This the second-story window of Kyle LaCasse's home, which he says was pierced by a bullet hole. Police confirmed the officer struck a nearby house in the shooting.
The second-story window of a home in Olympia was pierced by a bullet on May 21, when Olympia police officer Ryan Donald shot two men with skateboards who he was chasing after a reported robbery. Kyle LaCasse

The AP reports:

A prosecutor says no charges will be brought against an Olympia, Washington, police officer who shot and injured two men he says repeatedly threatened him, including with a skateboard.

At a news conference Wednesday, Thurston County Prosecutor Jon Tunheim said the officer had justification for using force. The suspects will face assault charges.

The May 21 shooting has been investigated by a team of detectives from several agencies.

Olympia Police Officer Ryan Donald has been on administrative leave since the shooting that injured Bryson Chaplin, 21, and Andre Thompson, 24.

"But for the hostile acts of Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Thompson, these shootings would not have occurred," Tunheim said.

I tuned into Tunheim's press conference as it was wrapping up and heard the prosecutor respond to a question about Chaplin and Thompson being unarmed. "I really do take issue with the phrase 'unarmed,'" he said. "The skateboard, as it was used in this case, was very much a deadly weapon... That skateboard could have struck him in a way to render him incapacitated or unconscious or something of that nature."

Tunheim said there was nothing in Donald's statement that indicated to him that race was a factor in his decision to use force. Donald, who is white, didn't provide a statement to investigators until several days after the incident. (He's now on leave.) During the confrontation, one of the bullets from Donald's gun struck the second-story window of a nearby home, sending residents fleeing for cover. Chaplin, one of the men Donald shot, is paralyzed from the waist down, according to the attorney for the two men. He says they never attacked the officer.

Olympia police chief Ronnie Roberts said now that the prosecutor's investigation is over, his department will review whether Donald violated department policies. It'll also implement new hiring practices and explicitly prohibit biased policing. "Issues of bias, power privilege, and race are challenging communities across this nation," he said. "We recognize that there are members of our community who feel vulnerable and mistrustful of the police... We must recognize that implicit and explicit bias exists in all institutions, including policing." He didn't take any questions. As he walked away, two people at the back of the room shouted in unison, "Fire Officer Donald! Fire Officer Donald!"

Following the prosecutor's announcement, Donald's attorney told reporters he's "one happy camper."