Two Austin police officers who shot and killed a man off Sixth Street last year will not face criminal charges, according to a statement from the Travis County district attorney.

Investigators found that police Sgt. Richard Egal and Cpl. Max Johnson were justified in shooting 24-year-old Landon Nobles, District Attorney Margaret Moore said in Tuesday's announcement.

The shooting happened around 2:40 a.m. May 7, 2017, after police stationed downtown at Sixth and Trinity streets reported hearing gunfire from the east.

They began to walk along Sixth Street toward the Moose Knuckle Pub, where surveillance cameras captured a disturbance outside.

A woman ran by officers, saying a man had fired a gun into the air. She later gave them a description of the shooter.

Officers continued walking and spotted, among a group of young men, someone who matched the woman's description, authorities said. The man, later identified by police as Nobles, ran as officers approached, the district attorney said.

“Sgt. Egal, who was on bicycle patrol in the area at the time, had heard the earlier report of the initial shots fired and the description of the suspect,” the district attorney’s office said. “When Nobles ran in his direction, Sgt. Egal dismounted his bicycle directly in Nobles’ path, causing the bike to cause Nobles to fall to the ground. Nobles immediately got up and continued to run, and turned towards officers while holding the handgun.”

Officials said Egal and Johnson viewed the move as an imminent threat and opened fire. The officers fired a total of five shots, three of which hit Nobles.

Nobles' family members have disputed key details of the Austin Police Department’s account.

Nobles' cousin Royie Nobles, 26, told the American-Statesman in May 2017 that Landon did not point his gun at police.

Royie Nobles said they were downtown with a group to celebrate another cousin’s birthday. He said Landon Nobles was running from the scene of an argument and was shot in the back by police after an officer threw a bicycle at him, causing a gun he was carrying to go off.

“I was there,” Royie Nobles said. “I saw the whole thing.”