The King County Prosecutor's office will not file charges against a King County Sheriff's Deputy who put a man into a coma following a foot chase in Belltown last May.

On May 10th, around 1 a.m., witnesses mistakenly identified 29-year-old Christopher Harris as an assault suspect after a fight at a bar in Belltown spilled out into the street. Witnesses pointed to Harris, and deputies on scene ordered him to stop. Instead, Harris took off running.

Deputies chased Harris down and Deputy Matthew Paul, seen in the above video, hit Harris, sending him backwards into the wall of the Cinerama movie theater. Harris has been in a coma ever since. Deputy Paul returned to regular duty in Downtown Seattle last month.

The Sheriff's office investigated the case and found no apparent criminal misconduct by deputies, but referred the case over to prosecutors for a final decision. King County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Dan Donohoe says prosecutors came to the same conclusion. "It’s a tragic incident but there’s no legal basis for a criminal charge," Donohoe says.

According to Donohoe, "the law provides that an officer shall not be held criminally liable for using force without malice and with a good faith belief that such act is justifiable." In this case, Donohoe says, deputies believed Harris had committed an assault when they pursued and slammed him into a wall.

Prosecutors informed Harris's family of the decision on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the family was not able to provide comment on the decision or whether the family intends to file a civil suit against the county.