A 26-year-old suspect who was shot in Oakland while allegedly driving a truck toward a group of U.S. Coast Guard security personnel following a daylong protest in October has been charged with assault.

Bella Thompson was charged Tuesday with one count of assaulting federal officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon and could, if convicted, face up to 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.