During a test to evaluate his choices under pressure, the officer again mistakenly tried to draw his firearm instead of his Taser, a report says.

Middletown police are cleared in the fatal shooting of a man who pointed a gun at them on May 27, Butler County Prosecutor Mike Gmoser confirms to FOX19 NOW. “This case,” he said Wednesday, “should serve as fair warning to all offenders involved in criminal activities that pointing a firearm at a police officer in the performance of his duties will be met with lethal and justified use of force to eliminate the threat.