Maine’s Attorney General’s Office says the use of deadly force in a shooting in Blue Hill over the summer was justified.

Police shot and killed 27-year-old Peter Pfister in June as they were responding to a domestic disturbance incident in which a woman was being held against her will.

Police said an armed confrontation ensued, and Pfister was killed outside the home.

The woman was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said officers were justified in shooting Pfister, who he says refused requests to get on the ground and not reach for his waistband. Police said he pulled out a handgun and appeared prepared to shoot officers.