TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) — District Attorney William Porter says two Tillamook County sheriff's deputies were justified in shooting a 68-year-old man who advanced on them with a raised hatchet.
Porter said Monday the case won't go to a grand jury.
The sheriff's office said that deputies got a disturbance call on Oct. 23 and found a man breaking into a mobile home.
Porter identified the man as Michael Elmo Shepherd and said the deputies shot him after he refused commands to stop and continued toward them.
Porter did not identify the deputies. A call to the sheriff's office was not immediately returned.
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