I just went to a peaceful place and I just think 'I just died,'" he says. Among . Finally, someone informed the officers theyd arrested the wrong guy; that Sanders was the hero from the school, which sorted everything out. Shooter Kevin Neal threatened out loud that he was going to kill Danny Elliott and then go to the elementary school to kill Elliott's 7-year-old son, said Johnny Phommathep, a neighbor who li First published on November 15, 2017 / 7:10 AM. [9][18][20] One of the injured students, six-year-old Alejandro Hernandez, was the youngest victim; he was shot in the chest and leg, had to be airlifted to UC Davis, and required multiple surgeries. He loves that the kids enjoy seeing his dogs photographed in unusual ways. 2017 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Troy McFadyen was injured, and his wife Michelle McFadyen was killed. [17], Victims' families were left struggling to pay for medical expenses and some turned to online fundraisers.[5][34]. In using the term, "domestic terrorist," I am . Officers then opened fire and killed him. Forty-three percent of the town's residents fall below the federal poverty level. 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. Phommathep said he is certain Kevin Neal drove to Rancho Tehama Elementary School to kill Gage. Its a place with so few public services that the volunteer fire department is the most official entity. A memorial near a fire station in Rancho Tehama Reserve honors the victims of the 2017 mass shooting. To many in town, hes a hero, though he says he dislikes the term. Neal then crashed his vehicle into a car, which killed and injured two people. Rancho Tehama, also known as the Rancho Tehama Reserve, is an unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, . Hmm! Steele and Elliott lived two doors down from Neal, who murdered the pair last Tuesday. The attack ended when the gunman, Kevin Janson Neal, took his own life. But she said the schools in Sacramento gave Gage no support whatever.. ", "One of the teachers quoted, 'the students are the heroes.' By the time 44-year-old Kevin Neal was finally stopped fatally shot by officers Neal had killed five people and injured 18. The shooters wife was nowhere to be found. From the police logs on February 2, 2017:. His neighbors had complained he had fired multiple rounds for days before this rampage that ended up at this elementary school. Because Eliott had listed Sanders on school forms as the person to call in case of an emergency, after Sanders was released by officers he was notified to pick up Elliotts son from the community recreation center where the kids were bused from the school after the shooting. For many years Steve DuBois has enjoyed taking photos of his dogs in interesting and unusual places. James Woods Jr., 25, with daughter Nevaeh, 5. "Changes the way that I think of law enforcement," he says. Some people are just bad," said neighbor Jessie Sanders, who knew some of the victims of Tuesday's shooting in Tehama County. They said Kevin Neal had a violent history. Among the injured was a 6-year-old boy, shot while inside his classroom. Steve DuBois lives in Redding. Sarah Lobdell is the secretary at Rancho Tehama Elementary School. Target practice; hunters; the odd drunk shooting at the moon. "He's a bad guy and I'm not going to glorify him in any manner whatsoever. In reply to R.V. Gage gets his Social Security, I get my retirement from the state, and I get my Social Security. The cards are for her swift action last November. The police confirm they got, on average, three complaint calls a month for nearly a year about Neal's behavior and gunfire. As… Continue reading Kevin Janson Neal: Rancho . When they got out, Neal shot them, killing one. So Feitelberg and her grandson moved to a small town northeast of Springfield, Mass. The man ran off and Neal stole his car. Some media reported that police believe Neal went home after he left the school, and took off in yet another stolen vehicle. RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) A Northern California man killed two neighbors with whom he had been feuding before he went on a shooting . She stopped four motorists to help her get to the hospital, but they drove off. 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. Kevin Janson Neal attended East Carolina University from August 2001 to May 2004 but did not qualify for a degree and never declared a major. I lost my marriage over it, which I dont care, because my main thing was I wanted to make sure Gage was safe and he felt safe.. Kevin Janson Neal. But he said his son doesnt feel safe living in Rancho Tehama Reserve, and neither of them has the money to leave town. "Everyone's got their antennas up. As Sanders ran toward Neal he said he could see bullets bouncing everywhere. Yes it did. Johnston was one of the first on scene that day. / CBS News. Outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School after the shooting on Nov. 14, 2017. So they didn't have the evidence to search his home? Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. 