A state investigation found no criminal wrongdoing by sheriff’s deputies involved in a fatal shooting during a drug investigation in Clifton Park.
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation released a report Friday concluding prosecutors could not disprove that an officer acted lawfully when he fatally shot a man who opened fire on deputies in May 2023.
What happened
According to the report, deputies with the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office went to an apartment early May 23 to secure the scene for federal agents executing a Drug Enforcement Administration search warrant.
Members of the sheriff’s special operations team entered the apartment and encountered Anthony Zaremski in a bedroom at the end of a hallway. Deputies told him to show his hands as they approached…