MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A Miami Gardens police officer who fatally shot a mentally ill man in February 2015 will not face charges, Miami-Dade County state attorney's office spokesman Ed Griffith told Local 10 News.
Lavall Hall, 25, was shot and killed by police officers near his home after his mom called 911.
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Officers said at the time they had no choice but to fire at Hall when he attacked them with a broomstick.
A report released by the state attorney's office said Officer Eddo Trimino was justified in using deadly force after Hall left another officer "bleeding profusely" from a gash to the forehead.
Trimino's justification in using deadly force was under Florida's "fleeing felon law," which allows officers to shoot someone who is suspected of a felony.
The report said that Trimino "fired his service pistol in order to protect his life and that of others."