The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Saturday that Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein ruled U.S. Bureau of Land Management officers were justified in the shooting of 67-year-old Eugene Baylis.

The officers’ names weren’t released.

The shootout occurred May 27 while Baylis was sitting in a van in the desert north of Grand Junction.

Authorities said that after the two officers approached the van and began speaking with Baylis, he grabbed a revolver and fired.

Officials say the shot struck one of the officers in the chest, but he was wearing a protective vest and suffered only bruising.