COVINGTON, Kentucky — Police say a man will not face charges after he shot and killed one of three armed men who broke into his home early Tuesday morning, according to reports.

Police identified the man killed as Joshua Kersey, 43, of Cincinnati, Ohio, WCPO Channel 9 reports. Kersey died of his wounds after being taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Kersey was one of three men who broke into in Covington at about 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, police tell WLWT Channel 5. The men threatened two occupants in the home, demanding to see another person who had not lived in the home for years.

Floyd Gillie Sr., 54, the owner of the home, shot Kersey and the other two men ran from the house, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Kersey reportedly stumbled outside of the house and collapsed. The other two suspects have not been captured.

Commonweath Attorney Rob Sanders tells the Enquirer that the shooting is justified under the state’s “Castle Law Doctrine.”

“This wasn’t a close call ... it was clearly justified,” Sanders tells WCPO.

Covington is located across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.

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