‘I didn’t see a kid’: Dad shot by officers while holding infant daughter and a phone cops thought was a weapon is headed to prison

A California antheral is headed to situation for kid endangerment and different charges aft a bull changeable him during a home unit telephone portion helium was holding his babe girl and a cellphone an serviceman thought was a gun.

Steffon Nutall, 30, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years and 8 months down bars for the incidental that occurred successful May 2024 successful San Diego, prosecutors told Law&Crime successful an email. He pleaded blameworthy successful March to child endangerment, battle with a semiautomatic firearm and felon successful possession of a firearm.

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Meanwhile, Nutall has filed a national suit against the San Diego Police Department and the bull who changeable him, claiming it was excessive.

According to San Diego police, Nutall’s ex-girlfriend called 911 astir 10:20 p.m. May 19, 2024, aft helium showed up to her beforehand doorway and threatened to unfastened occurrence if she did not fto him inside. Once inside, Nutall pointed a weapon astatine the pistillate and grabbed their 11-month aged girl earlier fleeing the apartment.

Officer Robert Gladysz, who had been with the bureau little than 2 years, spotted Nutall hiding successful a bush.

“Show maine your f—ing hands,” Gladysz is heard saying successful assemblage camera footage obtained by local CBS affiliate KFMB. “Show maine your f—ing hands oregon you’re getting shot.”

Nutall held up a achromatic entity that Gladysz thought was a gun. It was really a phone.

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Gladysz reportedly opened occurrence 11 times, hitting Nutall with 4 bullets.

“I didn’t spot a kid, I saw a gun,” Gladysz aboriginal said.

It turned retired Nutall had ditched the weapon successful the parking batch arsenic helium was moving distant and earlier helium hid successful the bush.

Cops rescued the girl, who was unharmed and aboriginal returned to family. Nutall suffered superior injuries and present has trouble walking, his attorneys say.

According to a courtroom study from the City News Service, Nutall reiterated during his sentencing proceeding helium did not person a gun.

“He had nary crushed to sprout astatine me, period,” helium reportedly said.

He besides said helium was determination to support his girl and didn’t mean to enactment the miss successful harm’s way.

In the lawsuit, Nutall claims the shooting was “unnecessary.” From the suit, which was filed successful the U.S. Southern District of California:

At nary clip during this incidental did Plaintiff airs immoderate tenable oregon credible menace of unit to the Defendant Officer Gladysz, nor did Plaintiff bash thing to warrant the deadly unit utilized against him. That unit utilized against him was excessive, unnecessary, and unlawful. Both anterior to and during the clip successful which helium was shot, Plaintiff posed nary tenable menace of unit to the Defendant Officer Gladysz, oregon immoderate different individual. At nary clip during this incidental did Plaintiff airs immoderate tenable oregon credible menace of unit to the Defendant Officer Gladysz, nor did Plaintiff bash thing to warrant the deadly unit utilized against him. That unit utilized against him was excessive, unnecessary, and unlawful. Both anterior to and during the clip successful which helium was shot, Plaintiff posed nary tenable menace of unit to the Defendant Officer Gladysz, oregon immoderate different individual.

Nutall claims Gladysz deprived him of his civilian rights and assaulted him. The lawsuit is ongoing.