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No charges for officers in fatal South Carolina shooting

FILE - Connie Craig, center, talks about the death of her son, Irvin D. Moorer Charley, who she saw shot and killed by a Richland County deputy during a news conference in Columbia, S.C., Wednesday, March 23, 2022. A prosecutor in South Carolina decided Tuesday, June 14 not to charge two police officers in the fatal shooting of Charley, who lunged at them with a broken piece of wood from a chair after family members warned them the victim was mentally ill. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Richland County Sheriff's Department on Sunday, March 20, 2022, shows Sheriff's Deputies John Anderson, left, and Zachary Hentz. A prosecutor in South Carolina decided Tuesday, June 14 not to charge the officers in the fatal shooting of a Black man who lunged at them with a broken piece of wood from a chair after family members warned them the victim was mentally ill. (Richland County Sheriff's Department via AP)

FILE - In this image from the body camera video of Richland County Sherrif's Deputy John Anderson, Irvin D. Moorer Charley holds a piece of wood as he walks towards Anderson, who is backpedaling, on March 19, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. A prosecutor in South Carolina decided Tuesday, June 14 not to charge Anderson and a fellow officer in the fatal shooting of the man who lunged at them after family members warned them the victim was mentally ill. (Deputy John Anderson/Richland County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

No charges for officers in fatal South Carolina shooting