Charges were amended this week in connection with armed robberies and the shooting of a sheriff’s deputy March 3 at Family Dollar store near 13th and Quindaro and March 4 at the 7-Eleven store near 44th and Shawnee Drive.
District Attorney Jerome Gorman filed amended charges against three men, according to a news release.
Off-duty Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Wood was shot and severely injured during the armed robbery at the 7-Eleven.
Charles D. Bowser, 18, of Kansas City, Mo.; Dyron M. King, 24 of Kansas City, Kan.; and Cecil Meggerson, 35, of Kansas City, Kan.; have all been charged with one count of attempted capital murder, four counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated battery, two counts of criminal possession of a firearm and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.
Each is being held in the Wyandotte County Jail. Bond was set at $1 million.
Amended charges were filed after reports were received from multiple law enforcement agencies and forensic analysis from a crime laboratory, according to a spokesman.