Jurors in a federal civil trial in Las Vegas heard competing accounts Friday over what happened on the night officers shot and killed 25‑year‑old Jorge Gomez outside the Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse during downtown protests in 2020. Several witnesses told the court they did not see Gomez point a rifle at officers before he was struck, a direct contradiction of the officers’ account, as reported by Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Officers say Gomez pointed a rifle…