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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A prosecutor has ruled that Boise Police officers were justified when they wounded a Meridian man during a parking lot confrontation last fall.
KTVB reports that Twin Falls County Prosecutor Grant Loebs announced the decision Thursday, five months after 22-year-old Dakota Morris was shot.
Boise Police said at the time that officers were responding to a report of two people acting "suspiciously" inside a Jack in the Box.
Pollice say when officers arrived at the fast-food restaurant Morris fled, prompting a chase through parking lots and behind businesses.
Police say Morris brandished a fire arm and was shot. He sustained non-life threatening injuries.
He was arrested on felony charges of assault on a law enforcement officer, use of a deadly weapon in commission of a felony, unlawful possession of a firearm and failure to appear. He has pleaded not guilty.
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