A Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder in two unconnected 2017 killings that werent related to his police work, authorities said.
Bryan Riser, a 13-year veteran of the force, was taken into custody Thursday morning and brought to the Dallas County Jail for processing, according to a statement from the police department. A lawyer for him couldnt immediately be identified.
Riser was arrested in the unconnected killings of Liza Saenz and Albert Douglas after someone came forward in August 2019 and told police he had kidnapped and killed them at Risers direction, police Chief Eddie Garcia said during a news conference. He said investigators dont know the motives for the killings, but that they were not related to Risers police work.
We received information through a witness that implicated Riser in both murders, Garcia said.
Saenzs body was pulled from the Trinity River on March 10, 2017, with several bullet wounds, the chief said. Douglas was reported missing that year and his body hasnt been found.
Riser joined the department in 2008 and was working as a patrol officer before his arrest. Police said he has been put on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation.
Were going to expedite our process so this individual is no longer with the department, Garcia said.
We will not allow anyone to tarnish this badge, the chief said, noting that the FBI was assisting in the investigation.
Riser had not been booked into the jail as of early Thursday afternoon, a sheriffs spokesman said.
A spokeswoman for the Dallas County district attorneys office said her office didnt have information on the case.
(AP)
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