HOUSTON  — A former Houston police officer pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a 2019 drug raid that killed both homeowners.

Steven Bryant admitted in his guilty plea Tuesday that he lied and obstructed the resulting investigation in the raid, the Houston Chronicle reported. His plea was the first time a law enforcement officer connected to the raid has pleaded guilty or been convicted. Bryant was charged last August with tampering with a government record. Police accused him of providing false information in a report after the raid that supported the story of his partner, Gerald Goines, about a confidential informant.

Goines also was charged with two counts of felony murder after police accused him of lying in a search warrant about having a confidential informant buying heroin at the home. He later acknowledged there was no informant and that he bought the drugs himself, authorities said. The fabricated drug deal was part of the justification for the raid, which ended in gunfire that killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas and injured five police officers.