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The Tehama County Sheriffs Office on Thursday released the names of the five people killed by a gunman who rampaged through Rancho Tehama on Tuesday, spraying bullets at several locations, including an elementary school. The gunman, 44-year-old Kevin Janson Neal, died by suicide after a Corning police officer rammed and stopped his stolen vehicle. Tina said that in her gut she knew the location of the gunfire. He stepped out and fired randomly at the rooms around him. They were the second and third people shot to death by Neal, who lived in a light-blue mobile home barely 100 yards from their property. "It was going to put everyone in a dangerous spot.". [40], Due to the shooting spree, Rancho Tehama Elementary School was closed earlier than planned for the Thanksgiving holiday break[5] and reopened on November 27. Neals shooting put Rancho Tehama Reserve known by locals as Rancho Tehama or simply the Ranch on the map, but only briefly. She told her brother she thought someone was shooting at the elementary school. That seemed strange, so as the sound of gunfire intensified, Wythe grabbed the dog and fell to the floor. Ferreira said he thought the shooting lasted about 20 to 25 minutes. hide caption. Kevin Janson Neal: 43, of Corning was arrested Tuesday in the 6900 block of . [10][21], As Neal was chasing an innocent victim and shooting at them from his car, he was being pursued by law enforcement. It worked. On November 14, 2017, Kevin Janson Neal murdered his wife, before going on a shooting rampage in Rancho Tehama, California. Rancho Tehama, also known as the Rancho Tehama Reserve, is an unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, . "On every occasion we responded, asking 'did you actually see him firing a gun?' School officials heard gunshots and made a critical decision to lock it down. Shortly before the shooting started, Sanders sister Tina had just dropped her son off at Rancho Tehama Elementary School. On Nov. 14, 2017, a shooter killed five people and wounded several others in the rural Northern California town of Rancho Tehama. During a pair of weekend vigils, citizens and supporters alike gathered to mourn and begin the process of healing. As I drove throughout Rancho Tehama, I stopped and talked with random people like David, the step-brother to Danny Elliott; step-son of Diana Steele, both of whom were killed. Among the injured was a 6-year-old boy, shot while inside his classroom. Sanders said he and Neal made eye contact, and realized they knew each other. Johnston was one of the first on scene that day. RANCHO TEHAMA -- "The guy was a bad guy. "It was clear that he was experimenting with building guns at home outside the law.". Sanders seemed like an open guy who talks as if he has a positive outlook on life. According to Elliotts stepbrother David (who requested we not publish his last name or photo), the gate was open, making it easy for Neal to get onto their property. A bullet hole is seen in an exterior wall at the Rancho Tehama Elementary School on Nov. 15, 2017. [6] A sixth body, that of the shooter's wife 38-year-old Barbara Glisan, was later discovered under the floorboards of their home;[6][11] she is believed to have been killed the day before. The shootings led to domestic and international debate over the control of ghost guns and gun-licensing law in the United States. A GoFundMe set up after the shooting to help the Woods family raised less than $6,000. When she heard the shots last November, she immediately called for every child and teacher to get inside and go into lock down mode. The GoFundMe drive established by family members of a teacher killed in May at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and her husband, who subsequently died of a heart attack, has already brought in more than $2.8 million. Neils life and rampage ended in a barrage of gunfire. Rich Pedroncelli/AP The board did pay out more than $14,000 in total to families of the dead to help pay for funeral expenses. He fired about 30 rounds in six minutes before he took off. [29][39] One of the neighbors involved in the January 31 incident later became one of those killed in the shootings. But what Neal didnt know was Sanders son had switched to another school. [9][8], Eleven other peoplesix adults and five childrenwere also shot, but survived. Nov 15, 2017, 03:54 PM EST. Police killed the suspected shooter, Kevin Janson Neal. According to Bruehl and Wythe, as Neal drove down the road from the school, he was still firing several gunshots. Crowdfunding efforts, which can be reliable resources for victims in the aftermath of prominent mass shootings with high death tolls, failed to raise enough money to defray the cost of their hospital bills and other needs. "I do believe the sheriff's department dropped the ball when they let this guy (gunman Kevin Neal) live out here with a lot of guns," says local realtor Vern Wilson, who has lived in Rancho Tehama for more than two decades. Kevin Janson Neal mugshot. Authorities said all of the adults lived in Rancho Tehama, a rural Northern California town with a population of about 1,500. So they didn't have the evidence to search his home? Like Gage, Sanders son also was at Rancho Tehama Elementary when Neal arrived after shooting multiple people on his way from Bobcat Lane. Since January 31, 2018, ghost guns required a serial number in the state. [7] His neighbors, 38-year-old Danny Elliott and 68-year-old Diana Steele with whom he had had previous conflicts, were his first two killings on November 14. Also in that classroom was Elliotts young son. Two women embrace outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School, where a gunman opened fire Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Corning, Calif. [17], Victims' families were left struggling to pay for medical expenses and some turned to online fundraisers.