By Jim Barnett, CNN <\/p>\n
updated 7:10 PM EDT, Thu September 13, 2012 <\/p>\n
ATF Special Agent William G. Clark was cleared of charges Thursday. <\/p>\n
STORY HIGHLIGHTS <\/p>\n
(CNN) -- A Virgin Islands jury has found a veteran Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agent not guilty of using excessive force when he intervened and fatally shot a man during a domestic argument in 2008. <\/p>\n
ATF Special Agent William G. Clark was cleared of charges Thursday in a case that enraged many federal law enforcement officers who said Clark was heroically coming to the defense of a battered woman. <\/p>\n
\"ATF has been steadfast in its support of Special Agent Clark and wholeheartedly agrees with the jury's verdict,\" said Thomas Brandon, ATF deputy director, in a written statement. <\/p>\n
ATF officials said Clark was confronted by Marcus Sukow on September 7, 2008, and \"took immediate action to defend himself and others by discharging his firearm to stop the attack.\" <\/p>\n
The incident occurred outside a St. Thomas condominium where all of the main participants were neighbors. <\/p>\n
While the broad outline of the shooting is undisputed, two government investigations came to starkly different conclusions. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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