AUBURN — Police were justified when they shot and killed a man who had set two homes ablaze in a rampage that left another man dead in June, according to an Attorney General’s report released Friday.

The report found that Maine State Police Trooper Patrick Hall acted appropriately when he fired on 43-year-old Leein Hinkley, who had been actively shooting from the roof of a home on Russell Avenue while the houses burned around him.

Hinkley, of Auburn, died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the report. An autopsy revealed that he had methamphetamine and cocaine in his system when he began his rampage just after midnight June 15.

“Trooper Hall reasonably believed that Mr. Hinkley was about to use unlawful deadly force on officers located around 33 Russell Avenue,” according to the report. “Mr. Hinkley was in a superior vantage point to the officers on the ground, appeared to be preparing to use his pistol while he looked down from the roof in the direction of officers located at ground level, and he had previously demonstrated his willingness to use deadly force against  law enforcement and civilians.”

At one point during the standoff, according to the report, Hinkley fired upon police outside, with rounds striking the ground between two police officers.

He had also fired through the windows at 5 Russell Ave., the home of his ex-girlfriend.

The ex-girlfriend had called 911 at 12:57 a.m. to report that Hinkley had shown up at her home with a gun. She was able to escape her home through a rear window, but she told police that her friend, 43-year-old Brian Woodbury, remained inside even after Hinkley set the home on fire.

Woodbury’s body was later recovered from the rubble. The cause of his death has not been released.

The shooting, fires and ongoing rampage brought police, fire and rescue crews to the area from a multitude of jurisdictions. Several homes in the area were evacuated and police blocked traffic to the area, setting up a perimeter as they searched for Hinkley in the chaos.

At one point, it was believed Hinkley had taken refuge inside a garage, but when police searched the building, all they found were traces of blood near a window.

Flowers are stuck in the foundation of a home on Russell Avenue in Auburn on June 17 after Leein Hinkley of Auburn went on a rampage. Hinkley was shot and killed by police on a roof just down the street several hours later. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

As the search continued, a homeowner on Russell Avenue called to tell police the suspect was on his roof. When police approached, Hinkley held his pistol — a 9mm Taurus stolen from his mother — to his own head before lowering it to take aim at the officers, according to the report.

Nearby, Trooper Hall was behind 33 Russell Ave. where he reported he could hear Hinkley yelling, followed by two gunshots. The trooper got into position.

“Trooper Hall took a kneeling position behind the house where Mr. Hinkley was located on the roof,” according to the report. “Trooper Hall could see Mr. Hinkley on the roof with his back to the chimney. He could see Mr. Hinkley’s right hand open and close around the handle of a pistol, like he was adjusting and tightening his grip, indicating that Mr. Hinkley was getting ready to fire his gun. As he was adjusting the grip, he was looking over his shoulders. It appeared to Trooper Hall that Mr. Hinkley was about to fire his gun at officers.”

The trooper fired two shots, the second one dropping Hinkley. A short time later, at 5:44 a.m., Tactical Team members climbed to the roof where they found Hinkley dead.

A district court judge was heavily criticized in the aftermath of the rampage when it was revealed she had recently reduced Hinkley’s bail in connection with a previous charge of domestic assault.

When, after several court appearances, there was no attorney available to take Hinkley’s domestic violence case, Judge Sarah Churchill had lowered his bail from $5,000 to $1,500 cash and ordered him on house arrest.

Hinkley was free on that bail when he unleashed chaos on Russell Avenue less than three days later.

When those details were revealed, Churchill was criticized by both a police union and Gov. Janet Mills for her decision to lower bail for Hinkley, a man who had been convicted in 2012 for stabbing a former girlfriend as well as a man who came to her aid.