ROCK SPRINGS — An independent review of the April 20 deputy-involved shooting at the Sweetwater Heights apartment complex in Rock Springs found Sweetwater County Sheriff Deputy Nathaniel Hull acted lawfully. According to a press release from the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation conducted the investigation along with Carbon County Attorney Sarah Chavez Harkins serving as the special prosecutor for the Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office. The incident began when Rock Springs Police Department officers responded to a reported hit-and-run in the apartment complex parking lot. When officers entered the upstairs apartment, Bowlin was found in a bedroom holding a handgun to his neck. The special prosecutor concluded that Bowlin’s actions created a direct and immediate threat to Hull, other officers and apartment residents who where being evacuated.