Two SWAT team members shot 44-year-old Darryl P. Ross on Sept. 18 while executing a search warrant at his apartment in the 3000 block of 34th Street NE as part of a drug investigation.

Police said Ross ignored commands to drop a loaded .22-caliber pistol and get on the floor. He was shot at least four times with a .40-caliber pistol and once with a 12-gauge shotgun, according to an autopsy.

Besides Ross and the two officers, no one witnessed the shooting, according to records obtained from the police department through a public records request.

The officers said they feared for their lives when Ross pointed the gun at them, according to the records. Ross died at the scene.

But the lawsuit contends Ross was unarmed and posed no threat, and accuses police of lying to justify the shooting “when in fact the defendants well knew that Ross had done nothing to provoke the unlawful attack upon his person.”

The lawsuit also says police made false and misleading statements to get the search warrant, and carried out the raid in a reckless, chaotic and uncoordinated manner.

According to police records, officers used an informant to buy crack cocaine from Ross and a woman, then used that information to get the search warrant. The SWAT team was also told that Ross was a convicted felon and known to carry a gun.

Ross’ family has denied that illegal drugs were sold from his home.

Tests on Ross’ blood and urine were negative for drugs, according to the autopsy.