YAKIMA, Wash. – A Yakima man, Brandon Lee Ferguson, 29, pleaded not guilty in Yakima County Court Tuesday to vehicular homicide charges in connection with the death of Alejandro Hernandez-Baez outside Brews & Cues on October 18.

Officers responded to the incident in the 100 block of S 2nd S, where Hernandez-Baez was found unresponsive in the parking lot. Medical personnel attempted life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to court documents, Ferguson admitted to a physical altercation with Hernandez-Baez inside the bar, but claimed that Hernandez-Baez threatened him and damaged his vehicle, prompting him to flee the scene.

Court documents say a witness reported seeing a fight near the truck and described the vehicle driving away with Hernandez-Baez possib

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