A Suffolk police officer who fatally shot a homeless man in July in Centereach should not be prosecuted for his actions, according to findings by an office of the state Attorney General.

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation has closed its probe into the officer who fatally shot Emilson Joan Ordoñez-Banegas, a 29-year-old homeless man, on July 13, the office announced in a news release Friday.

The attorney general’s office "has concluded that a prosecutor would not be able to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt at trial that the officer’s use of deadly physical force was justified under the law," according to the news release.

The shooting occurred after Suffolk police responded to a 911 call regarding a "disturbance with a weapon" in a wooded area behi

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