ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orlando Police officer who was involved in a fatal shooting at the Colonial Plaza shopping center last year has been indicted on a manslaughter charge, records show.

Master Officer Anthony Wongshue turned himself in after being informed of the indictment, according to Orlando Police spokesman Sgt. Eduardo Bernal.

Wongshue is facing a second-degree manslaughter charge.

The shooting took place May 7, 2018, at the Colonial Plaza shopping center on East Colonial Drive and Bumby Avenue.

The incident started when a Marshalls security guard flagged down officers working a traffic crash in the area. The security guard pointed out several people, telling them the people were shoplifting at the store.

Then-Orlando Police Chief John Mina said the officers confronted the people, who were in a van, which began driving away.

That's when police said Wongshue and another officer opened fire.

The driver of the van was 32-year-old Juan Alberto Silva. He was found dead in the van a few miles away.

Two others in the van, Brittany Chandler and Jocelyn Villot, were charged with felony murder, grand theft, and resisting an officer.

The other officer, Juan Abreu, and Wongshue were placed on administrative leave following the shooting, which is standard procedure. Abreu was cleared of wrongdoing in March, but charges against Wongshue were filed Wednesday.

"It is particularly disturbing because this matter had been looked into for the better part of a year without charges being filed. During that time, Master Police Officer Wongshue made himself fully available to the investigation," Orlando’s Faternal Order of Police Lodge 25 said in a statement.

Orlando Police declined to offer interviews, and in a statement, State Attorney Aramis Ayala said, "This is ongoing litigation, which limits my ability to comment further."

Wongshue was released from the Orange County Jail on $5,000 bond that night.

As of Thursday morning, he was still an employee of the department and was on administrative paid leave, Bernal said.