get the out the vehicle
now I told you to stop call the
authorities now I think I just witnessed
a killing at
L this chaotic scene erupted mere
moments after Freddy Nelson and his wife
Carrie arrived at the Delta Park lows in
Portland Oregon what may have started is
an explosive argument rapidly escalated
turning deadly in the blink of an
eye the security guard Just sh my husand
about 7 months before this appalling
incident took place in September 2020
49-year-old Freddy Nelson a home
renovator and woodworker was stopped by
two security guards after he'd loaded up
his truck with wooden power pets taken
from behind lows the guards worked for
the Cornerstone Security Group which
provided armed security and was hired
only to patrol the parking lots of Delta
Park while it's unclear what happened
prior to the security guard's body cam
footage being turned on Freddy can be
seen trying to leave you sitting there
shaking you're looking for a fight man
whatever I can already tell that the
adrenaline's pumping through you you're
ready you're balling up your fist I get
it I see it I'm bing up my fist hold my
keys you want to fight you just so you
know what you're trying to you're trying
toate it you're trying to Agate right
I'm going to take it down you're trying
toate you understand me do you
understand me try to agitate it right
okay at this point question you you
understand what you saying I do
okay we are done get your vehicle leave
that the park hey look I'm getting in my
vehicle so you don't need to tell
talking you're talking to me okay get in
your vehicle don't be giv order vehicle
now you I got to go to work
anyway go to work Avenue and stay on
this side when you come back
whatever could you please move so you're
not blocking the road a public road one
of the guards parked the red vehicle you
can see in the footage and it blocked
Freddy's ability to leave you want to
keep going B I get out you I'm not step
back I'm not dealing with J you
understand just because you're mad at me
and him do not give me the attitude
apologize
the guard eventually moved his vehicle
so Freddy could leave but this was just
the beginning of the volatile incidents
between Freddy and the Cornerstone
security guards in January 2021 Freddy
was once again approached by two guards
they saw that he had collected more
pallets and had left his red and black
truck out front while he went inside the
storm all right we can wait here out on
this yeah okay cuz I I I know we've had
this problem with them before doing this
so I it's time to boot him
off cuz we keep telling him are you
saying you're excluding him yeah okay
because I know that in the past we've
told him not to do that we keep telling
people not to do
that so other guys have been excluded
now fig he's excluded yep yeah you're
not supposed to take pallets look all
those I know while the guard waited for
Freddy to come to his vehicle they took
a look at how many pallets he'd taken
while they seemed to be under the
impression that Freddy didn't have
permission to take the pallets this
wasn't the case we're going to tell him
take those pallets take them off site
and don't come back until January what's
today 15th yep January 15
202 that's right Freddy had been
collecting pallets from Lowe's for a few
months at that point I know you've kind
of had of trouble with in the past
Avenue a little bit he
doesn't yeah we've spoken at Kirby
Avenue a couple times you're really
don't like us well he's not going to
like us right now
nope but yeah no I'd rather do a show of
force on this guy than not it was at
this moment that Freddy exited the storm
up so um we see that you're taking
pallets yeah I didn't talk to manager
okay so here's the problem it's a
property rule violation so this has
nothing to do with lows okay uh we are
going to ask you to go ahead take these
pallets off for now but the problem is
because of multiple property rule
violations in the past with other people
doing it we're having to enforce it to
the point that we're not going to let
you back on to Delta Park Center
property for the next year okay oh I'm
not allowed right now um yeah we're
going to ask you to leave like I said
you can take these pallets but uh yeah
we can't have you back on Delta Park
onent our property for the next year
whatever take it up with
loads what was that take it up with load
no sir you can take it up with uh the
property owner at Delta Park Center oh
Brian KN him by name okay while this
incident ended without issue things
would only escalate from here what no
one could have predicted was just how
explosive things would become on April
19th Freddy was once again stopped by a
security guard while he was behind
Lowe's about to collect more pallets no
you leave this property now you leave
the property now no okay whatever okay
turn around I'm going to put you under
arrest no you're not you want to bet
no you are under arrest now no I'm
not I just came out of the office nope
yeah you are trespassed from the Delta
Park property you are not to be
here I just came out of the I don't care
well go deal with them I'm not I'm
dealing with you
y well I'm not under arrest you will be
here in a second what's your name and ID
number you don't need
it so I don't even know you're a
legitimate security
officer I am a legitimate security
officer how do I know cuz you I'm right
here I'm for Del you're right I can but
I work for Delta Park no you don't yeah
