BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – A state prosecutor has determined that a New Haven police officer will not face charges for accidentally shooting his daughter in their Stratford home.

State’s Attorney Jonathan Benedict issued a letter saying he had decided not to prosecute Officials Eric Scott, who wounded his 18-year-old daughter in the leg in their Soundview Avenue home last month, apparently mistaking her for an intruder.

Benedict said the burden of proof would be too great for the state to prove any crime was committed.

Police Capt. Thomas Rodia said the shooting came about when Scott thought an intruder had broken into his home.

“Mr. Scott was under the impression his daughter had gone to bed for the night. He did not expect his daughter to be outside or down in the basement,” Rodia explained.

Tasha Scott left her home some time late on May 28 to meet a friend, police said, and tried to sneak back in through the basement, activating backyard motion sensors.

Her father, awakened by the light, took his department-issued pistol and upon investigation, found a rear door open that he had locked earlier, police said. Using a flashlight in the dark basement, Scott, who was off-duty at the time, saw a person moving in the basement bathroom and fired once, hitting his daughter in the knee with the bullet lodging in her thigh, police said.