The man who fired four shots at a fleeing robbery suspect won’t be indicted.

A Nelson County grand jury on Wednesday returned a “no true bill,” meaning there was insufficient evidence to believe he committed a crime.

Capt. Kevin Thompson, assistant chief of the Bardstown Police Department, said Friday prosecutors presented the surveillance video to the jury, and the jurors apparently believed the man’s actions were justified.

The suspect was unarmed, but the shooter believed the suspect had a gun and was a threat.

“It’s what he perceives as occurring,” Thompson said, referencing the statute.

Under KRS 503, if a person believes that he or another person is in imminent danger of death, serious physical injury, kidnapping or rape, he can use deadly force to protect himself or the other person.

Det. Chris Smith, who handled the shooting incident in the Dec. 7 robbery investigation, said Ledrick Edwards, 39, of Bardstown, was not armed when he held up the WesBanco branch at 315 N. Third St. However, the man who shot at Edwards thought he was armed and felt threatened, so he discharged his weapon.

Police have not named the shooter.

According to reports by police and the prosecutor, the man’s wife was inside the bank when the robbery occurred, and he was outside with their little girl, who was in the vehicle. When Edwards exited the bank, he ran toward them, and the man got the gun from the vehicle and fired. Edwards then dropped the money and ran.

The suspect later had someone pick him up and take him to his mother’s house, where he was arrested.

Edwards had apparently ridden a bicycle, which was lying by the back door when city police and sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene that morning.