The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office has dismissed attempted murder charges against a man shot by police in 2014 after he was stopped for questioning about a robbery.

The shooting by a police officer, while the man was on his hands and knees, was captured by police dashcam video. The man was then charged with attempted murder of the officers. He was never charged in the robbery.

The Jefferson County District Attorney's office issued a statement late Friday afternoon announcing the attempted murder charges were being dropped against Aubrey Williams.

"After an extensive review of all the evidence in this case, the state is unable to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt," according to the press release.

Lt. Sean Edwards also responded Friday evening to the District Attorney's Office decision

"We have been in communication with the DA's Office throughout this entire process," he stated in an email to AL.com. "We do understand with Alabama being an open carry state there will be times when officers may use force without any subsequent criminal charges."

Williams' attorney, Emory Anthony, said the attempted murder case should never have been brought. "When you look at the video and different statements given by police officers it should never have been brought," he said.

Anthony has said before that Williams informed officers that he had a gun in a sack he was carrying prior to the shooting.

The attempted murder indictments against Williams stated that Williams was "presenting a firearm and pointing it" at the officers.

Anthony, however, said Friday that "there was never any evidence that Aubrey Williams pulled a gun or pointed a gun at the police officers."

"The dismissal is almost two years too late but I'm glad that it has been done," Anthony said.

Anthony questioned whether the District Attorney's Office will file charges against the two officers for hindering prosecution or filing a false report for statements they gave after the incident - including statements that resulted in medals being issued to one officer.

"This man stayed in jail for more than a year and a half on some trumped up charges by these Birmingham police officers," Anthony said. Not all police officers are bad, but when they make a mistake they should own up to it, he said.

Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls has previously said that his office had found that the use of force by the officers were reasonable under the circumstances.

Aguirre's attorney issued a statement to AL.com on Saturday.

"Officer Aguirre stands firm on the justification for having to use lethal force in this instance," Aguirre's attorney, Scott Morro, stated. "Officers are called upon to make split second decision with regard to their own safety and the safety of others. Ultimately those who decide to prosecute or not do so after scrutinizing much more information then what the officer on the scene has. Officer Aguirre has no control over those prosecuting decisions."

"Any suggestion by anyone that officer Aguirre is a "bad cop" is completely and utterly false and defamatory," Morro wrote.

"Despite what the latest trend is regarding criticism of policing in this country officers continue to place themselves in harms way 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," Morro stated.

AL.com had obtained the video through a confidential source.

The statement by the district attorney's office summarized the events that took place that night:

"The investigation revealed that on April 24, 2014 Birmingham Police Officers Richard Haluska and Daniel Aguirre were patrolling in the East Lake area after taking a report concerning an armed robber at a nearby ATM," according to the statement. "Shortly after 2:00 a.m., the two officers encountered Aubrey Williams and Devon Brown walking in an alleyway."

"As the officers approached the two men, Officer Haluska saw a handgun in the back pocket of Mr. Brown and attempted to secure the weapon," according to the statement.

"The situation quickly escalated and Mr. Brown began to wrestle with Officer Haluska," according to the statement. "As Mr. Brown continued to resist, Officer Aguirre attempted to subdue him with his Taser."

"At this point, Mr. Williams was on the ground. Officer Aguirre approached Mr. Williams in order to handcuff him for his safety," according to the statement. "Mr. Williams then raised his right arm from underneath him and Officer Aguirre saw a handgun. Officer Aguirre jumped back and fired two shots."

"Officer Aguirre then kicked the firearm away and secured Mr. Williams," according to the statement. "Officer Aguirre immediately ran to the dash cam recording of the incident was preserved."

Williams nor Brown were licensed to carry a concealed firearm. Brown was later charged with being a certain person forbidden to possess a pistol and for a murder that had happened the previous night, according to the press release.

The dashcam video was sent to the FBI to enhance the images, but the FBI was not able to do so, according to the statement. Those results were recently submitted to the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office.

A year after the events Aguirre was awarded a Combat Cross Medal by the Birmingham Police Department for his actions.

Due to the pending criminal charges against Brown and ongoing civil litigation, the District Attorney's Office says it can't release any additional details.

In a previously issued statement by Birmingham Police Department Public Information Officer Lt. Sean Edwards he said: "The most important part of this encounter was there was no loss of life but the incident does underscore the dangers of police work."