Two other officers - Frank Medina and Griff Maxwell - face second-degree felonies on these same charges and could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo has said a lead investigator lied in an affidavit justifying the drug raid. On Monday Acevedo released a statement after the new charges were announced, saying the officer indicted for murder Monday "had no involvement in obtaining the warrant and responded appropriately to the deadly threat" posed during the raid.
Ogg said grand jurors on Monday also indicted three retired officers who had been indicted last year on different charges in connection with the case. Two of these officers - Clemente Reyna and Thomas Wood - were indicted on first degree felony charges of engaging in organized criminal activity related to theft of a public servant and tampering with a governmental record. The third retired officer - Hodgie Armstrong - was indicted on second-degree felonies on these same charges.