A one-time soldier of Oakland's Your Black Muslim Bakery and the admitted shooter of Chauncey Bailey gave testimony as the star witness in the journalist's murder trial

Devaughndre Broussard told jurors he learned about the bakery through a family friend on the eve of his release from jail. He headed to the bakery looking for a job. During his first meeting with leader Yusuf Bey IV, Broussard said he underwent a thorough pat down from a bakery member, in which the man searched inside Broussard's collar and shoes. The 23-year-old said fellow soldiers were doing drills and calisthenic exercises in formation, and it was his understanding that Bey needed more soldiers. Broussard will serve 25 years in exchange for his testimony against Bey and fellow bakery soldier Antoine Mackey. Bey is accused of ordering the hit on Bailey. Mackey is accused of helping to hunt Bailey down and driving the getaway car. Broussard admitted to shooting Bailey three times as the Oakland Post editor walked to work August 2, 2007. Prosecutors say Bey wanted the journalist dead because he planned to publish an article on the bakery's financial troubles.