I do you work for TMT same thing no it's
not it is they not allowed to be here
it's not
working you are not allowed to be here
whatever you need to leave
now go talk to manager no I'm not going
to an incident report from a week before
this footage reveals that a security
guard spoke to the Lowe's manager and
confirm that the company Freddy worked
for was actually contracted to pick up
the pallets Freddy even showed the
business card to the guard and the
manager the report claimed that the
pallets were supposed to be picked up in
a truck with the company logo which
Freddy's truck didn't have regardless it
seemed like the guards knew he had
permission from Lowe's to be there and
yet were still telling him to leave oh
yeah whatever you need to leave now I
got work to do leave as soon as I'm done
no you don't even know the rules I do
yeah you are trespassed from this
property
yeah okay go turn around stay mate if
you're not arresting me you want to bet
back
off you want to bet go ahead I got the
same thing you do yeah well then back up
no not going to according to the report
later filed after this dispute the guard
claimed that Freddy had a small can of
pepper spray in his left hand however
the footage shows that the can appears
to be in his right hand the guard stated
that he then pulled out his own pepper
spray for self-defense you're not
arrested me you want to bet
no I'm talking management no I'm not
going to it's time for you to leave
Freddy then began walking back towards
Lowe's it's time for you to leave you
are trespassed from this property you're
going to be the next one to
trespass no I actually I'm not I need
you out here now please I I can't deal
with that I can't deal with that I need
you out here can you call the police
then yeah um I'm going to I'm going to
be arresting Freddy
here yep I need I need I need pediat
here
now I'm I'm behind Lowe's yeah while
Freddy headed into Lowe's to get
management the security guard aired his
grievances to a bystander he's he's
trespassed from the property and he
knows
it
so anybody knows the rules it's you he's
not going to come back here without
police so he's got to come
backtime I'll tow
it watch me
oh no that this is what he does oh you
know yeah the incident report from that
day states that the Lowe's management
did ultimately ask Freddy to leave but
said that they would figure everything
out so he could get pallets later it
appears that despite the security
guard's trespassing Freddy the Lowe's
management still expected to come and
pick up pallets this would become very
important later the report also claimed
that Freddy was trespassed on April 12th
for allegedly stealing pallets while
other footage showed him being told he
was initially trespassed in January more
discrepancies would come up soon while
the continued clashes between Freddy and
the security guards were certainly
distressing things would only intensify
from here once again Freddy was
approached by two guards this time while
he was in the front parking lot at
Lowe's
go get off the
property you need to get off the
property go you want to play that
game
okay you can be here you did nothing he
can't be here yes you have you've been
excluded from Delta Park property for
one year you're now trespassing sitting
in the
property
what you are not supposed to be on Del
of our
property one you've helped somebody get
away from stealing we have that
documented you've took in Pallet we have
that documented we have you on camera
several times they have never we have
you
documented you're not a
vendor we've already talked to him we've
already talked to him so either you need
to leave or you go to handcuffs you
decide you want to play that game
okay get
out
okay then okay let's call
PD what's your name officer what you
officer what's
up to your name I gave you my name
yep we have bolos out even for you so
the security guards did in fact have a
be on the lookout for Freddy the bolo
shared with the Cornerstone security
guards stated he has attempted to State
he is an approved vendor for lows
regardless if he is or isn't he is not
allowed in Delta Park Center notably
while the bolo says that Freddy can be
hostile it clearly states that he's not
known to be combative the bolo also
directs the guards to place him in
custody if he does not comply with
orders to leave the property everything
came to a head on May 29th 2021 one when
Freddy parked in the Lowe's lot with
plans to look at flowers with his wife
within 30 seconds of parking and before
the couple had time to walk away from
their truck they were approached by a
Cornerstone vehicle the security guard
stopped partially in front of Freddy's
truck and an altercation immediately
began one so dramatic that Witnesses
nearby started filming 28-year-old Logan
gimbal the Cornerstone security guard
confronted Freddy and Carrie telling
Freddy that he was under arrest for
trespassing Freddy apparently argued
that Logan had no authority to arrest
him while this part of the argument
wasn't filmed Logan turned on his body
cam soon after capturing the rest of the
harrowing incident off my property you
know you've been trespassed you know
you're not supposed to be here
you refusing to leave my
property
[Music]
you I told you to leave property out I
told you to leave property you've been
trespassed and warned multiple times I
call the police
get the out the vehicle
