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Dallas police officer charged with two counts of capital murder is fired

DALLAS (AP) — A lawyer for the Dallas police officer arrested in an alleged...

Bryan Riser was charged last week with two counts of capital murder. AP Photo DALLAS: A Dallas police officer who was recently charged in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme was under investigation for longer than authorities have previously acknowledged, sharpening questions about why he continued to patrol the city as his colleagues looked into whether he was involved in a 2017 killing. After Bryan Riser was arrested on Thursday, former Dallas police Chief U Renee Hall said he was "first iden...

As more details come out about Bryan Riser, the Dallas cop accused of ordering the deaths of two people in 2017, more questions arise too. One question Mayor Eric Johnson is itching to have answered is, “Why did Riser remain on active duty while considered a person of interest in connection with two murders?” Johnson formed an ad hoc committee Monday to get to the bottom of that question. There has been some confusion surrounding this particular detail. Investigators allege that Riser ord...

Dallas police Officer Bryan Riser, who was arrested on two capital murder charges last week, patrolled the streets of Dallas for several years — even as authorities were looking into him and his father, Byron “Blue” Riser, in connection with one of the killings in 2017, records obtained by The Dallas Morning News show. Thirty-year-old Liza Saenz was murdered in March 2017, and her body was dumped in the Trinity River. Three men were arrested in the case. One of them told investigators in...

Jaime Resendez In a statement, the mayor said, "This is an awful situation, and the public deserves answers regarding who knew what, when they knew it, and why the officer remained on active duty. I fully expect this committee to get to the bottom of exactly what transpired in a fair, judicious, and transparent manner.”  Last week former Dallas Chief of Police Renee Hall said in a statement on Thursday that: "DPD Special Investigations Unit, in collaboration with the FBI, recommended not pla...

Dallas mayor creates committee to probe why cop accused of murder stayed on job By JAKE BLEIBERG Arrested Dallas police officer likely had accomplices, investigators say Bryan Riser is charged with two counts of capital murder, allegedly paying others to kill two people on different occasions four years ago. DALLAS - Dallas mayor has formed a committee to investigate why a police officer remained on active duty for more than a year and a half after he was implicated in two 2017 killings. Mayor ...

Court records show that a Dallas police officer who was recently charged with two counts of capital murder had been under investigation since 2017.

Bryan Riser was arrested Thursday on two counts capital murder  The 13-year Dallas Police Department veteran was taken into custody in connection with two separate killings, both in 2017  Police identified one victim as Liza Saenz, whose body was pulled from water in Dallas on March 10, 2017, with several bullet wounds  The other victim is Albert Douglas, who was reported missing in February 2017 Hitman claims he was paid $3,500 by Riser to kill Douglas, who had cancer  Motive for these mur...

Dallas’ mayor has formed a committee to investigate why a police officer remained on active duty for more than a year and a half after he was implicated in two 2017 killings. Mayor Eric Johnson established the City Council committee Monday after the arrest last week of Bryan Riser on two charges of capital murder. […]