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Homicide is justifiable when committed by a public officer, or person acting under his or her command and in his or her aid, in the following cases:

A. In obedience to the judgment of a competent court;

B. When necessary to overcome actual resistance to the execution of the legal process, mandate, or order of a court or officer, or in the discharge of a legal duty;

C. When necessary in retaking an escaped or rescued prisoner who has been committed, arrested for, or convicted of a felony; or in arresting a person who has committed a felony and is fleeing from justice; or in attempting, by lawful ways or means, to apprehend a person for a felony actually committed; or in lawfully suppressing a riot or preserving the peace. (Ord. 1145-85 § 21, 1985.)