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. [9][35] His mother had reportedly noticed a decline in his mental health since 2016. On November 14, 2017, Kevin Janson Neal murdered his wife, before going on a shooting rampage in Rancho Tehama, California. "Absolutely not," Johnston says, adding, "There was no big red flag with this guy other than he was not law enforcement friendly. During a pair of weekend vigils, citizens and supporters alike gathered to mourn and begin the process of healing. Officials say Kevin Hanson Neal, 43, began firing at 7.52am on Tuesday. The Tehama County Sheriff's Office identified the five people killed by Rancho Tehama shooter Kevin Neal. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. Sanders and Ferreira both said that when Neal rammed the gate, John, the schools custodian/bus driver, peeked around the corner toward the shots. One of children was the 6-year-old boy who would eventually be injured by gunfire. His life changed that day forever. He fired dozens of shots through windows and walls from the . Kevin Neal killed four people, injured ten others. November 15, 2017 / 7:10 AM 2023 anewscafe.com. Its definitely affected Gage, and it will for the rest of his life.. "He pretty much stopped me and shot at me three times through his windshield," Gonzales said. [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. [5] In addition, seven children suffered injuries from shattered glass. [22], Governor Jerry Brown, and his wife Anne, offered condolences to all the victims and their families, saying, "Anne and I are saddened to hear about today's violence in Tehama County, which shockingly involved schoolchildren. He turned in one registered handgun to a vendor. He created a photo book of his dogs especially for the children at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, where he donated several copies. I dont know how to fix it, he said. Sanders said he ran from his moms house over to the scene to see what had happened. Nearby the community's lone eatery, a caf and deli that was open during the shooting, looks like it's now out of business. What Im reporting here today is what I saw and heard during my visit. They say he chose random targets and stole two vehicles during the rampage. 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. His leg was badly shot up. This Jan. 31, 2017 photo provided by the Tehama County Sheriff's Office shows Kevin Janson Neal, who authorities have identified as the gunman behind a rampage in Northern California. Woods Sr. doesnt like to complain. Gregg Cohen, told the Sacramento Bee he is prosecuting a man named Kevin Neal in that case. He felt relieved to not see a shooter anywhere in the quad. Image Credit: CBS Sacramento/YouTube. Viswa Vanapalli. One student was wounded and others were injured by broken glass. When the gunshots subsided Wythe got up, only to fall back to the floor when the shooting resumed. (Rancho Tehama lacks a police or sheriffs department, and, for that matter, a medical facility.). Sanders was released. Kevin Janson Neal mugshot. 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. 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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. Its been reported by various media that at some point during Neals shooting rampage, he rammed the stolen truck into a car on the road. He ran toward the gunfire, he said, drawing Neals attention just as the shooter was about to step through a broken window into a classroom filled with cowering children. 17:40 ET (22:40 GMT) 15 noviembre, 2017. Sanders moved out. 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. Yikes!! 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. [1] He handed over a single pistol and attested that he had no other guns. [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. Gun violence is so routine that theres just not the resources there to address the problem at all, he said. 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!. Tehama County Sheriff / AP file Link copied What he failed to realize was Neal had walked up the ramp and was near the schools door. He was arrested and jailed in Tehama County, but Neal made a $160,000 bail and was freed, allowing him to return . Kevin Neal, 43, was facing a number of police charges when he went on the rampage in California earlier today. It is believed the shooting spree began after a domestic row with the gunman's neighbours in Rancho Tehama, a rural community about 120 miles (195km . Police later shot and killed him. Neal was known to authorities and had at least one prior arrest. I spoke with Jim, the husband of Sara, the quick-thinking school secretary who put the school on lockdown. This spring, Gage started playing Little League, which he enjoys. Rancho Tehama Reserve. Ferreira said that the teacher tried to get the dispatcher to understand that she was calling from the school, the location of the shooter, but the 911 dispatcher hung up on her. He has not, and he will not, talk about his father. As Ferreira told this part of the story, he was so overcome with emotion that I didnt feel comfortable asking more about what happened in the storage room. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. Ferreira said that about 7:57, about two minutes after the father and daughter had left the office, they heard shooting. 