Court continues to hear witness testimony in Ian Howard case for second day Ian Howard Case- Day 02 Testimony 05/06/2021 and last updated 2021-05-09 19:07:05-04 LAFAYETTE, La. â NOTE: we've corrected some information here, based on what Susan Hebert told us after the hearing. A district court judge heard testimony Thursday for a second day from witnesses during a hearing for the man accused of gunning down a Lafayette Police officer and wounding three others in 2017. State prosecutors and defense attorneys for Ian Howard continued to call several witnesses to testify before 15th Judicial District Judge Valerie Gotch Garrett. Howard, 31, is accused of fatally shooting Cpl. Michael Middelbrook and wounding several other Lafayette Police officers as they responded to a shots fired call at the Big Boyz store on Moss Street in Lafayette in October 2017.