The fatal shooting of a Rock Springs man during a March 12 arrest involving two Wyoming-based U.S. Marshals Service deputies was justified and did not violate federal or state laws, Uinta County’s top prosecutor has determined.

Steven Sheesley, 34, died a few minutes after he was shot.

One of the deputy marshals shot him in the chest, killing Sheesley, says a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) report released Wednesday to Cowboy State Daily. The other one hit him in the arm.

Sheesley had made desperate and suicidal statements to his ex-wife in the preceding months. During the attempted arrest, his stance, statements, and gestures indicated that he was armed and would kill his arresting officers, according to an Aug. 27 decision letter Cowboy State Daily obtained Thursday f

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