Weld District Attorney Michael Rourke has cleared a Greeley police officer of all wrongdoing for shooting a homeowner in the foot who had activated his home’s security alarm.

The shooting happened on April 3 after two officers responded to a Greeley home because its security alarm was triggered. The officers heard a gunshot from inside the home and, shortly after, the homeowner came outside holding a gun, according to the incident report.

The officer, identified only by the last name Simental, shot seven times at the homeowner, striking him once in the foot. Police said the homeowner ignored commands and pointed his gun towards officers before Simental shot; however, the homeowner said in police interviews that he dropped the gun before being shot.

The two officers also never identified themselves as police during the altercation, according to the report and body camera footage from the incident.

“Officer Simental believed when he fired his weapon that he and Officer Cantin were in danger of death or serious bodily injury or death,” Rourke said in his decision. “I find that any possible charge against Officer Simental could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”

No criminal charges will be filed against Simental for the shooting.

The homeowner sustained non-serious injuries from the shooting and is expected to make a full recovery, according to the report.

In police interviews, the homeowner said he activated the security alarm because he thought he heard someone trying to or successfully entering his home.

After activating the alarm, he armed himself with a shotgun and handgun and hid in the bathroom, firing one warning shot into a wall to try to scare away the possible intruder, the report said.

Eventually, the homeowner decided to run to his car in case someone was inside the home, at which point he encountered the officers outside. He later told police he did not know the officers were outside and said, “I would have loved to have known you guys were there.”

Records show that the homeowner had called 911 four times in the year leading up to the incident to report “suspicious people” trespassing in his front and back yards. He told police he thought someone might have been “messing with” him.