SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) — A deputy from Shenandoah County is back to work following an investigation into a fatal officer-involved shooting last year in the Bayse area.

On August 17th, Sheriff Tim Carter reported that a deputy responded to an attempted sexual assault of a child by a 28-year-old man on the 17-hundred block of Alum Springs Road.

“The male assaulted the deputy by striking the deputy several times in the head with the deputy’s handcuffs,” said Carter. “The deputy discharged his agency issued firearm. The male was struck and initially continued to fight the deputy and tried to disarm the deputy. The man was taken into custody by other arriving deputies.”

The suspect, Hunter Dale Lee Runion was pronounced dead at the scene, and the deputy was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of a comprehensive investigation by Virginia State Police.

In an online video, Carter has now confirmed that, after a review of that investigation’s findings, the Shenandoah County Commonwealth’s Attorney has determined that the deputy committed no criminal wrongdoing” in the incident.