sentencing Miller hearing will begin at 9 a.m. Friday and determine if a judge can sentence Crumbley to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The beginning of the hearing was a deep dive into Crumbley's journal entries, detailing how he wanted to carry out the school shooting.

Friday brings a range of bad weather throughout metro Detroit. It's going to be hot and humid with high temperatures peaking near 90 degrees throughout metro Detroit. That also brings a chance for strong to severe storms, and also bad air quality as an air quality alert is in effect. The storms are set to roll in overnight. Things calm down Saturday and Sunday with nice weather returning and temps in the 80s.

A Detroit senior apartment building has a gaping hole in the outside wall after Wednesday night's severe storms.

Some people in metro Detroit are estimated to be in the dark until Sunday as many are bracing for extreme heat Friday. The timing of the storm was not ideal and could be potentially dangerous for people who lost power after storms Wednesday.

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A critical hearing for the confessed killer in the deadly Oxford High School shooting started Thursday morning and lasted well into the afternoon.

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Families who were in court for the Miller hearing broke down as video showing the school shooting was played in court for today's hearing focused on Ethan Crumbley.

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Ethan Crumbley was in court for a Miller hearing to determine if he should be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the Oxford High School school shooting that killed four people.

Molly Darnell, a teacher at Oxford High School during the shootings, testifies about the experience during a Miller Hearing for Ethan Crumbley.

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A court hearing that will determine whether or not a judge can sentence Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley to life in prison without parole. During the hearing, witnesses read off from his journal entries where he detailed wanting to shoot up the school and then surrendering to police.

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People throughout metro Detroit are cleaning up this morning after severe storms rolled through the area on Wednesday afternoon and night.

A critical hearing for the confessed killer in the deadly Oxford High School shooting will begin Thursday morning. Ethan Crumbley is asking a judge to avoid a sentence of life without parole after he pleaded guilty to the murders of four students and the shooting of seven other people in November 2021.

Storms are not in the forecast for today but it will be hot and humid with temps getting into the upper 80s and the muggy meter getting pretty high. Tomorrow's weather will be even hotter and more humid with another chance for some severe storms. Temps do get better this weekend.