A Kansas City, Kan., man, Omar D. Maria, 31, was indicted Tuesday by a Clay County, Mo., grand jury for assault on a law enforcement officer and armed criminal action.
Maria was arrested Sunday, Dec. 14, near 19th and Parallel in Kansas City, Kan., and questioned in connection with the shooting of the Pleasant Valley officer, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.
The case was investigated by the Missouri Highway Patrol with assistance from the Clay County prosecutor’s office.
Maria is being held at the Leavenworth, Kan., Detention Center, according to the highway patrol. Bond was set at $1 million.
The Pleasant Valley officer was making a traffic stop at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, on southbound I-35 just north of I-435, on the Missouri side of the metro area, when the suspect vehicle pulled to the shoulder and the driver began shooting toward the officer, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol report of the incident. The officer was hit in the face from a bullet and the suspect fled in his vehicle, the report stated.