Greenville County Sheriff's Office investigators have determined a deputy acted according to policy when he shot a 62-year-old man through a front window of his Simpsonville home.

The Sheriff's Office's Officer of Professional Standards conducted an internal investigation to see if Deputy Kevin Azzara violated any written policies during the incident. The investigation concluded and found that no agency policies were violated, spokesman Lt. Ryan Flood told The Greenville News Wednesday.

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Azzara was still on administrative duty as of Wednesday and would assume his regular duties at a time to be determined, Flood said.

"That was our position from the beginning, that he broke no laws, he broke no policies, he didn’t do anything wrong," Michael Laubshire, an attorney with the South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police who is representing Azzara, told The Greenville News.

A criminal investigation conducted by the State Law Enforcement Division is still ongoing, SLED spokeswoman Mary Perry said Wednesday.

Azzara responded to an alarm call on Eastcrest Drive in Simpsonville June 14. After approaching the front door, he saw a man inside, later identified as the homeowner, armed with a handgun. According to the Sheriff's Office, the man pointed the gun at Azzara, at which point Azzara fired his weapon into the home.

Azzara struck homeowner Dick Tench twice, once in the pelvis and once in the aortic artery. Tench survived but had both bullets lodged in his body for 30 days before one could be surgically removed, said Beattie Ashmore, Tench's attorney. The other bullet will stay in his pelvis for life, Ashmore said.

Initial statements from the Sheriff's Office claimed Tench opened the front door and pointed a gun at Azzara before Azzara fired shots.

An edited video presentation of body camera footage the Sheriff's Office shared 45 days later showed that Tench never opened the door.

The Sheriff's Office retracted its initial statement after The Greenville News reported on the discrepancy.

The first 30 seconds of the video contains no audio, but the footage shows Azzara peering into the front window by the door and seeing Tench in the foyer before shooting.

Tench did not know that Azzara was a deputy and thought he was being broken into based on the flashing lights reflecting inside his home, according to Beattie and Tench's statements in the video.

The alarm from the residence ended up being a medical-assist alarm that originated from someone's cellphone inside the home, according to the Sheriff's Office.

After Tench was shot, he opened the door, and he and Azzara began communicating.

"Oh my God, call the cops, please,” Tench said to Azzara, to which Azzara replied, "I am the cops."

Azzara and Tench continued to speak while Azzara provided initial treatment for Tench's injuries.

"You pointed a gun at me, man," Azzara said to Tench.

"I'm gonna die... I can’t believe you did this to me," Tench replied.

The Sheriff's Office initially declined to release the raw footage from the bodycam and declined to identify Azzara.

The Greenville News first reported Azzara's identity after obtaining a letter from the state Attorney General's Office that included his name. The letter was sent by 13th Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins to formally request that the Attorney General's Office review SLED's case rather than it being reviewed by the solicitor's office.

Azzara's background includes a prior, fatal shooting of a Simpsonville man in 2017, according to a SLED investigative file obtained by The Greenville News. The file also showed that Azzara shot the same man's dog in 2016.

Azzara has been with the Sheriff's Office since 2008, according to his officer background from the state Criminal Justice Academy.

Ashmore did not immediately respond to a phone message Wednesday.

Daniel J. Gross covers public safety and breaking news for The Greenville News. Reach him at dgross@greenvillenews.com or on Twitter @danieljgross.