The police officers who fired more than 180 shots at the Pulse nightclub shooter have been cleared of any wrongdoing more than two and half years after the massacre.
A final report by the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office has found the 14 cops who fired shots at the Florida gay bar in June 2016 did not hit or wound any civilians.
Aramis Ayala said officers' actions were 'reasonable and justifiable' and only gunman Omar Mateen was wounded and killed by the shots.
She said: 'No casualties were the result of friendly fire and my review is now complete.'
The lengthy investigation found that 11 officers from the Orlando Police Department and three from the Orange County Sheriff's Office fired at Mateen over five separate incidents during the more than three hours that he was inside the Orlando club.
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A prosecutor says no clubgoers were hit by responding officers' bullets and each time responding officers fired their weapons was reasonable and justified
The prosecutor's office concluded that responding officers and deputies engaged with gunman Omar Mateen five separate times during the more than three hours
State Attorney Aramis Ayalam, left, released her office's findings Wednesday after a lengthy investigation. Omar Mateen, right, was killed during an exchange of gunfire with police
One incident is said to have involved officer Adam Gruler who was working security at the club when the shooting began.
Two officers are also said to have fired towards a civilian who didn't respond to commands but he was not killed.
When Mateen emerged from a hall and began firing 13 officers shot 172 rounds and he was hit seven times. None hit civilians.
The last shot was fired at Mateen's body as he had a gun within reach of his hand and appeared to have an explosive device on him.
All 14 now have clearance letters from State Attorney Ayala, 10 News WTSP reports.
She added: 'As our city grieves the senseless tragedy of the Pulse nightclub shooting, I hope sharing the results of this investigation help the survivors and loved ones find some closure.
While there is no way to take away the pain and the devastation that has been imparted upon our community, it is my hope that sharing the results of this investigation will help survivors and the loved ones find closure and answer any questions. They do deserve to have answers.'
A final report by the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office has found the 14 cops who fired shots at the Florida gay bar in June 2016 did not hit or wound any civilians
An FBI agents investigate the damaged rear wall of the club in the days after the shooting
An aerial view of the mass shooting scene at Pulse nightclub in June 2016
The massacre killed 49 people and injured 53 and was the deadliest shooting on US soil in history until Stephen Paddock opened fire in Las Vegas in October 2017.
Gunman Mateen fired at least 186 rounds from his rifle, which then jammed, and 22 from his handgun. Chief Assistant State Attorney Deborah Barra said: 'That is significant because that actually saved lives.'
They looked at more than 350 witness statements, 911 calls and video and reports in coming to their decision.
Dozens of other clubgoers were wounded during the massacre but lived. None of them was hit by law enforcement bullets.
Orange County Sheriff John Mina, who was Orlando's police chief at the time of the massacre, said officers were relieved by the prosecutor's findings.
'I'm relieved for the officers and deputies, the brave men and women who went inside there and risked their own lives,' Mina said. 'They now have final closure and relief that they weren't responsible for the death of any victim.'
The 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting after Omar Mateen opened fire in June 2016
Orange circuit Chief Assistant State Attorney Deborah Barra describes the actions of the shooter in the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre, during a briefing Wednesday
The FBI said earlier this year it is no longer conducting interviews or analyzing evidence, Click Orlando reports.
Mateen was killed during an exchange of gunfire with SWAT team members.
His wife was acquitted last year of aiding and abetting him and lying to FBI agents during a federal trial.
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