now you already tried to hit me once you
move this vehicle again I will
fire Logan immediately shot four times
into the windshield of the truck fatally
wounding
Freddy I told you to stop and you not
angle the vehicle at
me call the authorities now
God I told you not to move the vehicle I
told
you you got 911 right now oh my God
you oh my God you already tried to hit
me the vehicle once and that is assault
you also use pepper spray
[Applause]
[Music]
all of this occurred in less than a
minute after Logan turned on his body
cam in the immediate aftermath a witness
to the horrific event called
911 I think I just witnessed a killing
at
L the security guard Just sh my husband
[Applause]
[Music]
Fred oh my God you killed him you I told
you he tried to hit me would you shoot
him because he tried to hit me with a
vehicle that is assault with a deadly
weapon
he he killed my
husband yes
are you on the authorities with them
right now I online with one right now
told them that he's been trespassed M I
watched you I watched you okay we all
watched you yes he's shot yes we
definitely I see blood yes he's he's
he's bleeding
out okay do I do they want me to render
Aid I don't know what to do at this
point you want security to render Aid
are you medical what what do you want
him to do I'm I'm right here standing by
my my camera's on everything's been
recorded yes he just shot my husband I
us oh my
God she's hysterical and rightfully so
[Applause]
yes he's he I shot him four times cuz he
tried to hit me with the vehicle
dead1 they're they're on the they're on
their authorities with him right now he
locked his door he tried to hit me and
pin me between the vehicle you have a
key a key to get in the car
yeah give me a key
this is
open right away Logan begins repeating
his version of events but there are some
key specifics in his story that will be
challenged
later gun and he said stop or I'm going
to shoot you and the guy tried to run
him over again he he tried two separate
times I know and he's got it all on his
camera take care of your husband he also
attempted to pepper spray me he what he
also attempted to Pepper sprad
Corner get was that what that was he
shot off window yep notably Logan
doesn't mention that he first pushed a
bottle of pepper spray into the
partially open back window of the
Nelson's truck and attempted to spray
the couple he's he's been trespassed by
me every security member on my team he's
been trespassed by the police and he's
been trespassed by the owner of Delta
Park so you hear all that and he
continues to come on property while they
wait for the police and ambulance to
arrive Logan makes a few questionable
comments seemingly talking to himself
God I did not think I'd have to do that
but course they're going to they're
going to sympathize with the victim I
think his wife is on the phone
screaming I know I know you I know
you're trying to help I just want to
make sure that there's
anything they they they're apparently
two
paramedics this is out of my scope
I'm tried to tried to pin me between the
vehicle right here and then tried to hit
me right here again about 5 minutes
after the shooting officers arrive on
the scene I don't know what you need me
to do this is the first time I've ever
had to do
this
okay I had to had to discharge my
firearm Logan claimed he was the site
supervisor responsible for all of Delta
Park he then told officers that Freddy
had attempted to hit and pin him between
his own security vehicle and his truck
the officers instruct Logan to call his
supervisor and he once again relayed the
same story this time emphasizing a
notable detail he angled the car for me
and tried to floor the gas and that's
when I fired in the middle of the
officers checking Freddy for signs of
Life Logan makes this request uh is
there a way I can get tomorrow
off so I can you know process what I
just
did okay I I know we're I know we're
tight but a few minutes later an
ambulance also arrives
ready I love you eventually an officer
guides Logan to sit in the back of a
police vehicle I did not think I'd have
to do that today after leaving Logan
alone for 5 minutes the officers
returned to collect his firearm hey bud
how's it going uh go ahead and step out
of the car is that cool enough back
there for you it was a little warm but
it's all right okay what we're going to
do uh I'm going to I'm going to take
your firearm you don't have to touch it
okay we're just going to wait for the
texts and stuff so it's just kind of
protocol when somebody in the back so
doesn't say you're in trouble or
anything like that yeah I know I I'm I
Weare the process there's a weird thing
with my dpst I got armed during the
whole covid thing I mailed my stuff off
and I have yet to get my actual card but
I do have the the gold paper or the
yellow paper that was issued don't worry
about as it would turn out this was an
issue that Logan would need to worry
about the day after the shooting he was
brought in for a formal interview where
he was read his Miranda rides and agreed
to speak with officers he tells them
that he was in the Air Force for 6 years
he was then asked to describe some of
the things he dealt with working as a
security guard so would you say that
you've been able to resolve a lot of
situations using uh just verbal you know
verbally saying stuff to people or the
escalation use that's a lot of time it's
you know just being calm rational but if
