Warrant used in Houston police raid might be riddled with lies, chief says

An affidavit used to secure a warrant against a suspected drug den in Houston that left two people dead and five police officers injured might include "some material untruths or lies," Police Chief Art Acevedo said.

That doesn't diminish the fact that officers had reason to enter the home on Jan. 28, Acevedo said, according to NBC News, but "thus far it appears that there are some material untruths or lies in that affidavit -- and that's a problem," Acevedo said.

A veteran narcotics officer at the center of the case, Gerald Goines, could faces charges if it's determined that he lied about using a confidential informant to secure evidence in a raid that killed homeowners Dennis Tuttle, 59, and Rhogena Nicholas, 58, after a shootout with police.

The raid has led to an audit of Houston's narcotics unit and provoked outrage among officers, the Houston Chronicle reported.

The raid was expected to produce a large quantity of heroin, but officers only found a small amount of marijuana and some white powder, but no heroin.

"We know that there's already a crime that's been committed," Acevedo said, according to the Chronicle. "It's a serious crime when we prepare a document to go into somebody's home, into the sanctity that is somebody's home. It has to be truthful, it has to be honest, it has to be factual. We know already there's a crime that's been committed. There's high probability there will be a criminal charge."