DALTON, Ga. — A Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office sergeant won’t face criminal charges after a Georgia Bureau of Investigation review into the non-fatal shooting of a man who was waving a wooden cross at deputies, District Attorney Bert Poston said.

Sgt. Chris Brunson, who was not named at the time of the shooting, was placed on paid leave during a sheriff’s office internal investigation following the shooting of Angel Tito Suliveres in the shoulder on May 12 at 102 S. Adelia Drive. According to an incident report, Suliveres was suicidal, was threatening officers with a wooden cross, had told his wife that Satan was trying to attack their family and was Tased twice.

Shortly after the shooting, Sheriff Scott Chitwood said he felt confident the officer’s actions were justified. In an email statement to the Daily Citizen-News, Poston said his office would not seek charges against any of the officers present.

“The GBI investigation into the shooting is complete,” Poston said. “There will not be any charges against any officer. Other than that, I’m limited on what I can say about it because charges are still pending against Mr. Suliveres.”

Suliveres was charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer and false imprisonment. Poston said the next court appearance for Suliveres hasn’t been set on the Superior Court calendar.

Chitwood reinstated Brunson after one shift rotation.

“Naturally, we felt very comfortable at the time that the officer was justified with his actions, and we are comfortable and pleased that the District Attorney’s Office feels the same way,” Chitwood said. “When you have an outside agency or individual checking on something like this, it is very reassuring that they supported the officers and their actions.”

Deputies were sent to the residence after Suliveres’ wife called 911 at 1:53 a.m. Chitwood said then that she told 911 Suliveres was acting paranoid, saying strange things, had been diagnosed as bipolar and was off of his medication. The incident report mentioned “psychiatric/suicidal threats.”

The incident report said the wife had taken a machete, a hammer and an ax from Suliveres. It said Suliveres came out the front door with an object in his hands. After orders from several deputies to drop the object, one shot was fired.

While on his back at the bottom of the steps of the front porch, Suliveres was swinging the wooden cross back and forth and screaming, the report said. A deputy Tased him so that deputies could get the cross from him.