A Wheat Ridge police officer was found justified in a fatal shooting by both the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office and the department’s internal investigation.

The Wheat Ridge Police Department provided an update and body camera footage Friday afternoon regarding a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on July 10 in the area of West 32nd Avenue and Youngfield Street.

Officer Tristan Siemek pulled over Duane Butts on July 6. Butts then allegedly drove away from the officer, triggering a parole violation and felony warrant, according to the department.

Siemek then spotted the same suspect on a motorcycle on July 10. He confirmed Butts’ identity and saw in the database that Butts was considered armed and dangerous, the department said.

The officer attempted to stop Butts, aiming a taser at him. Butts then left the motorcycle and fled down the street, as seen in the released footage.

Siemek fired his taser at Butts multiple times, but Butts continued to run. Butts eventually fell to the ground on an embankment and began reaching into his pocket. The officer demanded that he stop, but Butts said, “I don’t want to live,” multiple times.

Butts then appeared to pull a handgun from his pocket. Siemek then fired at him over 10 times. The suspect was later transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

A Sig Sauer P365 9mm handgun and suspected narcotics were found on Butts’ person.

The incident led to an investigation by the department and the district attorney’s office’s Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) per policy. Both found Siemek to be justified in his use of force.

“Officer Siemek had objectively reasonable grounds to believe that he was in imminent danger of being killed or suffering serious bodily injury when Mr. Butts pointed a firearm at him, after running from the Officer, disregarding commands, and saying he wanted to die,” District Attorney Alexis King said in a Nov. 24 letter to the department, announcing no criminal charges against the officer.

The police department said it offered resources to Butts’ family through its partners at Victim Outreach Inc.