MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. — Nearly a year after the newly elected Muskegon Heights school board member was fatally shot, the man who police believe pulled the trigger is set to go to trial Monday.
Glenn Anthony Davis, 62, is facing an open murder charge in connection to the death of Julius Muhammad.
On the evening of Dec. 19, 2022, Muskegon Heights Police received a call of shots being fired along Baker Street. Muhammad had been shot through the window of his home and was found unresponsive.
He was taken to a local hospital where he was soon pronounced dead.
Investigators made a point to say the shooting was not connected to his recent elected win of the district board, but instead the result of a domestic dispute.
A statement of probable cause following the investigation details that Muhammad had recently been divorced and that Davis was dating Muhammad’s ex-wife.
According to the report, a family member told detectives Muhammad was concerned with Davis’s past and that they were involved in a child custody battle.
In January 2023, a probable cause hearing was held, which introduced new evidence and testimony.
Ultimately, a Muskegon County judge determined there was enough probable cause to proceed to a jury trial. During the hearing, Dimitrus Moffett — the believed getaway driver — testified against Davis.
After the shooting, Moffett told the court once Davis got back into the car, Davis told him, "We don't have to worry about him anymore."
Surveillance footage from the evening of the shooting captured Moffett exiting an SUV believed to have been used in the crime. He can be seen entering the store and purchasing a face mask before returning to car.
Investigators believe the SUV was then driven to a spot nearby Muhammad's home.
The probable cause document also states that officers obtained video from a nearby apartment complex showing a man with a mask exiting the SUV.
The person on video is then seen walking to Muhammad's home and into the front yard, moments before the shooting.
Davis has remained in jail ever since a judge set his bond to $500,000.
Online court records indicate the trial is expected to last five days.
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