Ramsey County prosecutors announced Friday that a St. Paul officer was legally justified in shooting a man nearly a year ago. The shooting happened after a St. Paul officer shouted for a man to show his hands — so police could see if he had a weapon — and to slowly come out of an apartment when police responded to a 911 call. The man dashed out at them, body camera footage released by the police department showed. Officer Ryley Reschke yelled, “He’s got something!” and officer Josh Needham fired his gun three times. Brett Kohl Fraser, then 31, was shot once in the arm and sustained non-life threatening injuries. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office determined that charges against Needham were not justified under state law, the office said Friday. No weapon was discovered on or near Fraser, according to a county attorney’s office memo summarizing the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigation. A replica handgun was found in a backpack in the apartment and didn’t belong to Fraser. When Needham entered the apartment building, he was aware that someone called 911 to report hearing a male beating and sexually assaulting a female in the building; the caller also said the male had a handgun, according to a summary from prosecutors. Related Articles Crime & Public Safety | DNA, researchers solve identity of John Doe whose body was found in St. Paul in 1985 Crime & Public Safety | Washington County officials report a spate of bail and jury scams Crime & Public Safety | Section of Minnesota 36 gets higher speed limit, for safety reasons Crime & Public Safety | Woman killed after being struck by garbage truck in Woodbury Crime & Public Safety | Man hospitalized following life-threatening cold weather exposure on Big Lake Reschke loudly yelled to Fraser, “Show your hands!” and “St. Paul Police!” Two seconds after he issued the last command, Fraser “ran out of the apartment door and charged at Officer Needham who was unable to safely retreat from the confined hallway area,” the memo said. Fraser was “seen holding a metallic object in his left hand” and extending it toward Needham, who thought it was a knife, the memo continued. Fraser told the BCA he thought he was holding his cellphone when he ran out of the apartment. Fraser’s right hand was behind him and Needham said he couldn’t see if he had a weapon in that hand. Prosecutors concluded that Needham “was reasonable in his belief that his use of deadly force … was necessary to prevent being killed or suffering great bodily harm,” the memo said, also noting that Fraser told authorities he was a “dumb(expletive)” for charging at the officer and “that the officer could not have known that he did not have a weapon.” Fraser was not charged in connection to the case.