Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall informed the Hoover Police Department and the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation Tuesday that the police officer who shot and killed Emantic “E.J.” Bradford, Jr. would “not be criminally charged for his actions,” according to a press release from Marshall’s office.

The shooting, which took place on Nov. 22 at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, sparked outrage in the community and resulted in a series of protests.

Forensic analyses found that Bradford was struck three times in the back, any of which could have been the shot that killed him.

In the press release, Marshall noted that “it was his understanding” that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) had also reviewed the shooting and “found no evidence to initiate a case against the officer for civil rights violation(s).”

According to the Attorney General’s official report, there were two shooting at the mall the night Bradford was killed – the first happened at approximately 9:51 p.m. when Brian Wilson was shot twice; the second happened “approximately five seconds later” when an officer shot and killed Bradford, who was “running toward the initial shooter and victim with a firearm visibly in his hand.”

The officer’s name was redacted from the report.

“After an extensive investigation and review, the Attorney General has determined that [the officer] did not commit a crime under Alabama law when he shot and killed E.J. Bradford and thus the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct preclude presentation of this case to a grand jury,” the report states. “The facts of this case demonstrate that [the officer] reasonably exercised his official powers, duties or functions when he shot E.J. Bradford.”

The report states that on Nov. 23, the day after the shooting, Jefferson County Sheriff-elect Mark Pettaway “discovered that he had a potential conflict of interest regarding a witness to the incident” and the investigation was handed over to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI).

The SBI investigated the incident for seven weeks.

On Dec. 11, Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr informed Marshall that “a fair-minded, objective observer could conclude that a conflict exists” with the district attorney’s office because the officer “was the charging officer and/or a witness in approximately 20 cases pending with the District Attorney’s office” and the personal relationship between Carr and some of the protesters.

At that point, the investigation was handed over to Marshall’s office and eventually decided that the officer’s actions “were reasonable and not criminal.”

Representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama and the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth and Reconciliation (CNTR) did not respond to requests for comment.