you're talking about the individual I
dealt with he was he's been a problem
for us for a really long time I was
going out driving around doing my
Patrols and this guy his name is Freddy
uh he's been trespassed from our
property before he's been trespassed by
me he's been trespassed by MERS of
security team he's been formerly
trespassed I think the police we had to
get the police involved at one point and
they went over there and formally
trespassed him and then he was
trespassed Again by the owner of Delta
Park because how the whole incident
started was like months back uh my guys
were chasing a shoplifter out of e the
Marine Fisherman's are dicks I think it
was Marines actually the dude stole a
bunch of like knives and other tools
this guy Freddy drove by opened up his
car and let the dude hop in that we were
chasing and then peeled off with him and
so that's why we we know that's where
the trespass started along with the
other security guards Logan had several
prior verbal disputes with Freddy and
had banned him from public areas about a
month before the shooting he would go
into the back of Lowe's and he would
steal a bunch of pallets from them cuz
he has a little Pallet Company um but
they had no formal agreement with him at
all he had no okay from the manager I
like I went in verified with him Carri
son Freddy's wife of 30 years was
interviewed the same day she witnessed
her husband being shot and she told a
very different story than Logan but
security has a personal beef with us it
says that we're stealing them but we
have permission so they've been
harassing us for like a month and a half
now Mark Wilkins the property manager of
TMT development which managed the Delta
Park Center stated in an email that
Freddy was not an approved vendor
authorized to remove Palace he also said
that he spoke to Freddy and told him he
was not approved but that he was only
trespassed from private property owned
by the landlord not from public areas in
contrast Logan claimed he'd banned
Freddy from public areas about a month
before the shooting everybody most of
the managers know us in there so you
have a contract with Lowe's to take the
the P the spare pallets and use them for
your own no we sell them you sell them
yeah okay where's the contract at do you
have that with you or is it we it's just
a verbal verbal contract do you know who
you have the verbal contract with at low
she works in the bag I don't remember
her name adding to the confusion police
spoke with Lori sugab beer the receiving
manager at Lowe's I was not here the day
it happened I had no idea what happened
but I dealt with this for like I want to
say at least a month before the incident
even happened and I was working with
tmtr trying to I mean emailing TMT
saying hey this is the person I want
Freddy Nelson here to pick up our slag p
they're trash to us we don't ever do a
an official business um like contract
okay but we do try to find someone who
can come and pick up our P so that's
that's that that's the gist of what I
was trying to get TMT to authorize
because I know we've been rounds with
security here saying we can't have
anybody back here I'm like well you're
impacting my business because I really
need these picked up I emailed TMT and a
week later I emailed him saying look
we're having issues with Freddy and the
security group because whatever you know
I no idea and every time I dealt with
him they they were seriously over
aggressive with Freddy because he was
literally just standing there with me
and I was having a business conversation
with him uhhuh and then they they would
just zoom up and be like you have to get
off this property right now B and I'm
like you know hey we're just trying to
get this resolved and every single time
Ryan I was like why are you guys just
attacking this guy yeah I don't
understand there was no formal agreement
it was just sort of like you had
identified Freddy as a person that you
were willing to let um take the from the
back of the
store okay and that's sort of your
responsibility in some way is to manage
the the pallets not being there anymore
okay yeah exactly I manage all the trash
here and how many times do you think
that you are with Freddy uh when
Cornerstone security had contacted him
at least three times did you tell them
that it was fine for him to be there
yeah oh yeah yeah and I told him I said
no you have to understand I'm working
with Freddy I have been working with
I've done you know before they this all
happened before the even the first
interaction with them in her interview
Lori also added this was there ever an
issue with Freddy stealing pallets from
you guys that you know of no okay so
you've never you ABS not every time I
authorized him to take the ones over
because he was there I like hey can you
just take these 40 we started getting on
to him about it like you know you're
trespass you're supposed to leave and so
what he would do is he would just come
come on our property and sit in his car
and just like
P around cuz he knows he's not supposed
to be there but we can't do anything
when he's in his car we've never had not
even a piece of paper saying we've been
trespassed we've never had a date of
when we've been trespassed we have no
idea when we been trespass it's unclear
if Freddy had actually been given a
formal trespass order regardless Logan
explained his version of events for the
day of the shooting I was driving by I
