SHREWSBURY, Mass. (AP) – A Shrewsbury man who shot a police officer last year but was not charged with any crime is now suing to get back his license to carry a firearm.

The town’s police chief and a district court judge denied Mark Ragsdale’s application to reinstate his gun permit.

Ragsdale shot rookie police officer Stephen Rice on July 14, 2006, after Rice and another officer entered the car dealer’s home to investigate a burglar alarm. Ragsdale said the officers came in unannounced and he mistook them in the dark for intruders.

A grand jury that heard evidence in the case declined to indict Ragsdale.

Shrewsbury Police Chief James Hester said Ragsdale was negligent in discharging the firearm and should not be allowed to carry one in the future.

Rice recovered from his wound and has since returned to duty.