Day three of the Nancy Crampton Brophy murder trial in Portland went underway Wednesday of last week.
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Maxine claimed that on June 2nd, 2018, she received a call from someone she knew who was in the area of OCI. That person said there were police and crime scene tape around the building and the person had heard someone had been shot.
Maxine knew Daniel was working that day and she tried to call him and when he didn't answer she left him voicemail. She then called Nancy and told her what she’d heard. Nancy said she hadn’t heard anything from Daniel and would try to call him. When she couldn’t reach him, Maxine said Nancy told her she would go down there to see what was going on.
Maxine that she had taught with Daniel for many years, both at the Oregon Culinary Institute and the former culinary school, Le Cordon Bleu. She also said that Daniel had taught with a dry sense of humor and sarcasm and that he could be a little rough with his students.
“Dan was an incredibly knowledgeable instructor in many, many areas. If he thought a student worthy of his time and attention, he was the best instructor and mentor that a student could ask for. But if for whatever reason, he was not happy with the students, he could be pretty harsh,” she said.
She said that the morning of Daniel's murder, Nancy told her what was happening at the OCI via phone call. Karen said she had asked Nancy if she was going to go down to the school to see what was happening. Nancy told Karen that she wasn’t going down because of all the police cars and other cars that would be in the area. Nancy also told Karen that she had been in bed that morning.
Karen described Nancy's voice during the phone call as calm and that “It didn’t sound like she was panicking.”
After the brief phone call, Karen said she spoke with her husband. And after thinking about everything a little more, she called Nancy back. She told Nancy that she thought should go down to the school to see what was really going on and Nancy agreed.
About an hour later, Karen called Nancy for a third time and asked her what was going on. Nancy said that she was "in the car talking to the police" and "It was Dan." Karen said she was devastated and didn’t remember any more of the conversation.
She was one of the first Portland Police Officers that arrived at the crime scene. She said that the call came over the radio was a “code 3,” meaning police had to respond immediately with lights and sirens to the Oregon Culinary Institute. She said that she heard dispatch say that there were suspicious circumstances with the shooting victim and that they were still working on them.
Wells said that it took about three minutes to arrive to scene. When she arrived, a paramedic told her the victim had two bullet holes in the chest and that there was a bunch of students in the breakroom with their hands on the tables.
When Wells entered the breakroom, she told the students to keep their hands on the tables and stay where they are. Wells testified that she was trying to figure out who the shooter was. She said that everyone looked terrified, and she realized that she needed to call for more officers to the scene. She said that once the rest of the officers arrived, she directed them to help secure and clear the building.
Once Daniel was pronounced dead, the police escorted the students across the street to a school administrative building making them leave their belongings behind.
Wells said that when Nancy arrived at the scene, Wells stood with her after she learned her husband was dead. She said Nancy started crying immediately so Wells gave her a hug and stayed with her until detectives relieved her.
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