IDAHO FALLS — Just weeks after the fatal shooting of 46-year-old Derrand Zimmerman by Idaho Falls Police officers, Bonneville County Prosecutor Randy Neal has found the officers’ action to be legally justified.

In a news release from the prosecutor, Neal stated that what happened was tragic, but that Zimmerman’s actions were deliberate to shoot at Idaho Falls Police officers, Sgt. Gabe Klepich and Officer Dustin Cook.

“His firing his gun in the direction of the officers was a real, actual and significant threat of significant injury or death,” Neal stated.

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The incident occurred on Aug. 19, just after 10 p.m., whe

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