MUCH MORE ON THIS BREAKING STORY AS SOON AS WE GET IT.
>>> NOW TO THE BREAKING NEWS
WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING.
CHARGES HAVE NOW BEEN FILED
AGAINST TWO FORMER POLICE
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE DEADLY
DRUG RAID ON HARDING STREET
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
>> FORMER OFFICER GERALD GOINES
NOW CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF
MURDER.
MURDER. STEVEN BRYANT FACING A CHARGE OF
TAMPERING WITH A GOVERNMENT
DOCUMENT.
DOCUMENT. >> CHANNEL 2 INVESTIGATES ALL
OVER THIS STORY.
JOEL EISENBAUM LAYS OUT WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY.
HAPPENED TODAY. JOEL?
JOEL? >> Reporter: THERE IS NO DOUBT A
LOT HAPPENED THIS THE HARDING
STREET MATTER TODAY.
NONE OF IT GOOD FOR THESE TWO
FORMER HPD OFFICERS WHO COULD
NOW OFFICIALLY BE LABELED AS
CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS.
CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS. >> I’VE NOT SEEN A CASE LIKE
THIS IN MY 30-PLUS YEARS OF
PRACTICING LAW.
PRACTICING LAW. >> Reporter: NOTICEABLY UPSET IN
COURT FRIDAY, RETIRED HPD
NARCOTICS OFFICER GERALD GOINES,
54, MUST KNOW HE’S IN DEEP LEGAL
TROUBLE.
TROUBLE. MURDERING MARRIED COUPLE AT
THEIR HOME.
THEIR HOME. EVEN THOUGH GOINES MAY HAVE NOT
TAKEN THE FATAL SHOTS.
TUTTLE HAD NINE BULLET WOUNDS,
NICHOLAS HAD FIVE.
THINGS COULD GET EVEN WORSE FOR
THE FORMER HPD OFFICER.
>> WE BELIEVE THAT THE EVIDENCE
SHOWS THAT DURING THE COMMISSION
OF ONE FELONY, GOINES COMMITTED
ACTS CLEARLY DANGEROUS TO HUMAN
LIFE.
LIFE. IT MAKES IT MURDER.
BUT CAPITAL MURDER COULD BE
CONSIDERED BY A GRAND JURY.
>> Reporter: THAT WOULD MAKE IT
A DEATH PENALTY-EPGIBEL CRIME.
-- KEEP-ELIGIBLE CRIME.
IMPORTANTLY, A GRAND JURY IS NOT
YET SIGNED OFF ON THE TWO MURDER
CHARGES AGAINST GOINES OR A
CHARGE AGAINST ANOTHER FORMER
HPD NARCOTICS OFFICER, STEVEN
BRYANT.
BRYANT. BRYANT, SEEN IN COURT FRIDAY, IN
SHORTS.
SHORTS. BUT WHY NOT LET A GRAND JURY
INDEED THEM FIRST.
>> WHAT IT SAYS THIS AS A CASE
LIKE NO OTHER THAT WE’VE SEEN.
WE HANDLED IN IT A WAY WE
THOUGHT MOST -- POPATE AND WE --
APPROPRIATE AND WE FEEL THE
SAFETY OF THE CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMANTS, THE FACT THAT IS THE
DEFENDANTS HAVE ACTIVE
PASSPORTS, HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR
RETIREMENT MONEY AND THEIR DROP
FILES, THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT
THAT WE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WE
HAVE BROUGHT CHARGES NOW.
>> Reporter: TODAY OGG DID NOT
RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THERE
COULD BE MORE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
CHARGES FOR BOTH GOINES AND
BRYANT.
BRYANT. WE EXPECT A GRAND JURY TO HEAR
THIS MATTER WITHIN THE COMING
WEEKS.
WEEKS. WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN, I’M
JOEL EISENBAUM, KPRC CHANNEL 2
NEWS.
NEWS. >> JOEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT UPDATE.
THAT UPDATE. >>> AS WE MENTIONED, THESE TWO
OFFICERS APPEARING IN COURT JUST
A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO.
OUR COVERAGE OF THIS STORY
CONTINUES TONIGHT WITH
INVESTIGATOR MARIO DIAZ.
