WYOMING, MI -- The shooting of a man who pointed a stolen firearm at a Wyoming police officer has been ruled justifiable.

Sadiq Bishara-Abaker Idris, 25, a native of Sudan, was shot and killed Sept. 7 on 32nd Street SE at Eastern Avenue in Grand Rapids.

Police had been looking for him in the theft of a handgun from Al & Bob's Sports at 3100 S. Division Ave.

Wyoming police Officer Chad Wells shot Idris later that day.

"The video from Officer Wells' in-car camera as well as the four civilian witnesses all corroborate the officer's reported account of the shooting," Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth said in his ruling issued Tuesday, Oct. 11.

"Based on a review of the video and the statements, it is abundantly clear that Officer Wells honestly and reasonably believed that he was in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm and that it appeared immediately necessary for him to use deadly force," Forsyth said.

Forsyth said the officer had no way of knowing that the gun was unloaded. Idris had plenty of time to find ammunition after stealing the gun.

"While we will never know what motivated Mr. Idris to point an unloaded gun at Officer Wells, the fact that he did so is of no legal consequence."