BELLINGHAM (AP) — A prosecutor says police in northern Washington state acted legally when they shot a man who attacked them with a crossbow.

Whatcom County Prosecutor Eric Richey has determined that county deputies and Bellingham police officers reacted in “good faith” last December when wounding 46-year-old Micah James Godfrey of California.

Richey says police believed they were in “imminent danger” when Godfrey shot an arrow at them and appeared to be preparing for a second shot.

Two officers fired four shots from their handguns and struck Godfrey once in the hip.

Police were responding to 911 calls reporting a man threatening people in a park with a machete.

Godfrey was declared not competent to stand trial and is

expected to be held at a psychiatric facility.