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Try CasePortal for Free[Consolidated] J. Adelman grants summary judgment to the former police officer, the city and others in two of three consolidated lawsuits he faces from the estates of individuals he shot and killed while on duty with the city's police department. In one case involving an individual who was wielding a "decorative sword" and advancing on the officer at the time he was shot, the estate concedes that the officer is entitled to summary judgment. In another in which the officer shot an individual after waking him up from sleeping in his car and, according to video evidence, after the individual reached his hand toward the car's passenger seat where a gun was sitting, the officer's actions were not unreasonable. Arguments for summary judgment in the third case are scheduled for April 9, 2024.