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Murder trial begins for former Brevard deputy accused of fatally shooting Palm Bay man in 2016
Yousef Hafza hears testimony from driver of car Clarence Howard rode in
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VIERA, Fla. – Five years after a former Brevard County sheriff’s deputy killed an unarmed Palm Bay man, Yousef Hafza entered a courtroom Tuesday to stand trial for murder.
On June 19, 2016, when Hafza was off-duty, he said he shot Clarence Howard as the 25-year-old ran toward him and threatened him.
Hafza said he felt Howard and his brother-in-law, Jose Montanez, were chasing him in their car on Emerson Drive.
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Montanez testified Tuesday that he started following Hafza’s car when the former deputy almost hit them. He told the jury Hafza never identified himself as a law enforcement officer and if he did, he would have stopped following him.