HE JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON
THAT APPEARANCE AND WHAT THE
POLICE CHIEF HAD TO SAY.
MARIO?
MARIO? >> Reporter: YEAH, JONATHAN.
AFTER THAT RIVETING ANNOUNCEMENT
TODAY BY D.A. OGG, YOU HAD THESE
TWO FORMER NYPD OFFICERS WALK
THE HALLWAY BEHIND ME HERE, GO
NO THE COURTROOM -- GO INTO THE
COURTROOM, AND FACE THE JUDGE
ABOUT THESE CHARGES.
THEY ONCE SWORE TO PROTECT.
NOW THE OFFICERS GERALD GOINES
AND SPHWRIEFNT ARE BEING
VIEWED -- STEVEN BRYANT ARE
BEING VIEWED BY THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AS VIOLENT
CRIMINALS FOR THEIR ACTIONS
SURROUNDING THE BOTCHED RAID ON
HARDING STREET.
HARDING STREET. >> TODAY WE CHARGED GERALD
GOINES WITH TWO COUNTS OF FELONY
MURDER.
MURDER. WE’VE ALSO CHARGED FORMER HPD
OFFICER STEVEN BRYANT WITH ONE
COUNT OF SECOND-DEGREE TAMPERING
WITH A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT.
>> Reporter: THE TWO MEN WERE IN
COURT THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING
THE CHARGES.
THE CHARGES. GOINES CHARGED IN THE MURDER OF
DENNIS TUTTLE AND RHOGENA
NICHOLAS.
NICHOLAS. BRYANT CHARGED WITH TAMPERING OF
A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT.
GOINES WAS GIVEN STRICT BAIL
REQUIREMENTS AND CHARGED
$150,000 BOND FOR EACH COUNT.
HIS ATTORNEY SAID THEY WERE
SHOCKED AT THE CHARGES.
>> A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED AND
SURPRISED THAT IN THE CASE
THAT’S AS SERIOUS AS THIS ONE,
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
DID NOT BOTHER TO VET IT WITH A
GRAND JURY.
GRAND JURY. NO CHARGE HAS HEARD THE FACTS
AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS
ALLEGATION.
ALLEGATION. AND I THINK THAT’S A VERY
IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS.
SO A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED TO SEE
THAT THERE WAS -- WHAT SEEMS TO
ME TO BE A RUSH TO JUDGMENT IN
THIS CASE.
THIS CASE. >> Reporter: DAVID MITCHELL IS
THE PROSECUTOR IN THIS CASE.
HE SAYS THIS IS ABOUT SEEKING
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. >> AND WHEN THE MATTER LIKE THIS
OCCURS, CERTAINLY PUBLIC
CONFIDENCE CAN BE RATTLED.
AND SO WE ARE -- WE ARE FOCUSED
ON JUSTICE IN THIS MATTER AND WE
WILL SEEK IT OUT AND WE WILL
FIND IT AND WE WILL GET JUSTICE
IN THESE CASES.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL DOYLE, AN
ATTORNEY FOR THE FAMILY OF
RHOGENA NICHOLAS, HAD THE
FOLLOWING REACTION TO THE
CHARGES.
CHARGES. THAT’S CERTAINLY CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT WE FOUND, BUT THAT
SHOULDN’T STOP THE INVESTIGATION
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT MORE
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED. AND LET ME BE COMPLETELY CLEAR
HERE.
HERE. THESE WERE TWO FORMER HPD
RETIRED OFFICERS THAT HAD THE
BOND HEARING HERE TODAY.
I WILL TELL THAT YOU IN THE LAST
30 MINUTES, THE MAYOR TURNER HAS
WEIGHED IN WITH A STATEMENT.
IT READS IN PART, AN AN -- CITY
WILL FULLY COOPERATE IN SEEING
THAT JUSTICE IS DONE.
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP IN THIS
JUDICIAL PROCESS?
JUDICIAL PROCESS? WELL, GERALD GOINES WILL BE BACK
BEFORE THE JUDGE ON MONDAY
MORNING.
MORNING. LIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE, DOWNTOWN