Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall, whose son is the godson of Atlanta attorney Claud “Tex” McIver, tipped the lawyer off that police were issuing warrants for his arrest, McIver’s friend and spokesman man, Bill Crane testified Monday.

Crane, who ran interference for McIver with the news media in the days immediately after McIver shot and killed his wife, Diane, said he and McIver were having lunch on Dec. 19, 2016, when the judge called McIver on his cellphone.