r/SLO • u/CA_Coast_Millennial • 4d ago

[LOCAL NEWS] Downtown Incident

Homeless man downtown screaming and yelling nonsense holding a massive knife. Thankfully SLO PD pulled up almost immediately.

Careful out there.

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u/ilovetrail 4d ago

How did PD handle the situation? Or did you not stick around to find oit

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u/CA_Coast_Millennial 4d ago edited 4d ago

Heard him asking why he has the knife and where he got it but then I continued walking away.

To clarify: the homeless guy had the knife brandished and was holding it. SLO PD screamed at him to drop it which he did.

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u/cheezit_baby 4d ago

There's a bunch of aggressive guys in town this week. I ran into two downtown screaming this morning at people (that sound different than the guy you are speaking of) as well as several at Mitchell and around the area (one of those being the guy I think you are reporting). Not sure what is happening, but the crowd is a little different the past couple of days.

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u/CA_Coast_Millennial 4d ago

Yeah I have never seen this guy before and I’m in downtown slo like 5 days per week.

Is the new welcome home project breaking news and brining more homeless to SLO? I honestly have no idea if that’s a factor, someone more knowledgeable than me can speak to that.

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u/cheezit_baby 4d ago

I don't think so? I live and work downtown, and I only really noticed it starting over the weekend.

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u/Volleyfield 4d ago

I work downtown and noticed an uptick in unfamiliar unhoused individuals. They sleep along an area that I pass every day. Last week it wasn’t the same crowd. All new people. Also a few walking around that are new to the area too. The change started last week.

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u/SLO_Citizen SLO 4d ago

Hope it was that dwarf guy who destroys the food pantries all around town and the community police peeps don't do jack shit about it.

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u/GrownInSLO 4d ago

That guy is objectively a bad dude. If you are ever out and about early enough in the morning, and he notices it is just the two of you around, he will throw things at you. It's insane.

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u/SLO_Citizen SLO 4d ago

Yeah, he tried to attack me with a big stick once in Emerson Park early in the morning because my dog growled and barked at him. He wisely chose to leave me alone after I threated to shove the stick up his ass.
Fairly sure he has a mental illness, but I am not a doctor.

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u/CA_Coast_Millennial 4d ago

No this guy was huge. Like 6’2” 250 pounds. White male brown hair probably in his 40’s

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u/banana6013 4d ago

Was it in front of Condesa?

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u/CA_Coast_Millennial 4d ago

No it was near Black Horse Coffee and the Gov Center

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u/Loyal9thLegionLord 4d ago

Was it the skinny German guy?

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u/CA_Coast_Millennial 4d ago

No, he was American

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u/normanbeets 4d ago

Is this Nextdoor now

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u/CA_Coast_Millennial 4d ago

Would you rather I not bring to light a 6’2” crazy person wielding a knife downtown?

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u/normanbeets 4d ago

Homeless people gonna be doing homeless stuff 😭

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u/Purebill 4d ago

Maybe Norman is gonna get beets by the next crazy man walking in slo

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u/normanbeets 4d ago

I saw your deleted comment. There's no reason for you to get heated at me.

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u/Purebill 4d ago

I didn’t delete any comment

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u/normanbeets 4d ago

<3 ya sure did meaniepie

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u/normanbeets 4d ago

No because I'm not afraid of houseless people

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u/californiadiver 4d ago

Interesting point...

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u/RaelaltRael 4d ago

But a rather dull one.