Two Larimer County Sheriff’s Office deputies will not face criminal charges after shooting a woman following a high-speed pursuit.

Emily Louise Minugh, 54, was shot and injured by two deputies after allegedly pulling a handgun on them after a 10-mile pursuit through west Loveland on Aug. 20, according to a decision letter from Eighth Judicial District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin to Larimer County Sheriff John Feyen.

Deputy Steve Smyth and Deputy Austin Kinney were deemed justified in their use of force following an investigation by the district attorney office’s Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT), according to the letter.

The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. in the area of Highway 402 and the East Frontage Road — south of Fort Collins. Smyth attempted to stop a 2007 Honda Accord due to the registered owner, later identified as Minugh, having a suspended license due to alcohol-related offenses, according to the letter.

Minugh also had a warrant out for her arrest for failing to appear for a DUI charge in July.

Multiple police vehicles pursued the woman, who eluded deputies for nearly 10 miles and exceeded speeds of 120 mph through west Loveland, eventually driving into the oncoming side of Highway 402. Deputies then attempted to deploy tire spikes near Highway 402 and Lincoln Avenue, but the suspect continued, police said.

Minugh eventually lost control and crashed into a fence and mailboxes on Wheatridge Court and County Road 18.

The two deputies parked on the left and right side of Minugh’s vehicle. Minugh immediately opened the driver’s side door and started to get out and it was “immediately apparent she had a firearm in her right hand near chest height,” the letter said.

Smyth yelled for Minugh to drop the gun, but she allegedly continued to get out of the vehicle.

Both deputies fired at Minugh, hitting her multiple times. She was then transported to a nearby hospital where she was treated for her injuries. A 9mm handgun with nine live rounds and 38 additional rounds in a backpack were found at the scene.

At the hospital, Minugh’s blood was tested. The alcohol results were more than four times the legal limit, the district attorney’s office said.

After being released from the hospital, Minugh was booked into the Larimer County Jail on the previous warrant and the investigation of several felonies, including two counts of first-degree assault, one count of menacing and one count of vehicular eluding. She also faces misdemeanor theft and misdemeanor reckless driving charges.

“Considering the totality of the circumstances facing both deputies, it was reasonable for them to shoot at Minugh, and it is evident that nonviolent means would have been ineffective in presenting the threat she posed,” McLaughlin concluded in the letter.