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. [13][19] Nearly 100 rounds of ammunition were fired into the school. One of Neal's neighbors later claimed that Neal was targeting the seven-year-old son of the neighbor he killed earlier. "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. The restraining order expired in September, but was renewed before the shootings. Kevin Janson Neal was arrested, charged with stabbing neighbor Hailey Suzanne Poland, attacking her mother-in-law during Jan. 31 encounter in rural neighborhood. Cardenas says pledges of help to cover some medical costs transportation, medicine, mental health care have yet to materialize from the sheriff's office and the California victim's compensation board. There are terrific days and we're all so thankful," she says. Four years after a gunman shot up her high school, a young journalist finds herself writing about mass shootings again. At one point during his shooting spree, Neal rammed through the locked gates at Rancho Tehama Elementary School, before classes began. That just didn't happen for us in this case," he says. Neils life and rampage ended in a barrage of gunfire. Rancho Tehamas small private airport runway is between the school and where Sanders moved in with his mother after Elliott asked him to leave for the sake of their safety. It's evident in a response that seems to linger somewhere between regret and resignation. The truck became stuck in the gate. [6][7][8], The next day Neal went on a shooting rampage, first killing a man and a woman, both neighbors with whom he had an ongoing feud over their suspected methamphetamine dealing. [32] He was held on US$160,000 bail, which was posted by his mother with a bail bond. 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. [7] Recorded video shows Neal going into a field behind the school and firing into the air, apparently in frustration at being locked out of the classrooms. One of them.". Three of the children were treated and released at the scene, two were treated and released from a hospital and one remains hospitalized. I drove to the Rancho Tehama Reserve Sunday in hopes of learning more about Neals victims, and understanding more about how something so horrific could have happened. I talked with many people that day. 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 . He was bleeding out. Krystal Squires, 15, left, and sister Angalene Laurence, 12, were students at Rancho Tehama Elementary. A patchwork of country homesteads and double-wides, Rancho Tehama Reserves spare core features little more than a baby-blue post office with matching recreation center and homeowners association office, a gas station, a shuttered pizzeria and a cracked asphalt airstrip. It's hard for us to talk to her about it. Sanders said Neal had a smile on his face when he saw Sanders, and that Neal looked determined to kill him, almost as if he were happy Sanders showed up at the school, saving Neal the trouble of having to find Sanders and murder him later. 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 . Connor Sheets is an investigative and enterprise reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Its the kind of place where the crack of gunfire is normal, with the assumption that its probably just harmless target practice. 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. 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. Rancho Tehama is 45 miles from my Redding home. He said that mostly, folks keep to themselves; thats just what people do. David Steele, who lost two relatives in the November 2017 mass shooting in Rancho Tehama Reserve, walks away from the former site of gunman Kevin Janson Neals mobile home. Over two days, according to the FBI, five people were slain and 14 others were wounded, including five children at Rancho Tehama Elementary School, before the gunman, 44-year-old Kevin Janson Neal, took his own life. They watched Neal release the truck from the fence and then speed off, firing more gunshot rounds as he left. He heard his daughters teacher, Miss Nelson, yelling loudly for all the kids to get inside NOW! By then it was about 7:58 to 7:59 a.m. A short time later, a patrol car rammed the suspect's vehicle. Cardenas was eventually airlifted to a hospital. Here's the things we look for: shell casings on the ground, something fresh that we could use, evidence that we could use to write a search warrant. Scheide. According to Ferreira, at that moment, Miss Nelson was ushering children into a storage room in the back of her classroom. Eric Westervelt/NPR Sanders recalled a pivotal incident. 2 men found drugged after leaving NYC gay bars were killed, medical examiner says, Gunman kills four people in Northern California rampage, Ukraine says it's ready if Russia tries to invade again from Belarus. Sanders felt enraged, and shouted to Neal to shoot in his direction, hoping to distract him from the kids. A man who saw the crash pulled over to help, and Neal shot at him. They declined to speak on the record citing potential legal action. "It was going to put everyone in a dangerous spot.". Ten people suffered bullet wounds and eight were cut by flying glass caused by the gunfire. Police believe the gunman, Kevin Neal, was likely targeting the neighbor's son, a kindergartner at the school and anyone else who got in his way. On the morning of the shooting, Neal went to Elliott and Steeles house. So I walked over to get a picture. David said Neal then hid behind some