saw his car pull onto our property so I
go over there like hey man you need to
leave you know you're not supposed to be
here like I don't know how many times I
have to tell you he gets out of his car
I get out of my turn my camera around
and get out of my passenger my driver's
side door I was like you know turn
around put your hands behind your back
you know you're not you know you've been
trespass you know you're not supposed to
be and he like looked at me and was
pretty much like you he pulled in front
of us and like blocked us and told us to
that we have to get off the property and
who is he the security guy do you know
his name no can you describe him for me
he has dark hair he's an [ __ ] we've
had quite a few runs with him and I call
him and I'm calling the cops cuz I'm
sick of this bull with you guys guys are
harassing us all the time and he's said
I'm going to miss you Freddy got out of
the car and um he said put your hands
behind your back Freddy said yeah right
and got back in the car and um grabbed
his mace but if he would have just
gotten into his car and just left I
would have I would have left it at that
investigators asked Logan to clarify why
the situation escalated so quickly he
was reaching for something inside okay I
didn't know what it was I know that he's
made threats against us multiple times
before and I didn't want him pulling a
firearm when I was by the side of the
vehicle so that's why I sprayed into it
okay and what was your hope to do when
you what was your intent when you
sprayed in there um what were you
protect my safety like I said I didn't
cars are dangerous did Freddy have a
weapon on I'm just asking cuz I need to
ask yeah he had his mace but I don't
think he had a chance to even fire it so
Freddy had some pepper spray as well
yeah did he have a knife or a gun or
anything like that no no the main points
of contention were the brief moments
before Logan fired and this time when he
tells the story he includes something
new and I was going to step like towards
my car this way so he could I I thought
he was just going to drive out this way
so I start walking this way he angles
the hood of the car towards me trying to
pin me in between his his truck and my
patrol vehicle but I stepped to my right
and he narrowly missed you said he
angled his tires towards you he yeah he
turned the whole car and went forward
towards me and um you were able to step
out of the way and avoid being hit or
were you hit by the I think I I don't
know I think he might have like tabbed
my hip or like got like I felt something
push up against my
but no damage was done to me I I got out
of the way quick enough yet at the scene
Logan clearly states something that
contradicts his new story you already
tried to hit me once did your vehicle
strike the security guard at any point
no I don't think I don't think so I know
no while it's unclear if Freddy's truck
actually hit Logan he can be seen in the
footage briefly touching the vehicle
with his hand when it nears him
however the most important piece of
Logan's story was something he mentioned
quickly in interrogation like I heard
the engine start driving and that's when
I fired okay four shots into the left
side or right side despite his claim the
engine revved the truck doesn't seem to
move before Logan fired at the very
least Logan's first shot was almost
simultaneous with the truck beginning to
move get the out the vehicle
now you already tried to hit me want you
move this vehicle again I will
fire just walk me through what your
concerns were because my personal safety
100% it's this job is not worth my life
at $18 an hour sure so I'm going to do
everything I can to make sure I go home
but at the end of the day I also don't
want to have to send somebody else more
or less in a home in a body bag notably
cornerstone's use of force policy states
that quote nothing in this policy
requires an office to retreat or be
exposed to possible physical injury
before applying reasonable Force the
autopsy revealed that Freddy was shot in
the head the left of his chest his right
shoulder and in his thoracic vertebrae
he died at the scene we scared were you
um or were
you I wouldn't really say I was scared
but be that's only simply because of my
my military background and all my
training and stuff like that while Logan
completed his armed security training
through dpsst Oregon's Department of
Public Safety standards and training he
didn't have formal certification as an
armed security guard this meant that he
was not licensed to carry a firearm at
the time of the shooting the Cornerstone
Security Group later admitted that along
with Logan two more of their security
guards weren't certified but were
carrying firearms Logan wasn't charged
for Freddy Nelson's death until December
2021 more than six months after the
shooting at trial Logan claimed it was
self-defense and that after the truck
struck him he got tunnel vision and
didn't have the ability to recognize an
alternative action to deadly force Logan
was eventually found guilty of
second-degree murder unlawful use of a
weapon and two counts of second deegree
unlawful use of Mace he was sentenced to
life in prison with the possibility of
parole after 25 years following this
Carrie Nelson filed a $25 million civil
lawsuit for wrongful death and
negligence against the owners of the
property and Cornerstone Security Group
it appears the case is still ongoing