SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A person who was shot seven instances in an unprovoked assault in San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood is sharing his story of survival now two weeks later.
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Moments earlier than the incident on Jan. 27, Martin Olive mentioned he was on a smoke break and his cellphone outdoors his Vapor Room Weed Dispensary enterprise on Ninth and Mission streets. That is when a person got here up on an e-bike, walked in direction of him holding a gun and opened hearth. San Francisco police mentioned officers had been dispatched to the scene simply earlier than 5 p.m.
Olive mentioned his attacker even shot him twice within the again when he was mendacity on the sidewalk. He was additionally shot within the face, arm and shoulder.
“It’s fantastic I’m not dead,” Olive advised KRON4 Information. “I did not want to die on 9th Street in the middle of the afternoon. There are definitely nicer places to die in the city. I was genuinely convinced that this was it. I kept closing my eyes and feeling so unbelievably tired and it felt like giving up and escaping from the pain was sort of my only option. It was relentless, searing pain throughout my entire body.”
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Police mentioned the shooter walked to his condominium, which is in the identical constructing that homes Olive’s Vapor Room. The suspected shooter, who was later recognized as 34-year-old Cheasarak Chong, was later killed in a shootout with police. San Francisco police launched surveillance video and physique digicam footage of the taking pictures on Feb. 5.
No clear motive has been discovered for the assault. Olive mentioned he doesn’t know his shooter.
It is undecided what’s going to grow to be of Olive’s Vapor Room Dispensary, which has been round for greater than 20 years.
“We are definitely survivors, we’re definitely fighters,” mentioned Olive. “We’d like to reopen again. I personally cannot feel comfortable working at that location just because of the trauma of that incident. The goal is to have the city, maybe the mayor, maybe our supervisor, the Office of Cannabis, help us identify a new compliant location and expedite a reopening once I’m physically and mentally strong enough to do it.”Olive mentioned he needs to thank the primary responders and employees at San Francisco Basic Hospital who saved his life. He’s up and strolling however has quite a few well being points that determine to linger.
A GoFundMe has been set as much as assist Olive get by way of this extremely troublesome time.
