ESCONDIDO, Calif. (CNS/KGTV) – Escondido Police on Thursday released body camera footage of a November 2023 officer-involved shooting that left a man dead.
In the video posted on the City of Escondido’s YouTube channel, Escondido Police Chief Ed Varso explained the department released the “relevant video footage, photographs, and other evidence” so the public “can have a better understanding of the incident based on what we currently know.”
The San Diego Police Department is investigating the incident under a countywide protocol for law-enforcement involved shootings. Varso noted that the incident would be reviewed by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office to determine the legality of the shooting.
The incident took place at around 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 3, 2023, at a mobile home park at 2550 E. Valley Parkway. Escondido Police officers were called to the mobile home park after a resident of the mobile home park reported that a stranger in a sleeping bag was on her porch.
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Following a brief argument with the woman, the trespasser, later identified as 48-year-old Douglas Quinn of Indiana, walked over to a nearby parked motorcycle and began pushing it away through the complex.
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Escondido Police Officers Anthony Lay and Michael Statti arrived a short time later. With their uniform-worn cameras activated, they made contact with Quinn, who told them he had gone to the mobile home park in search of a friend.
In response to the officers' questions, Quinn said he had ridden his motorcycle from the Midwest to the San Diego area in search of work, had spent about 20 years in prison and admitted that he was the subject of a parole-violation arrest warrant issued in his home state.
A short time later, when one of the officers told Quinn the officers were "just going to put (him) in (hand)cuffs," he bolted, pulled a handgun from his waistband, pointed it across his body at the officers while running away and fired several rounds, according to Escondido Police.
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Lay and Statti returned fire, and Quinn collapsed into a hedge alongside a brick perimeter wall. While on the ground, Quinn turned toward the officers, still holding the gun, prompting one of them to fire several more shots at him.
After backup officers arrived, police sent in a service dog to check on Quinn. When he remained motionless, the personnel moved in and performed CPR on him, to no avail. Paramedics then took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
