Greenfield Police Chief Brian Giammarino will not be charged in the June 21 shooting of Lane Lesko on Route 136 in Peterborough, according to the state attorney general’s report released Wednesday morning.
Twenty-nine days after the high-speed chase and shooting that killed the Michigan teen, the attorney general’s office has concluded that the shooting was legally justified.
Lesko had a BB gun that looked like a handgun and fired at officers, according to police at the scene. Police told investigators that it was a noisy scene and officers were unsure whether Lesko’s firearm was a BB gun or a low-caliber handgun.
Giammarino fired his weapon four times and killed Lesko with a single gunshot wound to his neck, according to the report.
He was placed on leave by the Town of Greenfield on June 24 and has not returned to work.