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| Terrifying moment store owner is shot seven times in random attack in crime-riddled San Francisco |
| 2025-02-07 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Shocking surveillance footage caught the moment a business owner was shot seven times in a random attack in crime-riddled San Francisco. Martin Olive, 47, could be seen in the footage taking a smoke break outside of the cannabis dispensary he owns at the intersection of Ninth and Mission Streets, scrolling through his phone on January 27, when a man pulls his e-bike to the curb and dismounts. The e-biker - who has since been identified as 34-year-old Cheasarak Chong - could then be seen casually approaching Olive. But within seconds, Chong pulls out a gun from his pants pocket, grips it with both hands and fires multiple rounds. Olive immediately dropped his phone, covers his head and falls to the ground. As he lies on his back on the sidewalk, Chong fires once more at his head, before he walked into the building next door, where police later tracked him to a sixth-floor apartment, according to the San Francisco Standard. Olive was left with gunshot wounds to his back, chest and cheek, and was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, the San Francisco Chronicle reported at the time. Meanwhile, police were left in a shoot-out with Chong, who was killed inside his apartment. More than a week later, Olive is back home as he continues to recover from the near-death experience - which he said has also left him with psychological scars. In the aftermath, police recovered several weapons from his home, including semiautomatic firearms and ammunition. All of the weapons were obtained legally, Olive's attorney Patrick Goggin, told the Standard. The news left Olive even more frustrated, noting that Chong had previously faced charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon after stabbing a man. The public defender's office, which represented Chong at trial, argued he acted in self-defense, and Chong was acquitted in the case. A man who identified himself as Tee Chong and claimed to be his brother told the Standard his brother dealt with mental health issues for years. He said that even though they had lost contact with Chong more than eight years ago, the family thought he was doing well and the city 'took care of him' after the 2018 trial. 'All he wanted was a better life and to free himself,' Tee claimed. 'I'm saddened that SFPD didn't let us talk him out of it and... get him help.' l But Olive said he believes Chong was given an ill-advised second chance. 'I'm a liberal person. I believe in social services. I believe in helping the people that need help,' he said. 'I believe in everyone's right to live and breathe free, but that includes my right to live and breathe free - and this person clearly tried to stop my right to live and breathe free.' He also said that before he learned Chong had died, he worried that police in the liberal city would let him go free. 'Garnering any sympathy for him [because of his mental health issues] is very insulting and disrespectful to people that have mental health issues and don't commit violence,' Olive said, noting he has previously struggled with depression. He said he is now holding up well in the daytime, but at night he becomes much more emotional. 'I cry a lot,' Olive said, adding that he is now seeking treatment for PTSD. 'I get nightmares. I get flashbacks. The scene sort of expands with cinema vision around it all.' He also said that following the shooting, he is temporarily closing the Vapor Room, which opened in 2004 but has been experiencing financial troubles in recent months. 'I need to regroup,' Olive said, noting he wants to 'reopen bigger, better, stronger and more awesome with the help of the community.' |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Drug wars? |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-02-07 05:19 |
| #1 I seem to remember something the Liberals Democrat Elite demanded, in just about every Democrat ran Metro. Defund the Police. But as we know they kept their personal ARMED bodyguards. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-02-07 04:56 |