The former Balach Springs police officer, who is being accused of killing 15-year-old Jordan Edward outside a party, has been charged with murder on Friday after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

37-year-old Roy Oliver turned himself into the Parker County Sheriff’s Office on Friday evening.

“This was something hanging over their heads,” said Lee Merritt, the family attorney.

The arrest warrant was issued less than a week after investigators said that Oliver killed Jordan Edwards as he left a party with his friends.

Former McKinney police officer, who is now a defense attorney, Pete Schulte said: “It lifts a very heavy burden off of their shoulders,” said Merritt. “It doesn’t take away the sting of obviously losing their son, but it does soften the blow a bit.”

“What would a reasonable officer do in that situation? I think that’s where he’s going to have a problem with what we know now,” said Schulte. “A reasonable officer probably wouldn’t have pulled out an AR-15 assault rifle at a call for a loud party with a bunch of teenagers.”

Merritt said the family of Jordan Edwards is ready for the long road ahead and likely a trial.

“They won’t really be satisfied until there is a murder conviction,” said Merritt.

Oliver will now go through the grand jury process and likely be indicted for murder, according to Schulte.

There was another officer on scene the night of the shooting, but it is unclear what will happen to him.

The victim’s father said that his son was shot in the head by a rifle as his son was leaving a party in a car.

Previous records show that Oliver was briefly suspended in 2013, following a complaint about his conduct while serving as a witness in a drunken driving case.

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