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Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders said his office has determined that the officers who shot and killed 37-year-old Daniel Bolinger in Crestview Hills on June 19 were justified in doing so and will not face any charges.
On June 19, KSP said troopers were requested by the Lakeside Park-Crestview Hills Police Department to investigate the shooting, which happened just after 11 p.m. that night.
In a press conference Wednesday, body camera footage was shown of the moment the two officers shot Bolinger five times, killing him.
WATCH: Body-worn camera footage shows deadly police shooting, now ruled justified
According to KSP, Lakeside Park-Crestview Hills officers were dispatched to a home on University Circle to help with a Health and Family Services investigation.
Sanders said officers had contact with Bolinger two other times in the 24 hours leading up to the shooting — once on June 18 and earlier on June 19, at around 5 p.m. Sanders said during the 5 p.m. visit, officers were responding to calls reporting that a 3-year-old girl and a 5-year-old girl were running up and down the street, partially clothed and not under any apparent supervision.
Bolinger was heavily intoxicated when officers encountered him, Sanders said. He also came out of the home and confronted officers with a spear-like object with a long handle.
Two Lakeside Park officers on scene fired their weapons, Sanders said; he did not release the names of those officers.
Bolinger was fatally shot and pronounced dead at the scene by the Kenton County Coroner's Office, according to KSP.
"Frankly, in my opinion, if there's any criticism of the officers, it's that they didn't shoot him sooner," Sanders said. "He really put them in a very bad position and they got uncomfortably close to Mr. Bolinger while he was armed with that spear. But by the grace of God, neither officer was injured in this incident."
Sanders said the two children involved with the initial call are now in the custody of the family courts, and their mother is fighting for custody.
"Even if they don't actively remember this for the rest of their life, it will be buried in their memory somewhere and damage them permanently," Sanders said.
WATCH: Kenton County Prosecutor Rob Sanders holds a press conference about the shooting
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