Syracuse, N.Y. — The state Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday released its final report into the fatal shooting of a man by a Syracuse police officer.

The AG’s Office decided it will not recommend criminal charges against Officer Christopher Mazzotti who killed Donnell Hogan , 42, after Hogan fired at another officer in May, according to the final report.

The officer shot Hogan once in the head with his patrol rifle shortly after 10 p.m. May 13 inside the Moses Dewitt House apartment building at 212 N. Townsend St., according to the report.

The AG’s office ruled that it could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer’s actions were not justified.

Under New York’s justification law, a police officer may use deadly physical force when the officer reasonably believes it

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