A police officer from Arkansas will not face charges after shooting dead a former U.S. Marine who punched her in the face after she tried to arrest him for attacking a store worker.

Scott Ellington, the prosecuting attorney for the 2nd Judicial District, wrote in a letter obtained by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that police officer Leann Norman would not face criminal charges.

Ellington wrote that Marzues Scott, 35, 'became aggressive toward the officer' when she told him to stop. He then come toward her and she drew her gun.

After hitting Norman the judge concluded the officer was 'reasonable in believing that her life was in danger when she fired her service weapon.'

35-year-old former Marine and dad of two Marzues Scott (pictured above) was shot by Officer Leann Norman after he punched her in the face twice and she believed her life was in danger

Officer Leann Norman (pictured above) had been in post 10 months before the incident happened

On April 7 at around 11 p.m., Norman responded to a disturbance at a Dodge Store. She had only been on the job for 10 months.

Surveillance video shows Scott, a former Marine and father of two from Blytheville, inside the Dodge store, walking up behind an employee and attacking them resulting in head injuries and a lost tooth, as reported by WMC5.

Norman arrived on the scene and activated her body camera before yelling commands to Scott as he was crossing the street to the Deerfield Inn where he was staying.

It isn't clear why he was staying at the inn or why he'd beaten up the store employee.

The incident was captured on the body-cam Norman was wearing which shows Scott near to a Dodge store where he'd attacked a store employee who had called police

Norman says she was punched twice in the face and hit the ground. Her torch is seen lying on the tarmac on the camera footage

'He hit me in the face twice, I had no choice,' Norman can be heard saying. Scott was shot twice, once in the torso and it isn't clear where else

'You just assaulted somebody at Dodge Store. Go to my car. Go to my car. Don't get near me. Go to my car now. Go to my car. I need some back up. Go to the car. Get back don't come near me. Get back. Shots fired Shots fired Shots fired,' Norman is heard saying in the video.

'He hit me in the face twice, I had no choice,' Norman adds.

Scott was shot twice, once in the torso. Investigators are waiting on autopsy results to determine where the second shot hit. He died shortly afterwards in the hospital.

A toxicology report was also carried out.

Other officers arrived on the scene and gave CPR to Scott who died in the hospital shortly after the incident

Scott Ellington, the prosecuting attorney for the 2nd Judicial District, ruled that Norman will not face charges and she was 'reasonable in believing that her life was in danger when she fired her service weapon,'

Blythville police say it does not expect any disciplinary action against Norman.

Chief Ross Thompson of Blythville police told WMC5 he wanted to release the video because he wanted residents to know officers activated the body cameras the way they were supposed to.

'I think it's important for the citizens to know that they did this, and to be able to understand the interactions that took place,' Thompson said.

Scott was honorably discharged for his service in the U.S. Marines, according to his obituary.

In Arkansas there is a statute that allows officers to use force in the defense of what they perceive to be deadly force by another person.