[5][34]. Eric Westervelt/NPR Outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School after the shooting on Nov. 14, 2017. Another young man, Dale Dykes, showed where Neal was shot and killed by officers, just a short distance down the road from where Sanders lives. He introduced me to another hero from that day, Coy Ferreira, a father who scooped up a terrified child from the playgrounds open space, away from the spray of gunfire and into the safety of his daughters classroom. In this little-visited slice of Northern California, a mass shooting that occurred nearly five years ago has in some cases left behind battered people who have yet to reckon with its multilayered effects. In part because of the limited media attention, people who were shot or lost loved ones that day say there has not been enough support available to help rebuild their lives. He'd made threats. A GoFundMe drive for an 11-year-old Robb Elementary student who was injured by bullet fragments and released from the hospital shortly after the shooting has received more than $478,000. As with so many mass shootings across the U.S., because the death toll was comparatively low, Rancho Tehamas was little more than another blip on the slaughter radar, forgotten by many within months. (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP / Getty Images) The timing was also bad for attracting sustained news coverage and support campaigns. David said that after Neal murdered the mother and son, Neal killed their neighbor, Joseph Edward McHugh III, then stole his truck before driving down the road, shooting at cars and homes as he made his way to Rancho Tehama Elementary School. That gave the school a few more critical seconds to go into complete lockdown mode. Neal was killed by a self-inflicted gun shot. Barely a week earlier, a shooter killed 25 people and an unborn child and injured 22 others at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. He loves that the kids enjoy seeing his dogs photographed in unusual ways. Sanders was released. The community will try to move forward. His life changed that day forever. In 2017, this census-designated place with fewer than 2,000 residents made national headlines in the same way as towns like Newtown, Conn., Parkland, Fla., and Uvalde, Texas. They were his first victims. "They were kind of elementary," says Assistant Tehama County Sheriff Phil Johnston. Theyve long since left, and Sanders said he has yet to receive any treatment for his anxiety, depression and likely PTSD. He was arrested and jailed in Tehama County, but Neal made a $160,000 bail and was freed, allowing him to return . He stays at home, he has an Oculus [virtual reality headset], and he has a computer, and he does that and thats basically it.. There's a sense that deputies here failed to stop a man that appeared troubled and who was sporadically violent: he had attacked and stabbed his neighbor. According to Ferreira, at that moment, Miss Nelson was ushering children into a storage room in the back of her classroom. He was watching television, and didnt hear anything until the gunman was trying to leave. [4][25][26][27][28] Two handguns and another AR-15-type rifle were recovered near his body. According to Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston, the wife of 44-year-old Neal was found under the floorboards of his home as part of Continue reading Body Of Rancho Tehama Shooter Kevin . Among those killed was Neals wife. As Neal ran to his truck, still firing at Sanders, Sanders said he figured Neal was trying to get to his truck so he could run Sanders over. She was carrying a gun and had a license to carry, but she was unable to shoot at Neal because he drove away quickly. Patrick "Hacker" Jones He knows a thing or two about hackin', lemme tell ya. All of it, all of his problems are from this incident in Tehama.. A school custodian and the teachers put it into action. The cards are for her swift action last November. Rancho Tehama Elementary School was targeted by a gunman on Tuesday. And we still have that sense of 'we can't believe this really happened. Rancho Tehama is 45 miles from my Redding home. For many years Steve DuBois has enjoyed taking photos of his dogs in interesting and unusual places. [29] Ghost guns are currently legal to manufacture in California, but the terms of Neal's restraining order made it illegal for him to possess them, or any other guns. Its the kind of place where a man with a history of violence can beat his wife in his front yard, igniting a deadly feud when hes asked to stop, or take it inside. Casualties: Killed Targeted shootings: Barbara Ann Glisan (aka Gilsan), 38 (Neal's wife, shot at their home) Danny Lee Elliott, 38 (Neal's neighbor, shot at home) . Jose shared some good news: His nephew was recently released from the hospital. Meanwhile, one man described how there are basically five bad guys in Rancho Tehama, though he knew better than to identify them by name. I've got my antennas up all the time. Chris Van Horne with CalVCB confirms the board, so far, has paid out only $100 in all for medical bills for the 12 wounded in Rancho Tehama. You want to think that you have the ability to protect people from that and you don't have that ability. And by the time police got to him, Cardenas says, he was pretty sure he wasn't going to make it. Word around Rancho Tehama was that nobody would stop for Tiffany when she sought help, probably because they thought the woman must have been associated with something bad to have been shot, and they didnt want to get involved. Inside, the walls of secretary Sarah Lobdell's office are adorned with colorful "thank you" cards and well-wishes from across the state and the nation. In November 2017, Kevin Neal went on a rampage in the secluded community of Rancho Tehama in California, which ended with five people being killed and many more injured. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. In reply to R.V. At that point, a little girl around the age of 5 was so paralyzed with fear that she was unable to move from the playground. He targeted seven locations in the rural community of Rancho Tehama, including an elementary school that went on lockdown before he came in. [17] The handguns were not registered to him. But Wells says her kindergartner is not really the same since she had to run and crouch in fear as the crackle of gunfire echoed. He began freelancing for the Orange County Register and relocated to south Florida in 2001, when he was awarded a fellowship through the Freedom Forum. Kevin Neal, 43, was facing a number of police charges when he went on the rampage in California earlier today. He fired repeatedly at the locked-down doors, windows and walls. 17:40 ET (22:40 GMT) 15 noviembre, 2017. [14], Despite widespread criticism of the Sheriff's Department's handling of the case, incumbent Sheriff Dave Hencratt was the winner of the June 2018 primary race with 63.96 percent of the vote. Four years after a gunman shot up her high school, a young journalist finds herself writing about mass shootings again. He was sprayed with glass, metal, and bullet fragments from both sides, he says, as he crouched in the front passenger side of his truck. Worried about all the kids, and in a rush of anger, Sanders said he ran into the quad toward Neal, who was shooting in Sanders direction. Target practice; hunters; the odd drunk shooting at the moon. . He said he saw flashes before his eyes with memories of his life the good things hed done, and the bad. Plywood covers one of the windows at the Rancho Tehama Elementary School, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, that was shot out during gunman Kevin Janson Neal's shooting rampage at Rancho Tehama Reserve . Sanders said Neal actually shot guns toward them on several occasions, but Neal would lie and say theyd been shooting at him. Neal was chasing and firing at another car when two police officers spotted him. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Gage Elliott became an orphan on Nov. 14, 2017. The smaller ones often received far less. Neal shot and killed four other people and wounded 10 at different locations around the rural community of Rancho Tehama Reserve. Some people are just bad," said neighbor Jessie Sanders, who knew some of the victims of Tuesday's shooting in Tehama County. Hencratt is named among the defendants, which include Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston, Tehama County Sheriff's Office, Tehama County, the estate of Neal and the Rancho Tehama Association. He never went back to Rancho Tehama Elementary School after that day, when he and approximately 100 other students were locked down after staffers heard gunfire nearby and quickly hustled them in from recess. Neal went on a 25-minute tear through the community, starting just down the road from his home, where he killed his neighbor and two men, then stole a Ford F-150 pickup and drove north, said Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston. Windows have been fixed and bullet holes in the walls have been patched. By law, Van Horne says, CalVCB cannot disclose any more information about specific victims or applicants. One of them.". They were mothers, sons and wives. Did this really in fact happen?' Its the attention [shootings] get or dont get that prompts the outpourings of support. