"We have ruled that this is a justifiable shooting and no criminal charges will be filed against any of the officers involved," Shellnberger told WBAL NewsRadio 1090.

However, in a press conference after their meeting with prosecutors, attorneys for Gaines' family and her son Kodi, also injured in the shooting, decried the decision.

"He was afraid for the life of his partner who wasn't in the firled of view of Korryn Gaines," said attorney J. Wyndal Gordon, "So what we have here is a rogue police officer who wasn't in fear of anything but was frustrated Korryn did not surrender with sufficient [speed]."

Gordon attended the meeting and subsequent press conference with a Colin Kaepernick jersey underneath his suit jacket. That's the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who has drawn controversy for kneeling during the national anthem, doing so in protest of the nation's treatment of African-Americans.

Police say Gaines had pointed a shotgun at officers for more than five hours in a standoff which began when police arrived to serve warrants on both her and her live-in boyfriend.

Her 5-year-old son was wounded in the shootout, begun by an officer.

Shellenberger met with attorneys for Gaines' family this afternoon to tell them of his decision. The state's attorney said he was sympathetic with Gaines' family's loss, but he said the shooting was justified.

"It's a simple fact that any time you point a gun at a police officer, it's not going to end well, and that's what happened here,"  Shellenberger said.

Shellenberger said his investigation found that Gaines sat on a dining room floor with a gun on her leg, where the police could see her.

"They were willing to stay and wait that out," Shellenberger said.

He noted Gaines refused the officer's demand that she put down the weapon and send her son out of the apartment.

"At around 3:24 in the afternoon, Miss Gaines changed dynamic," Shellenberger said.

He noted she grew agitated, shouted at the officers, calling them "devils and crazy," and she stopped communicationg with the office.

"What was most troubling was she stated to them that when she was dead and her son was dead, the news would report it, and it would be worth it because she would take one polcie officer with her," Shellenberger said.

Shellenberger noted that Gaines moved in the apartment making it more dangerous for officers.

"She moved behind a wall, and therefore officers could not take cover.  When she changed the angle it put officers in the line of fire," Shellenberger said.

As Gaines was raising the gun into a firing position, Gaines ignored the pollice officers orders and that is when an officer fired.  

Shellenberger said three tactical officers entered the apartment. One officer went in one direction, and two other officers went in another direction looking for her son. He said Gaines then turned in one direction and fired a shot, and then turned in another direction and fired a second shot.

"She then turned back to the lead officer, pointing a gun at him, when she was shot three more times," Shellenberger said.

One of the officers' round did strike Gaines'  son Kodi in the cheek .

Earlier this month that officer who fired the shot that killed Gaines was identified only as Officer Ruby, a 16-year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department.

"The officer had a right to defend himself and defend his team," Shellenberger added.  

Shellenberger said the officers fired the first shot because they felt threatened, and because Gaines moved into a more threatening position.

Attorneys also say a neighbor overheard Gaines' exchanges with police, including police refusing to show her their arrest warrant. 

Shellenberger pointed out that officers had two valid warrants. One was for Gaines herself for failing to appear in court for failing to cooperate with a police traffic stop, and the other was for her fiancee Kareem Courtney on an assault charge. Shellenberger said that assault charge was filed by Gaines, who called police to her apartment on June 28.  

Shellenberger said police had reason to believe that both Gaines and Courtney were inside the apartment, and that's why they entered the apartment.

He also says when Gaines initially pointed a shotgun at officers, that amounted to a first-degree assault committed by Gaines, and that justified tactical officers entering the apartment.

Gaines' family has filed a lawsuit against Baltimore County and Ruby.

In that lawsuit, they quote a neighbor of Gaines who said the last thing he heard an officer say before the shooting began was, "I'm tired of this s***."

The family's attorneys say that they have subpoenaed investigatory materials from Shellenberger's office to use in their case, and say they felt not only enraged, but emboldened by their meeting.

"It confirms out theory in the first place and lets me know for sure we are on the right track," Gordon said.

The attorneys accused Shellenberger of failing to do an actual investigation and echoed a call made by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and others for an independent counsel in Gaines' case.

"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to call this one," Gordon said. "This was basically a rubber stamp by Shellenberger, basically a co-sign on what police told people after this event occurred."

Attorney Jimmy A. Bell said Shellenberger's actions will have lasting consequences.

"She was killed like an animal, and people will be held accountable. Not only will we remember this November, we're going to remember next November," Bell said. "If you don't remember that black lives matter right now, we're going to show you that black votes matter."