ELKHART COUNTY — The Elkhart County prosecutor will not file charges against two police officers in the death of Norman Gary.

The public now knows more following a Grand Jury investigation about what exactly happened the night Gary died.

It was tense in the courtroom Wednesday afternoon as Gary’s family waited to hear whether or not the two police officers involved would be charged in his death.

The shooting happened on December 4 on Decamp Avenue in Elkhart.

Officers Leonard Dolshenko and Nathan Lanzen ran to the street when they heard gunfire.

They then got caught in a shootout during which Gary was killed and three other people were hurt.

“There is absolutely no question that the death of Norman Gary is a tragedy,” said Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney Vicki Becker.

A grand jury convened on Monday to determine if any charges would be filed against the officers. They found that the officers’ actions were justified because they had reason to fear for their lives.

Lanzen was tending to a man who had gunshot wounds.

“His attention was very quickly changed to the sound of flying gravel and a vehicle that was accelerating on the opposite side of the house and coming down the alley,” Becker said.

Becker said the car was heading right toward Lanzen.

“At that point in time he made the decision to use deadly force in an attempt to stop that threat by firing his weapon three times into the specific vicinity of where the driver of that vehicle would be located,” Becker said.

“They didn’t give my son a chance to do nothin,” said Gary’s mom Margaret Johnson. “Why didn’t they shoot the tires out or somethin? Why shoot the car? They shot in the car. They intended to kill my son.”

Johnson said this is not over.

“Those officers who killed him, they gonna pay for it,” Johnson said.

Dolshenko also fired at Gary because he, too, saw the car coming toward them. When officers finally approached Gary they found a handgun in his lap. They also said he was drunk and had drugs in his system at the time.

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