FORSYTH, Ga. (AP) - Authorities say three central Georgia sheriff’s deputies won’t face charges in the fatal shooting of a woman at her home.
WMAZ-TV quotes a spokesman for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office as saying a prosecutor has cleared the officers after a review by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The agency investigated last month’s fatal shooting of 42-year-old Ida Christy Stiles during a confrontation. Relatives say she had a history of mental illness and that officers had been to the home before.
The sheriff’s office says the officers shot the woman during a call in which she was holding an air pistol.
A spokesman for the sheriff’s office released a letter from interim District Attorney Elizabeth Bobbitt saying the shooting was justified and the officers acted within the scope of their duties.
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