Syracuse, N.Y. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed a trooper wrongfully shot and killed a Jamesville teenager four years ago.

U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino ruled last week that the trooper, Corey Fike, had acted within the law when he was one of several police officers who shot Judson Albahm in March 2021.

D’Agostino said the officers were justified in shooting Judson, 17, since he pointed a pellet gun at them twice. The gun closely resembled a Glock semiautomatic pistol.

“Although [Judson’s] apparent weapon was only a pellet gun, it appeared to be a deadly firearm,“ the judge said in a 26-page decision. ”[Judson] pointed the pellet gun at the officers as if to shoot, even after being repeatedly instructed to drop the weapon and attempts to de-escalate the si

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