Overview
- Proceedings opened Friday before the Yvelines cour d’assises, with a weeklong hearing and a verdict expected at the end of March.
- Gilles G. faces a voluntary homicide charge after an investigating judge deemed his three shots not a proportionate response.
- Surveillance footage, IGPN inquiries, ballistic work and the autopsy dispute claims that the driver tried to ram officers, placing the shooter at the side of the car.
- The BAC team trailed Gomez from the Paris ring road onto the A13 to his building in Poissy, where three rounds struck him and he died at the wheel.
- The officer denies any intent to kill and says he fired to protect his life, while the family’s lawyer says relatives want justice without revenge.