Just before Scottsdale police opened fire on Jason Prostrollo, the former Marine appeared in the doorway of a friend’s home holding two halves of a pool cue as he walked toward police.“I saw a very methodical slow paced walk, like he knew what he was doing coming at us and he was gonna take us on,” Lt. Ron Bayne told investigators following the Jan. 28 shooting. The incident was outlined in a 244-page police report released last week.Bayne used his .40-caliber Glock pistol to shoot and kill the 25-year-old Prostrollo after police were called to the north Scottsdale home of Prostrollo’s friends.The friends had called police because Prostrollo was drunk and threatening the homeowner with a large hunting knife.Bayne, a 19-year police veteran, told investigators that he has been in many situation where using deadly force was a potential option.“We’ve given commands and people have complied. There was never an indication in my mind that (Prostrollo) had any intention of complying at all,” Bayne said.The day after the shooting, a police spokesman said officers could not use a Taser on Prostrollo because of windy conditions. The report says the officers were armed with Tasers and several officers mention windy conditions that night, however the report does not specify that is the reason a Taser was not used.As Prostrollo walked toward officers, he made “karate-type moves” using the sticks, Bayne said.Another officer described Prostrollo coming out in a stick-fighter position, with a stick in each hand on his sides.Sgt. KC Moore told investigators that another officer was giving Prostrollo commands to stop, but Prostrollo did not listen.“He had a very piercing stare. Almost like, I don’t know if I wanna call a death stare, but he wasn’t paying attention to what we were saying,” Moore said.As Prostrollo continued walking toward officers, the K-9 officer, who was giving Prostrollo commands to stop, yelled that he was going to release his dog.At the same time, Moore said he heard two loud pops, which was Bayne firing his weapon.Bayne’s bullets hit Prostrollo, killing him and hitting
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