Colorado’s 23rd Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler determined the Douglas County Sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man after being dispatched to an active shooter situation at the Highlands Ranch Main Event was justified in using deadly force.

While responding to a shooting call Feb. 8, the Douglas County Deputy Nicholas Moore encountered Jalin Seabron, 23, who brandished a handgun in the parking lot and pointed it toward the crowded entertainment center’s entrance, police body camera footage shows.

Within 15 seconds of arrival, the deputy fatally shot Seabron nine times in the back and side after the 23-year-old refused multiple orders to drop his weapon, according to police.

“Deputy Moore was legally justified, and no criminal charges can or should be brought against Deputy Moore under Colorado law,” according to Brauchler’s letter summarizing the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) investigation headed by the Castle Rock Police Department.

“As tragic as it was … this was a justified use of deadly force,” Brauchler said during a news conference Monday afternoon.

Moments before, Neveaha Crowley-Sanders, 23, is accused of shooting inside the building before the situation spilled into the parking lot. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office  arrested six others as well, who face charges ranging from obstruction of justice to menacing to assault.

Crowley-Sanders engaged in a physical fight in the bathroom with another woman, then fired eight-to-10 rounds, hitting the woman at least four times, according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors said dozens of patrons fled and hid for cover.

Civil rights attorney Tyrone Glover, representing Seabron’s family, denied that he was an accomplice of Crowley-Sanders.

Bodycam footage shows the deputy approached Seabron with a rifle and ordered him to drop his gun multiple times. After two orders, Seabron turned toward the deputy, who then shot him.

Moore used a Sig Sauer 5.56 mm rifle in the shooting, telling investigators he chose that weapon because it was a “superior weapon” to Seabron’s Glock 48 9 mm handgun — which Brauchler said was legally purchased and had a legal magazine carrying 14 rounds.

Moore described the scene when he arrived as “chaos,” Brauchler said he told investigators.

“People are fleeing and he sees a Black man with a gun,” he said. “He did not expect to encounter a man with a gun, who he described as ‘agitated.’ He made eye contact with Seabron.”

There were 14 911 calls made that night reporting the Main Event shooting.

“He knows there’s an active shooter, but he doesn’t know the shooter’s description, he doesn’t know if there’s more than one, he doesn’t know where the shooters are,” Brauchler said.

Moore is an 11-year police veteran and had served on DCSO’s SWAT team from 2019-2024, and an instructor on active threats. He was one of six deputies who were cleared in an officer-involved-shooting incident in 2022.

Brauchler said there have been 13 officer-involved-shooting incidents in 20 years in Douglas County where 17 people were shot. One Black male was shot 20 years ago, he said.

Seabron family members and representatives Monday touted Jalin Seabron as a protector. That he wasn’t outside the Main Event to cause trouble, but protect those in danger during an active shooting.

“There is no justification why I should be standing here without my 23-year-old son,” Veronica Seabron said outside the Douglas County Justice Center.

“To say that this is a justified shooting seems one-sided,” Mrs. Seabron said. “This will never be justified to me.”

Members of the family said Seabron was celebrating his 23rd birthday that night with his pregnant girlfriend.

“We are tired. We are exhausted. We will not cower to any of this,” MiDian Shofner, CEO of the Epitome of Black Excellence and Partnership, said.

“We as a community are making sure that we are listening empathically and following the lead of the family as they go on this long journey of justice,” Shofner said.

Glover, the attorney representing Seabron’s case, said since the 23rd Judicial District won’t press charges, that attorney’s will pursue action from the sheriff’s office – whether it be termination or departmental consequences for Deputy Moore.

On Monday, while responding to Seabron’s family claiming the sheriff’s office “mischaracterized” the events on Feb. 8, Sheriff Darren Weekly maintained support for his deputy involved in the officer-involved fatal shooting.

“I want to say that my heart goes out to the Seabron family,” Weekly said.

“I believe in George Brauchler and the decision making that his office has gone through to come to the decision. I’m not surprised by his decision from the video that I’ve watched. I believe that my deputy was justified,” Weekly said, pointing to the department’s use of deadly physical force policies.

Crowley-Sanders is due in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing, where prosecutors present evidence to a judge who determines if there’s enough for the case to go to trial.