Federal authorities will not charge an
FBI agent who fatally shot a hostage during a rescue attempt in Houston last year, a U.S. attorney's spokesman said Wednesday.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement that her office initially deferred the case to federal authorities because it involved an FBI agent.
"Now that the U.S. Attorney's Office has declined to file federal charges, the District Attorney's Office has an independent obligation to present this matter to a local grand jury to determine if state criminal charges are warranted," Ogg said Wednesday.