Denver District Attorney Beth McCann will not file criminal charges against three police officers involved in the December fatal shooting of a man, finding the shooting justified, according to a decision letter issued Wednesday.

According to the letter, Cpl. Jeffery Jenkins fatally shot Larry Hamm on Dec. 28 after a pursuit when police responded to a report of an attack on a resident on North Monaco Parkway.

Although Hamm had discarded a handgun he carried by the time Jenkins shot him, he was armed at the beginning of the pursuit and had fled a scene where two people were shot, as well as attempting to carjack drivers while armed during the pursuit by officers.

Jenkins shot Hamm three times in the hip and abdomen after he got into the passenger side of a passing car on North Monaco Parkway, according to the letter. Jenkins had warned Hamm he would shoot him if he got into the car, says the letter.

According to the decision letter, officers responded to a call after 11 a.m. from a person reporting an attack on his neighbor at 950 N. Monaco Parkway.

Two suspects fled the scene, and Hamm left the home holding a gun after officers heard a gunshot.

Officers found the owner of the home dead from a gunshot wound, and another person who had also suffered a gunshot but survived.

Hamm led officers Crystal Thomas and John Repjar on a pursuit on foot, according to the letter, and Jenkins chose to also respond when he heard the situation had escalated.

Repjar and Thomas fired shots at Hamm after he attempted to carjack a passing driver by threatening them with his gun, but did not hit Hamm.

According to the letter, the officers were identifiable as police officers because they were in uniform and drove marked vehicles.

The letter says Hamm discarded his gun on a grassy median between the northbound and southbound lanes of North Monaco Parkway, but Repjar was unaware Hamm no longer had the weapon.

After Jenkins shot Hamm, officers Celia Munoz and Lisa Garcia also arrived at the scene, and police removed Hamm from the car he had gotten into.

The letter says the woman driving the car Hamm got into had cuts on her arms from the window shattering because of the shooting, but she was otherwise uninjured.

Hamm was taken to Denver Health Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after noon.

One of the gunshot wounds caused a fatal injury to Hamm’s liver, according to the autopsy report. However, the letter found Jenkins attempted to minimize injury by aiming low on Hamm’s body and to avoid harming the driver of the car.

The decision letter said Thomas, Repjar and Jenkins gave interviews the same day of the shooting. They did not see their body-camera footage nor speak to witnesses before their interviews, according to the letter. They also were not allowed to talk to each other.

Although McCann did not find a basis for criminal charges against the officers, the letter says her decision does not bar administrative action by the Denver Police Department.