trees and shot Elliott and Steele when the pair came outside. Neal shot and killed four other people and wounded 10 at different locations around the rural community of Rancho Tehama Reserve. Dozens more were wounded. That was the fifth-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. [10][21], As Neal was chasing an innocent victim and shooting at them from his car, he was being pursued by law enforcement. Kevin Janson Neal, went on a killing spree, shooting his wife and his neighbors. By law, Van Horne says, CalVCB cannot disclose any more information about specific victims or applicants. She's used to the echo of gunfire in this rural community. I also spoke with two men who live directly across the road from the school where the gate is located, which Neal eventually smashed through with a car. Source: Tehama County Sheriff. hide caption. Gage Elliott became an orphan on Nov. 14, 2017. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) James Woods Jr. was driving near Rancho Tehama Elementary with his father, James Woods Sr., in . Investigators after the shooting rampage in Rancho Tehama Reserve in 2017. He exited the vehicle with a self-assembled AR-15-type semi-automatic rifle, ran into the center of the school's quadrangle, and fired repeatedly at windows and walls. Police Find Body Of Tehama County Gunman's Wife, Making His Death Toll 5. Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week. Sissy Feitelberg with grandson Gage Elliott, who was orphaned at the age of 7 in the November 2017 shooting. Tehama County district attorney confirms the suspected shooter, Kevin Janson Neal, was killed by police. 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. He then drove up to the driver's side, and fired into it, injuring all of them with gunshots or flying glass. Ferreira said he grabbed the boy and ran into the storage room. I was ready," he says of that fall day. 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. Woods Sr. said his son would have applied for the funding earlier, but the trauma including the fire pain of being shot and the first round of dental treatments only recently subsided enough for Woods Jr. to take that step. Neal, 44, fatally shot his wife late Monday, Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said at a press conference Wednesday. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. My high school classmates were massacred in 2018. He said he saw flashes before his eyes with memories of his life the good things hed done, and the bad. By the time I walked back to the gas station, Jim had gotten off work and was gone. She was about to ask him if he needed a ride when the siblings heard heavy gunfire. The board did pay out more than $14,000 in total to families of the dead to help pay for funeral expenses. No one else helps us, she said. If you are a victim of domestic violence or know of someone who is a victim, there is help. It's something Assistant Sheriff Johnston seems to struggle with. Rich Pedroncelli/AP (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP / Getty Images) [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. killing 58 people and leaving more than 850 others injured, Rancho Tehama gunman targeted wife, neighbor before attacking passersby at random, Terror in Northern California town as gunman goes on rampage, kills 5, The Week in Photos: California exits pandemic emergency amid a winter landscape, Snowboarder dies at South Lake Tahoe resort, California to alter COVID rules in healthcare settings: Masks and vaccinations not required, Welcome to the world, baby Winter, born amid a snowstorm in Lake Arrowhead. "There's a small bundle of plastic flowers honoring the dead at the "Welcome to Rancho Tehama" sign when you enter the town. Outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School after the shooting on Nov. 14, 2017. "There was no question about it, it was too close to us and it was," she pauses her voice cracking with emotion. Tensions escalated. But before everyone could get inside, Neal crashed the truck into one of the schools side gates thats always kept locked. Sanders explained that he and his young son used to live with friends Diana Steele and her son Danny Elliott. 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. Kevin Jansen Neal, 43, was charged with assault in January . 'No.' 5. . The gunman, identified by the Sacramento Bee and members of the Rancho Tehama, as Kevin Janson Neal, 44, shot both inside and outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School, Johnston said. He tended to a wounded family, called in medical care, set up a roadblock and helped orchestrate the police pursuit. "But it's real. Rancho Tehama Elementary School was targeted by a gunman on Tuesday. Danny Elliott and Diana Steele were killed five years after Gages mother died in an accident, said Sissy Feitelberg, Gages maternal grandmother. Officers grabbed Sanders and made him take off his shirt, shoes and socks. Police in Northern California say the gunman in a deadly shooting rampage was feuding with his neighbors. 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 . Another, to help with hospital bills for a 34-year-old Rancho Tehama father who was shot in the leg, brought in less than $5,000.
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