OSHKOSH, Wis. — The prosecution rests its case in the trial of a former Oshkosh West High School student accused of stabbing a police resource officer.
Grant Fuhrman is charged in Winnebago County Court with Attempted First Degree Intentional Homicide.
Fuhrman allegedly stabbed Officer Mike Wissink with a barbecue fork in his school office back in December of 2019.
On Tuesday, the prosecution called several experts to the witness stand, including Dr. Ryan Bly, a trauma surgeon who cared for Wissink. He testified about the fork allegedly used in the attack.
Prosecutor Tracy Paider asked Bly, “could an instrument like that have caused the injury to Officer Wissink’s neck?”
“Yes,” Bly replied.
“How is that, if it’s a two-pronged instrument?” Paider asked.
“The other prong doesn’t enter the skin. Again, with variability and rotation of the neck, angle of entry, you could get one of these tongs in fairly deep without the other one necessarily touching the neck, depending on the angle,” Bly explained.
The defense is expected to begin calling witnesses Wednesday morning.
Fuhrman faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted.
[WBAY-TV]