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) James Woods Jr. was driving near Rancho Tehama Elementary with his father, James Woods Sr., in . [32] He was held on US$160,000 bail, which was posted by his mother with a bail bond. Ferreira did say that when Miss Nelson called 911, she got a busy signal. Sanders said he tried to intervene and stop Neal, but that Neals wife actually got upset with Sanders and told him to mind his own business. Coy Ferreira, left, and Jessie Sanders remain shaken by the traumatic events that happened in their town one week ago. Every bullet missed but the one that grazed his arm. That was a big mistake.". Kevin Janson Neal has been identified as the suspect who opened fire at Rancho Tehama School in Northern California, part of a widespread attack that left four people dead. [18][8] A woman was also shot when she attempted to distract Neal from the school. On one level, it looks like all is mostly back to normal in the small, rural community of Rancho Tehama in Northern California. The Ranch is quite isolated in a rather hilly location. Sanders yelled at Neal, calling him names and demanding the gunman shoot him instead of the children. Muscular but skinny after a recent battle with colon cancer, the 44-year-old has a couple-inch-long pink scar where one of Neals bullets seared the outer flesh of his tattooed right arm. I arrived at Rancho Tehama Sunday morning, and I left that evening. Investigators after the shooting rampage in Rancho Tehama Reserve in 2017. Kevin Janson Neal, who on Tuesday went on a killing spree that left four people dead and 10 injured in northern California, also shot and killed his wife the prior night, officials say. The stolen truck was ultimately rammed by two law enforcement officers, one from the Corning Police Department, who responded from the city of Corning to assist the sheriff's office, and a Tehama County Sheriff's deputy. / CBS News. It was gone, gone. The woman, who had a concealed carry permit, pulled out her own handgun but was unable to fire it before Neal drove away, Johnston said. [5] At an intersection, he bumped the truck into a vehicle carrying a woman and her three sons. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Unknown then to the school, Neal already had shot and killed his wife and two of his neighbors before driving to the school that morning loaded with ammo and several semi-automatic weapons. What he failed to realize was Neal had walked up the ramp and was near the schools door. 'No.' News media reported others who were shot by Neal as he drove to the school, such as Tiffany Nai Phommathep, shot four times in the shoulder while driving in her truck with her children passengers, some of whom were also injured by Neals bullets. I spoke with Jim, the husband of Sara, the quick-thinking school secretary who put the school on lockdown. Neighbors complained to police about Neal firing guns from his property, but whenever sheriff's deputies visited his doorstep, Neal would not respond to their knocking. Police in Tehama County said the shooting took place across several sites including the elementary school, with Kevin Janson Neal reportedly picking targets at random. Sanders later surmised that when officers saw him, they erroneously thought he may have been a second shooter. [30], Five people were killed on the day of the shooting spree, including the perpetrator, who died by suicide after a confrontation with a police officer and a deputy sheriff. During the shooting spree, five people were killed and eighteen others were injured at eight separate crime scenes, including an elementary school. One student was wounded by gunfire and a second by flying glass. This is an especially complicated story made even more complicated by eight crime scenes. According to Sanders sister, Tina, when Neal got close to the school again, he crashed the vehicle he was driving into another vehicle just a short distance down the road from Sanders mothers home. Ive always understood that people have mental issues. No one, Johnston says, seemed to see Neal shooting a weapon. Outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School after the shooting on Nov. 14, 2017. [4] Major stores, social services, and medical careincluding a hospital emergency roomare in Red Bluff and Corning. They say he chose random targets and stole two vehicles during the rampage. Her son his nephew was a Rancho Tehama Elementary School student. Four people were killed in the assault that lasted 45 minutes and 10 more were injured, including at least one young student. They watched Neal release the truck from the fence and then speed off, firing more gunshot rounds as he left. Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said that the body of Kevin Janson Neal's wife was found under the floor in their home and her murder is "what started this whole event." (Tehama County Sheriff via AP) A shootout ensued, and Neal was killed. The front yard where Tehama County, Calif., gunman Kevin Janson Neal lived with his wife, Barbara. I spoke with Sanders sister Tina, and a man named Jose, uncle of the 6-year-old boy shot while he was at school Tuesday, huddled on the floor, too afraid to move from the danger of his classroom to the safety of a teachers storage room. He was riding in a car with his son when Kevin Janson Neal opened fire. Gage still has a poster hanging on his bedroom wall adorned with messages from his former classmates well miss you, we love you but about three years ago, he lost touch with the last friend from his California life. November 15, 2017 / 7:10 AM Police Find Body Of Tehama County Gunman's Wife, Making His Death Toll 5. "He pretty much stopped me and shot at me three times through his windshield," Gonzales said. He never returned to the classroom where the gunman unsuccessfully tried to open the door, which had been locked just