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Try CasePortal for FreePer curiam, the Fifth Circuit finds the district court properly granted summary judgment to the law enforcement officers on qualified immunity grounds in this civil suit alleging excessive force was used during a narcotics investigation resulting in the death of two subjects. After investigators boxed the subjects into a parking space, the investigation’s target aggressively reversed from the space causing the officers to open fire, killing him as well as a passenger, who was uninvolved. “Graham” factors are all met because the distribution of heroin and cocaine are serious offenses. The vehicle was “weaponized” against the personnel and others, with the driver actively resisting or evading. An officer toward whom the car accelerated was justified in using deadly force. Affirmed.