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Na'zier Howard was sentenced to fifteen years to life after he previously plead guilty to the murder of Cowan. Lima police say that in December 2019, they responded to a call of a shooting at 225 South Kenilworth Avenue. There they found Cowan with a gunshot wound. Howard was the one who allegedly shot the victim.
19-year-old Nazier Howard trial is scheduled for November 29th. Howard was indicted for the death of Ke'Vonta Cowan in 2019, when Howard was 17 years old. A motion hearing was held on Monday, to remove a request to get Howard's school work while he was at the Allen County Juvenile Detention Center for handwriting analysis. Prosecutors were able to get a writing sample from another source and didn't need the schoolwork anymore.
Lawyers for 19-year-old Na'zier Howard asked for more time to prepare for the trial which has been moved from May 31st to after Labor Day. Howard was indicted by the Allen County Grand Jury on the charges of aggravated murder, murder, and having a weapon under disability.
Howard was indicted in the fall of 2021 and again in January of this year for the death of Kevonta Cowan. But because of an Ohio Supreme Court ruling in another case, the Allen County prosecutors had to start the process over again to make sure all of the steps were taken before his case heads to trial.
A 19 -year-old lima man facing a murder charge gets a new judge and a new trial date. Na’zier Howard case has move from Judge Terri Kohlrieser court to Judge Jeffrey Reed’s court after she had to recuse herself from the murder trial. Howard is facing murder and having weapons under disability charges and a March trial date has been set for a jury to hear the case. According to the indictment, Howard allegedly responsible for the shooting death of Kevonta Cowan. Cowan was found with a gunshot wound in mid-December of 2019 at 225 South Kenilworth Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the local hospital. Howard is currently serving a 14 to 16 year sentence in prison for robbing Hermie’s Party Shop and Little Caesars in January of 2020.