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A Roosevelt police officer was justified in shooting and killing a man earlier this year, prosecutors decided Wednesday.

Roosevelt Police Lt. Pete Butcher shot and killed Kevin Vance Norton, 36, on May 3. Officers had tried for nearly half an hour to disarm Norton after he had threatened violence against himself and other people, according to a statement from Roosevelt City.

Norton was distraught and threatening violence when his wife called 911, according to the statement. She drove him to Uintah Basin Medical Center, where employees also called police about a handgun-toting man who was reportedly "acting erratically."

Norton fled on foot into a nearby wooded area, where officers used several non-lethal options to try and get him to drop his gun, including a Taser and two rounds of beanbags. After he didn't, Butcher shot him once.

"The City of Roosevelt is pleased with the County Attorney's decision," the city's statement reads. "Officers are often placed in difficult, life-threatening situations where they have to weigh a multitude of factors about the type of force necessary in complicated and tense encounters."

The city also expressed its deepest condolences to Norton's family, and its gratitude that no other citizens or officers were hurt.

According to his obituary, Norton "was kind to everyone and was always looking out for the underdog."

"He enjoyed people and treasured his friendships with others," the obituary reads. He was "a born teacher," loved to fish, and was an "amazing husband, father and grandfather," the obituary adds.

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