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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Rovner finds that the lower court improperly denied the police officer qualified immunity on wrongful death claims stemming from his fatal shooting of a suspect following a high-speed chase. The evidence shows that the officer exited his car, and placed himself within a few car-lengths of the suspect's car, who began to move his vehicle forward when the officer fired one shot. The officer reasonably fears for his own safety and that of the public if the suspect resumed his reckless flight. Reversed.
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