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Janice HARRIS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Herbert Harris, and Janice Harris, individually, and Scott Harris and Jeffrey Harris, Appellant, v. Nick NAVARRO, as Sheriff of Broward County, and Joseph Hoffman, Appellees.
    No. 90-2447.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    May 13, 1992.
    Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 30, 1992.
    Larry Klein, Jane Kreusler-Walsh and Barbara J. Compiani, Klein & Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Sheldon J. Sehlesin-ger, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
    Bruce W. Jolly, Shailer, Purdy & Jolly, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.
   PER CURIAM.

Viewed in the required light most favorable to appellees as the jury verdict winners, the record demonstrates as a matter of law that there was no justification for Officer Hoffman’s intentional shooting of the decedent. Sections 776.012, 776.05, 933.15, Fla.Stat. (1985). See also Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1, 105 S.Ct. 1694, 85 L.Ed.2d 1 (1985). Accordingly, the judgment below is reversed and the cause remanded for entry of judgment on liability for the plaintiffs and a new trial on damages.

DOWNEY and LETTS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, ALAN R„ Associate Judge, concur.