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is the CEO of Interfaith Community Services. He lives in Escondido. We at Interfaith Community Services mourn the killing of Mr. Steve Olson, the local man who was shot six times by an Escondido police officer on April 21. He was a client of Interfaith Community Services. He was also a son, a brother, an uncle and a veteran who served our country. Friday morning, Interfaith held a small, private memorial service for Steve’s family and the homeless community at our Escondido headquarters, where he used to receive services. It is with the support and approval of his family that we share deta...

“Steve did not deserve what happened to him last week,” said Yusef Miller, homeless activist. Family members were joined by homeless advocates, friends and other Escondido community members for a candlelight vigil at West 2nd Avenue and Broadway, where Steven Olson was killed. “He fell on some hard times. He was down the wrong path but nothing he did deserve this kind of treatment,” Nicholas Olson said. Many people in this group have protested in front of the police department several times since Steven Olson's death. They are asking officer Moore to be terminated and charged criminal...

Escondido OIS raises questions about mental health response teams Escondido police recently released a nine-minute, pre-produced video that included body-cam footage showing a homeless man being shot six times and killed. and last updated 2021-04-30 19:12:11-04 ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KGTV) — Escondido Police Department recently released a nine-minute, pre-produced video that included body-cam footage showing a homeless man being shot six times and killed. The incident has prompted local civil rights groups and the man's family to question why deadly force was used. Police say in the past ye...

The video starts of by showing 911 calls made describing a man hitting vehicles with a "metal object" in the parking lot near 2nd Avenue and Grand Avenue. As the video continues, an officer, identified as Martinez, first made contact with the homeless man, identified as Steven John Olson, 59, behind a business in Escondido. Officer Martinez then tells Olson to drop the crowbar, later described by police as two feet long. Credit: Escondido Police Department. Picture of the crowbar at the scene. "Steven, Steven put the crowbar down dude," Martinez is heard saying in the video. Olson is seen ap...

0 3 minutes read Feature image: Placard reads, “Escondido police release the video.” Liberation photo: Anzy Adams Escondido Police officer Chad Moore fatally shot Steven John Olson, a houseless community member, on the morning of April 21 shortly after 7 am. Police claimed that he was holding a metal bar and threatened the officer. Video from after the incident and eyewitness testimonies seem to conflict with key points of Escondido PD’s version of events. Activists in Escondido called a protest on the night of the shooting, and continued the fight for transparency and accountabilit...