In a letter from State Attorney Mark Ober’s office, Tampa Police officers Shannon Murphy and Gregory Pryor have been cleared in the July 22, 2012 shooting death of 16-year-old Javon Neal.

Neal was gunned down by the officers as they pursued him inside the Central Court Apartments on Central Avenue and Columbus Drive. Officers said Neal was armed with a shotgun, and had turned toward them in a threatening manner when they opened fire on him.

In the letter from Ober’s office, he said his office has completed the investigation into the shooting, and based upon his review of the facts, reports, interviews, and the applicable law, the use of deadly force by the officers was justified.

Javon Neal’s mother, Kethessa Fordoms, said she was outraged when she got the news, and as far as she’s concerned, they murdered her son.

“There is no way this is justifiable. It was a case of mistaken identity. The photo they released doesn’t show Javon doing anything wrong. You really can’t tell who is really on that photo, and we haven’t seen the entire video to know what really happened.”

Ms. Fordoms said nothing makes sense to her, and it’s not over yet. She has retained Attorney Tripp Sebring to file a wrongful death suit against the police department and the officers.

A call to Sebring’s office was answered by his receptionist who said Sebring’s first concern at this point is to see the entire surveillance footage of what happened that day.