An independent review has ruled a police officer from Truro, N.S., was justified in shooting a suspect during a home invasion six months ago.

The incident happened in May, when police were called to an apartment on Lyman Street following a report of a home invasion.

The report by the Serious Incident Response Team paints a dramatic picture of three officers entering an apartment on the main floor of a house to find two suspects inside.

One of the suspects — a man the document refers to as AP — had a gun in his hand. When police took cover, AP bolted towards the back of the house.

The report then details how AP ran up the stairs to the second floor. He smashed a window, got onto the roof and jumped to the ground. During that part of the incident, the report says AP's gun fired, leaving a trail up the stairs, but those shots were likely accidental.

Shots fired

As the suspect jumped out of the house, one of the officers had made his way to the parking area, where he was between two vehicles.

That officer told the Serious Incident Response Team he believed AP was carrying a saw off shotgun. He yelled at the suspect to drop his weapon — something the SIRT report said can be heard on the radio transmission.

As the officer continued to warn AP, the report said the suspect turned towards the officer, gun in hand.

That's when the officer fired two rounds. AP was hit twice: once in the abdomen, once in the knee.

According to the report, AP threw the gun over a fence and collapsed.

AP has since recovered from those injuries. AP and the other man police found at the scene are both serving seven year sentences for the home invasion.

Now, SIRT has now cleared the actions of the police, saying the officers appropriately concluded that they were in danger of death or grievous bodily harm.

"Any time an individual is deliberately shot by a police officer, there is a need for a very close examination of all facts surrounding the matter," SIRT director Ron MacDonald said in a release.