NELSON COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) – The Maryland man accused of killing a Wintergreen police officer in 2023 has pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge.

Daniel Barmak of Owings Mills was scheduled to go to trial in September on four charges, including aggravated murder of a law enforcement officer.

However, according to online records, the 24-year-old Barmak pleaded guilty to the amended charge as well as two counts of malicious wounding during a hearing Wednesday in Nelson County Circuit Court.

He was charged with the killing of 31-year-old officer Chris Wagner the night of June 16th of 2023 after he responded to an assault in progress on Arrowood Lane.

A sentencing hearing is set for September 29th.