A Salt Lake police officer was not legally justified when he shot a wanted, unarmed man’s hand as the man was hiding in a thick patch of tall grass in June. Yet despite that conclusion, officer Mitchell Bailey will not face any criminal charges, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Friday. “Officer Bailey’s decision to use deadly force would not likely satisfy the elements to qualify for the affirmative legal defense of justification such that prosecution would be precluded. However, we do not believe the evidence is sufficient to show, beyond a responsible doubt, that officer Bailey acted recklessly — a necessary element to satisfy for a conviction,” Gill said in his final report regarding the police shooting.