Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said Monday that his office will not charge three Baltimore County Police officers who responded to a November domestic dispute in Parkville that ended in a deadly shootout.

The officers — Christopher Schanberger, Andrew Burns and Andrew Langley — could have been charged with violation of excessive force or manslaughter following an investigation by an independent division of the attorney general’s office, which gained power in October to prosecute officer-involved deaths. Arnel Redfern was killed in a “gunfight” with police while his wife, Maxine Redfern, “also died during the incident,” according to the report.

On the night of the shootings, Nov. 24, neighbors called police around 11:30 p.m. after hearing Maxine Redfern scream for help, according to the report. When Schanberger arrived at the Parkville home, Maxine Redfern opened the front door and screamed “Help me” before her husband shot her three times with a handgun, according to the report, which reviewed body camera footage.

Schanberger then retreated from the doorway to the side of the porch as Burns arrived, drew a handgun, and took cover behind his car. As Langley arrived about 15 seconds later, Arnel Redfern shot Maxine Redfern a fourth time before opening the front door, according to the report.

Officers and Arnel Redfern then fired dozens of rounds in 40 seconds, according to the report. Schanberger fired eight rounds, Burns fired 16, Langley fired six and Arnel Redfern fired eight.

About five minutes after the shooting ended, a supervisor arrived and ordered officers to approach the unresponsive bodies. According to the report, officers handcuffed Maxine Redfern before checking for a pulse and attempting to render aid. Both were declared dead at the scene by medics, and during autopsies a 9 millimeter bullet from the officers’ guns was found in both bodies, according to the report.

“Mr. Redfern advanced toward Officer Schanberger on the front porch with a handgun mere seconds after shooting Ms.Redfern four times,” the report says. “From that point onward, officers were facing an imminent threat of serious injury or death as they exchanged gunfire with Mr. Redfern.”

The victims were “married but separated,” and Maxine Redfern, 48, was granted a protective order that ordered Arnel Redfern, 52, to surrender all firearms, writing in court papers that he mentally and psychologically abused her. Officers served him that order Oct. 11, according to the report. Police and the attorney general’s office have not said how they believe Arnel Redfern got the handgun investigators recovered.