BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Jose Mateo, a suspended Miami-Dade deputy, appeared in Broward County court on Friday. His defense claimed that a manslaughter case against him over a 2019 shoot-out that killed innocent bystanders had to be dismissed.
Four men died on Dec. 5, 2019, in Miramar. Two of the men who died were not shooting at police, and two were. After an investigation involving the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, a grand jury indicted Mateo and three other deputies.
Broward County Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra, who is presiding over the manslaughter case against Mateo, had questions for the defense and the prosecution…