SHOOTING JUSTIFIED

State Attorney Bill Eddins has announced an Okaloosa County deputy has been cleared of any wrongdoing after firing his weapon at a suspect in a shooting that injured two people outside the Bric a Brac nightclub on March 10th. State Attorney Bill Eddins said a review of the shooting determined the shots to be a justifiable use of deadly force. Deputy Rex Thompson fired several shots at the suspect who he believed had a gun. The suspect was not hit and a gun was later found in the bushes.