Candlelight Vigil Held for Homeless Man Shot, Killed by Police in Escondido
“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...