Terrifying moment store owner is shot seven times in random attack in crime-riddled San Francisco

Shocking surveillance footage caught the infinitesimal a concern proprietor was changeable 7 times successful a random onslaught successful crime-riddled San Francisco. 

Martin Olive, 47, could beryllium seen successful the footage taking a fume interruption extracurricular of the cannabis dispensary helium owns astatine the intersection of Ninth and Mission Streets, innocently scrolling done his telephone connected January 27, erstwhile a antheral pulls his e-bike to the curb and dismounts.

The e-biker - who has since been identified arsenic 34-year-old Cheasarak Chong - could past beryllium seen casually approaching Olive.

But wrong seconds, Chong pulls retired a weapon from his pants pocket, grips it with some hands and fires aggregate rounds.

Olive instantly dropped his phone, covers his caput and falls to the ground.

As helium lies connected his backmost connected the sidewalk, Chong fires erstwhile much astatine his head, earlier helium walked into the gathering adjacent door, wherever constabulary aboriginal tracked him to a sixth-floor apartment, according to the San Francisco Standard. 

Olive was near with gunshot wounds to his back, thorax and cheek, and was transported to a section infirmary with life-threatening injuries, the San Francisco Chronicle reported astatine the time.

Meanwhile, constabulary were near successful a shoot-out with Chong, who was killed wrong his apartment. 

More than a week later, Olive is backmost location arsenic helium continues to retrieve from the near-death acquisition - which helium said has besides near him with intelligence scars.

He told the Standard that erstwhile helium archetypal saw Chong attack him and constituent a pistol astatine his face, helium assumed it was a h2o gun.

'I thought it was the opening of a anserine TikTok prank,' said Olive, who owns the Vapor Room. 

'I couldn't conceive of wherefore anyone would privation to sprout me.'

But aft the archetypal slug struck him, Olive said helium wanted to run.

He was keenly aware, however, that helium was not really moving.

'It felt similar I got a shot of blistery metallic shoved into my cheek,' helium recounted of the experience. 'It conscionable was truthful blistery and I conscionable wanted to get distant from the pain. 

'I deliberation metaphysically, my psyche was moving mode from my body. I was successful different world.' 

Olive was past near screaming successful symptom connected the crushed asking 'Why me?' arsenic 1 of his employees called 911 and bully Samaritans rushed to his assistance to effort to halt the bleeding.

He said helium tried to stay arsenic inactive arsenic imaginable successful an effort to support the bullets from moving and debar further injury.

But erstwhile paramedics arrived connected the country and took disconnected his clothes, they were drenched successful blood.

'I kept reasoning to myself, "I can't judge I'm gonna dice connected Ninth Street," like, "Holy s***, I'm dying connected Ninth Street,' Olive recounted, explaining that determination are nicer parts of the metropolis for idiosyncratic to instrumentality their past breath.

A tactical portion and hostage dialog squad were aboriginal deployed to the flat and surrounding area, KQED reports.

The officers were capable to marque interaction with Chong, who past barricaded the doorway to his apartment.

Police ordered Chong to permission the apartment, but helium reportedly refused and told the officers to leave.

At that point, members of the tactical squad fired 2 foam projectiles into a model to summation a amended visual.

Body camera footage showed the fishy past opened occurrence done his model with a firearm astatine the officers stationed connected the extortion crossed the building, according to KTVU. 

'Did helium shoot?' 1 serviceman could beryllium heard asking. 

'Yeah. Shots fired,' different replies.

Tactical Officer David Edgerson past returned occurrence with his ain rifle, and erstwhile helium did not respond, officers deployed a drone to his flat - which recorded him unresponsive connected the room floor.

Officers past entered the flat on with a paramedic, and Chong was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

In the aftermath, constabulary recovered respective 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 quality near Olive adjacent much frustrated, noting that Chong had antecedently faced charges of attempted execution and battle with a deadly limb aft stabbing a man.

The nationalist defender's office, which represented Chong astatine trial, argued helium acted successful self-defense, and Chong was acquitted successful the case.

A antheral who identified himself arsenic Tee Chong and claimed to beryllium his member told the Standard his member dealt with intelligence wellness issues for years. 

He said that adjacent though they had mislaid interaction with Chong much than 8 years ago, the household thought helium was doing good and the metropolis 'took attraction of him' aft the 2018 trial.

'All helium wanted was a amended beingness and to escaped himself,' Tee claimed.

'I'm saddened that SFPD didn't fto america speech him retired of it and... get him help.' 

But Olive said helium believes Chong was fixed an ill-advised 2nd chance.

'I'm a wide person. I judge successful societal services. I judge successful helping the radical that request help,' helium said. 

'I judge successful everyone's close to unrecorded and respire free, but that includes my close to unrecorded and respire escaped - and this idiosyncratic intelligibly tried to halt my close to unrecorded and respire free.'

He besides said that earlier helium learned Chong had died, helium disquieted that constabulary successful the wide metropolis would fto him spell free.

'Garnering immoderate sympathy for him [because of his intelligence wellness issues] is precise insulting and disrespectful to radical that person intelligence wellness issues and don't perpetrate violence,' Olive said, noting helium has antecedently struggled with depression.

He said helium is present holding up good successful the daytime, but astatine nighttime helium becomes overmuch much emotional.

'I outcry a lot,' Olive said, adding that helium is present seeking attraction for PTSD.

'I get nightmares. I get flashbacks. The country benignant of expands with cinema imaginativeness astir it all.'

He besides said that pursuing the shooting, helium is temporarily closing the Vapor Room, which opened successful 2004 but has been experiencing fiscal troubles successful caller months.

'I request to regroup,' Olive said, noting helium wants to 'reopen bigger, better, stronger and much awesome with the assistance of the community.'