Jurors heard more about the 40-year-old man shot and killed by a Eugene police officer in 2019 as attorneys offered closing arguments Monday, Nov. 24, in a civil trial over the shooting.
The jury began deliberations at noon but did not reach a verdict in the negligence and wrongful death lawsuit. Deliberations are scheduled to resume Tuesday.
Michelle Burrows, an attorney representing the estate of Eliborio “Eli” Rodrigues Jr., described him as a “struggling father” walking on the street trying to collect bottles and cans to support his four children when he was approached by Samuel Tykol, the Eugene police officer who shot him…