seconds earlier. [11] The woman was shot five times, four near her heart. Ferreira said that as he started to move away from the window, shots rang out, bursting through the glass and passing through the wall beneath the very windows hed looked through seconds earlier. This Jan. 31, 2017 photo provided by the Tehama County Sheriff's Office shows Kevin Janson Neal, the gunman behind a rampage in Northern California. The killing of the woman, whose name has not been released, raises the death toll to five at the hands of suspect Kevin Janson Neal, 43, who also is dead. The sound startled her, but she couldnt identify it, so she wasnt worried. Kevin Neal killed five people and wounded at least a dozen others before he was shot and killed by authorities in Rancho Tehama Reserve, Calif. Tuesday. The truck became stuck in the gate. Sanders, a father himself, said he was moved to tears one day last week when his son the one Neal may have driven to Rancho Tehama Elementary School to kill got onto a school bus and shouted, My dads a hero!. I just went to a peaceful place and I just think 'I just died,'" he says. After Neal sped off in the truck, Sanders raced from the school and across the airport runway to his moms place. Its definitely affected Gage, and it will for the rest of his life.. Police say Neal drove around the small community of Rancho Tehama Reserve, firing for at least 25 minutes at vehicles, homes and people in his path, targeting those he had quarreled with and . One of the most illuminating conversations was with Sanders, someone who provided vital details and left me with an understanding that goes straight to the heart of the story: a possible motive. Because it feels mostly peaceful where he lives, hell stay. 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Were only just beginning to understand the lack of support that families impacted by gun violence get.. But on Nov. 14 she knew this gunfire was different. Neal shot and killed four other people and wounded 10 at different locations around the rural community of Rancho Tehama Reserve. There is no doubt in my mind, saved countless lives," said Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston. The. Jim works at the gas station in town. He attacked my school," Johnston said. She stopped four motorists to help her get to the hospital, but they drove off. And then, all of a sudden one day after that, I had them.. (CNN) - Los tiroteos mortales que perpetr Kevin Neal en el Norte de California pudieron ser provocados por el asesinato de su esposa, segn informaron . He is a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature photography for images of Central Americans risking life and limb as they jump aboard the trains from southern Mexico bound for the United States and a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news photography for team coverage of hurricanes. "Well there was no direct violation of the TRO that we could sink our teeth into for sure," he says. And it paid for all the funerals other than the shooters, he said. Bruehl said Neal had an AK-47, and he and Wythe were both wondering where the cops were. . Some media reported that police believe Neal went home after he left the school, and took off in yet another stolen vehicle. In addition to those injured by bullets, six others were injured by shattered glass. TEHAMA COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) The Tehama County assistant sheriff announced Wednesday morning that six people, including the gunman, were killed in a shooting rampage through a small Northern . The attack ended when the gunman, Kevin Janson Neal, took his own life. [2] The community is located 120 miles (190 kilometers) northwest of Sacramento, 25 miles (40km) southwest of Red Bluff, and 25 miles (40km) northwest of Corning. After a couple of more tries Nelson finally got through and was told 911 was getting a lot of calls. At first it was like, well, we can give you this and that help-you-move-wise, but then youve got to worry about your rent and all your other big bills, Woods Sr. said. Was the gunman targeting the boy? It was so close I was almost like 'just get it over with, just hit me.'". Gunman Kevin Janson Neal is believed to have spent six minutes shooting into the school before driving off to continue his shooting spree. Sanders and Ferreira both expressed frustration that the mass murder that happened in their community exactly one week ago was not just senseless, but preventable. I was going to take a picture, but didnt have my camera on me. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. . Some believe that it was during that time period that Neal shot the McFadyens and stole his last vehicle from Jonah Bongcayo after chasing him with gunfire. That disparity echoes researchers findings that the higher the body count, the more the media attention, and the greater the outpouring of assistance, said James Densley, a sociologist and criminal justice professor at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. The injured victims were transported to several area clinics and hospitals. But just below the surface it's clear people here are still grappling with the aftermath of a local man's murderous rampage nearly three months ago that killed five and wounded 12 others.