Nazarians

INTRODUCTION

Following the fatal shooting of their son, Orbel Nazarians, by a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer, Andreh Nazarians and Angel Movses (collectively, plaintiffs) filed this lawsuit against the police officers involved in the shooting and their employer, the City of Los Angeles (City). They asserted claims for negligence and wrongful death.1 Plaintiffs now appeal from the judgment entered after the trial court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Because no reasonable juror could find the use of deadly force under these circumstances was unreasonable, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND2

On February 26, 2018, at approximately 8:43 a.m., Orbel3 called 911 and gave his home address to the operator. He then told the operator he “found [his] dad’s handgun and [he had] a knife and [he was] going to blow [his] brains out.” He told the operator to send someone “fast.” In response to the operator

1 Plaintiffs dismissed the federal claims alleged in their complaint (third and fourth causes of action). 2 We note that, in their supposed factual summary of the case, plaintiffs refer us only to their memorandum of points and authorities in…