Man shot by SDPD officer while holding baby daughter sentenced to state prison
The suspect in Chollas View is unveiled after being shot by an SDPD officer in May File photo courtesy of San Diego Police Department via YouTube A man who was holding his infant daughter when he was shot by a San Diego police officer was sentenced Thursday to nearly years in state prison Steffon Nutall was shot last May after police say he threatened his ex-girlfriend then took their child from the woman s Chollas View apartment Officers spotted him then chased him on foot He was shot multiple times The infant was not hit by the gunfire In September Nutall sued the city of San Diego and the officer who shot him alleging that Officer Robert Gladysz used excessive unnecessary and unlawful force by opening fire Nutall appeared in court in a wheelchair for his sentencing following his March guilty pleas to charges of child endangerment assault with a semi-automatic firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm Defense attorney Troy Owens stated that Nutall went to the home because he inferred his daughter was being abused and he desired to stop it But Owens stated intoxication impaired his client s judgment His subsequent actions are not something that he is proud of But the underlying motivation to go to the home was not to do anything other than to protect his daughter In a announcement to the court Nutall echoed his attorney s explanation while also denying that he brought a gun to the apartment I only went over there to protect my daughter he announced I didn t come over there with the intent to hurt anybody harm anybody none of that Nutall disclosed intoxication and anger took over me and that he didn t mean to put his daughter in harm s way But his declaration also touched on the police shooting which he mentioned was unwarranted I had no gun He had no reason to shoot at me period he noted But Deputy District Attorney Erin Casey disclosed Nutall was armed with a loaded gun and was heard on a call threatening to shoot his ex-girlfriend Casey added that he notified an exigency dispatcher that if police responded he would kill everyone in the home The prosecutor also revealed that though Nutall claimed he received a text message detailing the alleged abuse of his child there has been absolutely no evidence ever presented to corroborate that In the end Nutall was sentenced to years and eight months in prison In a announcement San Diego police reported Nutall ignored Gladysz s repeated orders to disarm himself and surrender then jumped up with a dark-colored object in his right hand prompting the officer to open fire In video footage disclosed by the police department Gladysz is seen telling a fellow officer that he didn t see a kid but saw Nutall holding a gun The gunshot wounds Nutall declared in his federal complaint severely limit his ability to walk or move his legs and consequently he requirements the aid of a wheelchair for mobility
