Kevin Johnson

USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — A Florida prosecutor has cleared an FBI agent in the fatal shooting of a Chechen man who was being questioned about a possible link to one of the Boston Marathon suspects, two federal law enforcement officials said Friday.

The official said State Attorney Jeff Ashton will not bring charges against the agent in a report that will be released next week.

Ibragim Todashev, 27, was killed in Orlando in May while being questioned by FBI and Massachusetts law enforcement officials about his friendship with suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

The FBI agent said that he shot Todashev after he allegedly lunged at him with a sword or other lethal weapon.

In a statement Friday afternoon, Ashton's office said the report is "inaccurate and unfair to Mr. Todashev's surviving family and the police officers involved in the incident and their families."

It said the state attorney "has not made a final decision regarding the investigation into the death of Mr. Todashev and he has not communicated his decision to any federal officials. We do not know who said anything to the contrary."

The federal law enforcment officials, who are not authorized to comment publicly, told USA TODAY that the prosecutor's detailed report will not implicate the agent in criminal wrongdoing.

The officials also said a separate Justice Department review of the matter is expected to reach a similar conclusion

The Washington Post first reported the prosecutor's purported decision.

The statement by Ashton's office said the original investigative report had been written, but that the chief of investigations had not yet submitted a supplemental report to the state attorney.

It said the release of information in the case "contravenes and frustrates all of the efforts to date by employees of the FBI, DOJ and this office for the orderly and safe release of information.''