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Trial for CTX man charged with capital murder underway

Posted at 5:00 PM, Apr 24, 2018
and last updated 2018-04-24 18:05:13-04

A trial for Central Texas man charged with murder began Tuesday.

Corey Thomas Williams was charged with the murder of Mazhar Aslam in April 2014.

Aslam was the clerk at a convenience store in Temple where Williams is believed to have attempted a robbery that ended in a shooting. Aslam died as a result. 

The shooting happened at Pool's Grocery, located in the 1700 block of S. 1st St. just after 11 p.m. on April 2. 

On Tuesday, the jury was seated and testimony from experts and people who knew Williams got underway.

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