White supremacist double murder suspect Brandon Gerner is charged with killing Tacoma family's horse as 'SACRIFICE' for dead friend

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A notorious white supremacist has been arrested in connection with two murders and the shooting of a family's horse as a 'sacrifice' for his dead friend. 

Brandon Gerner, 41, from Snohomish, Washington, was charged with animal cruelty as well as first and second degree murder on Wednesday.

Delanie Greer discovered her beloved horse LeMon had been shot dead outside his stall in Tacoma on December 17.

Gerner killed LeMon as a sacrifice to his friend Kody Olsen, who died after a shooting involving Pierce County police, prosecutors alleged.

Court documents revealed how Gerner and Olsen were involved in multiple white supremacist groups and are linked to another case in Maple Valley where two bodies were found in a bush on the side of the road in November, KIRO 7 News reported.  

Brandon Gerner, 41, was charged with animal cruelty as well as with first and second degree murder on Wednesday

Delanie Greer discovered her beloved horse LeMon had been shot dead outside his stall in Tacoma on December 17

'Every morning I have to walk up and remind myself that you're gone' LeMon's heartbroken owner wrote 

Gerner was charged alongside another white supremacist and Joshua Jones in connection with the murders of 57-year-old Robert Riley and 34-year-old Ashley Williams. 

Jones was taken into custody on February 7 in Seattle, and Gerner was detained on Friday in Tacoma, police said. 

Olsen was also a suspect in the murders but died as a result of his injuries on December 12. 

'My horse was shot three weeks ago on my parent's property' LeMon's heartbroken owner Delanie Greer wrote on Facebook. 

'Every morning I have to walk up and remind myself that you're gone' Greer wrote in a heartfelt tribute to her beloved pet. 

'People say you didn't deserve this, but no living thing deserves what happened to you' she added. 

Writing after Gerner's arrest, Greer added: 'He says he did it as a sacrifice but in your death you linked him to another murder… even in death your helping people.'

The arrest provided some relief Greer told KIRO 7 News, adding: 'There were a lot of people on edge because they thought it was going to be something that was going to start going around the county'. 

'We have a neighbor up the street who has a bunch of horses. She was worried,' she explained. 

Greer and LeMon spent a decade travelling across the country together, competing in major competitions, including a recent win at a world contest

LeMon was gifted to Greer by a friend when she moved to Montana at one point a decade ago

The arrest provided some relief for Greer as she mourns the loss of her beloved pet 

Gerner was charged alongside another white supremacist and Joshua Jones (pictured) in connection with the murders of 57-year-old Robert Riley and 34-year-old Ashley Williams

Gerner killed LeMon as a sacrifice to his fellow white supremacist friend Kody Olsen (pictured) who was killed during a shooting involving Pierce County police

She added: 'Just finding the circumstances and why it happened in the first place, as bizarre as it is, we don't feel quite as bad now, knowing that it was a weird, just a weird nightmare of a situation.'

Greer and LeMon spent a decade travelling across the country together, competing in major competitions, including a recent win at a world contest. 

Gerner previously served 22 years in prison for a long rap sheet including robbery, burglary, assault, unlawful possession of firearms.

'Despite his supervision conditions and the six felony convictions that prevent him from possessing firearms, the defendant was found in possession of a semi-automatic handgun when taken into custody,' prosecutors said. 

'Based on his incredibly violent conduct in this case, his history of possessing and recent possession of firearms, his criminal history, and his failure to comply with DOC conditions, the Defendant should continue to be held without bail.' 

A trial date has not yet been set.