NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 24-year-old Missouri man is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of a police officer during a traffic stop.
Joshua Rocha, of Kansas City, was charged Wednesday, a day after North Kansas City police officer Daniel Vasquez was shot and killed when he stopped a vehicle with expired temporary tags.
Rocha is being held on $2 million bond and will be arraigned Thursday.
Authorities say dash cam video from Vasquez’s car shows that Rocha shot Vasquez once through his car window and then got out of the vehicle and fired two more shots at the officer, who was on the ground.
Online court records do not name an attorney for Vasquez.
