Former HPD officer Gerald Goines charged with murder in deadly Harding Street raid
The embattled Houston police officer who led a deadly no-knock raid last January faces two murder charges in the deaths of Dennis
Published: 1:14 PM CDT August 23, 2019
Updated: 1:59 PM CDT August 23, 2019
HOUSTON —
Gerald Goines, the ex-Houston police officer who led the controversial no-knock raid on Harding Street, has been charged with two counts of murder, his attorney told KHOU 11 News Investigates reporter Jeremy Rogalski.
Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were shot to death in the Jan. 28 raid in southeast Houston.
Goines and four other officers were injured in the
shootout.
“We have not seen a case like this in Houston. I have not seen a case like this in 30 plus years of practicing law," Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said.
Former Officer Steven Bryant, who was involved with the Harding Street warrant, is charged with tampering with a government document.
Ogg said Goines and Bryant have been ordered to surrender by 3 p.m. Friday.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo accused Gerald Goines of lying about a drug buy on a search warrant affidavit to justify the deadly no-knock raid.
In the Harding Street warrant, Goines claimed a confidential informant bought heroin at the home of Tuttle and Nicholas the night before the raid. He claimed the informant saw a lot more heroin and a 9mm pistol inside the home.
In a search of the home after the shootout, officers didn't find any heroin or 9mm pistol.
The informants later told investigators they never bought drugs from Harding Street.
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At one point, the DA's office threatened legal action against HPD if it didn't turn over documents related to the deadly raid. The documents involved information on all HPD informants dating back five years ago to now.
The two agencies eventually reached an agreement for the remaining records to be provided.
The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the raid and Harris County.
Bryant and Goines were relieved of duty and later allowed to retire.
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