The prosecution will be calling witnesses Thursday in an Athens County murder trial.

Phillip Boler faces charges of aggravated robbery and murder with a gun specification.

The Athens County Prosecutor says Boler and 3 others are accused of shooting and killing Donnie Putnam in a New Marshfield home in February.

Boler is the first of those three suspects to go to trial for the incident.

Officials with the Prosecutor's Office say opening statements took place Wednesday afternoon.