The Baton Rouge Police Department has reinstated two officers who were involved in the July fatal shooting of a Baton Rouge man who armed himself with scissors and allegedly lunged at police.

An internal BRPD investigation into the officers' conduct found they did not break department policy and that the use of lethal force was justified. The officers have since returned to Uniformed Patrol.

The officers were called to a residence in the 5100 block of Washington Avenue just before 4 a.m. on July 5. Minutes after their arrival, one officer shot and killed Anthony Pursley, 38, who was armed with scissors, inside the residence. A second officer was armed with a Taser, per department policies.

One of Pursley's cousins called 911 and told police that Pursley was high on crack cocaine, had

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