A West Valley City police officer who shot and killed a man hiding in a garage will not face criminal charges, the Salt Lake County district attorney announced Friday.
Officer Nicholaus Green fired three shots at Elijah James Smith on April 8, one of the bullets striking the 20-year-old in the neck.
Smith had come to the West Valley City house while running from police, who were searching the area for someone suspected of stealing from a cellphone store on Redwood Road.
Body camera footage, shown Friday at the district attorney’s office, show three officers enter the home and encounter Smith in the garage.