Three Mounties from Langley, B.C., won't face any criminal charges in the shooting death of a young, intoxicated father who was holed up in a bedroom with a knife and hatchet.

Stan Lowe, the province's police complaints commissioner, ruled Wednesday that the decision by Sgt. Donald Davidson to shoot Jeffrey James "Alvin" Wright during the early morning hours of Aug. 7, 2010 was "reasonable and necessary."

Davidson was unable to safely retreat from the bedroom confrontation and feared for his safety when Wright emerged from a closet with a knife, said Lowe in his report.

Fuelled by alcohol and emotions, Wright exercised poor judgment, while Davidson and two other Mounties, identified as Const. Brent Halm and Const. Patti Ramsay, exercised significant restraint, he added.

"I am of the view that there is no reasonable basis to consider that the conduct of any officer constituted an offence under any federal or provincial legislation," said Lowe.

"This matter will not be forwarded to the Criminal Justice Branch for charge assessment."

The ruling is a first for the organization, which usually only investigates matters that concern municipal police departments in the province.

But it has agreed to step in as an external police investigative agency for the RCMP while Richard Rosenthal works to set up the new civilian office to investigate complaints against B.C. Mounties.

In a statement issued by the BC Civil Liberties Association, Wright's father, Alan Wright, declined to comment, asking for more time to review the decision.

According to Lowe's report, the shooting took place only hours after Wright and his common-law spouse Heather Hannon dropped their infant daughter at the home of Hannon's parents and headed to a bar Aug. 6, 2010.

While leaving the bar sometime between 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., Wright and Hannon were involved in a heated argument, which continued at their home.

A friend of the couple reported that back at their residence "both appeared very intoxicated."

At 11:27 p.m., Lowe said Hannon made the first of three 911 calls, but she later learned from police that Wright couldn't be removed from the residence because he was party to the lease agreement.

Wanting to determine whether it was safe for the couple to remain in the same residence for the night, Davidson and Ramsay walked upstairs to speak with Wright.

Lowe said the officers announced their presence by stating they were police and found Wright in a closet, in a crouched position and with something shiny and metallic in his lap.

The investigation said Wright began to move forward, but Davidson pushed him back into the closet where he went into a "crouched position."

Davidson then backed away from the closet when he saw Wright had a hatchet in his left hand and a large hunting knife in his right hand.

Lowe's report said Davidson drew his firearm and told Wright to drop his weapons.

"Just put the knife down and we can talk about this ... you don't need to have the knife in your hand," Davidson said, according to Lowe's report.

In response, Lowe said Wright responded, saying "shoot me, I want you to shoot me."

Wright stepped towards Davidson with the knife raised, and Davidson fired one shot.

"Mr. Wright Crouched, looked at Sgt. Davidson with a pained expression and stated, 'I wasn't going to stab you,"' the report said.

Wright was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Toxicology results for Wright revealed a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit for driving.

"It is this level of intoxication, while being emotionally upset, that may explain the abandonment of judgment on the part of Mr. Wright when he was confronted by police in the bedroom," Lowe concluded.