ASSOCIATED PRESS April Pipkins holds a photograph of her deceased son, Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr., who was fatally shot by police after being mistaken for a gunman in a Hoover, Alabama, mall.

The fatal police shooting of an armed Alabama man after he was mistaken for a mall shooter in November was “justified and not criminal,” authorities said Tuesday. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall decided that the Hoover, Alabama, officer who fatally shot 21-year-old Emantic “EJ” F. Bradford Jr. will not be criminally charged in the Thanksgiving night shooting. The officer, who was not identified, mistakenly targeted Bradford after he was seen running toward one of the shooting victims while holding a handgun. Warning: The video below may be graphic to some viewers.