He was named locally as 43-year-old Kevin Neal. Cardenas was eventually airlifted to a hospital. Rancho Tehama Reserve. No one, Johnston says, seemed to see Neal shooting a weapon. I was going to take a picture, but didnt have my camera on me. Sanders said he was furious when he saw who it was; that Neal was the shooter trying to kill kids. When the gunshots subsided Wythe got up, only to fall back to the floor when the shooting resumed. Kevin Janson Neal, went on a killing spree, shooting his wife and his neighbors. Sanders said that while living with Elliott and Steele, there were several confrontations between his housemates and Neal. 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. [4] Major stores, social services, and medical careincluding a hospital emergency roomare in Red Bluff and Corning. It's clear Johnston, too, was altered that day. "Everyone's got their antennas up. 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. But she said the schools in Sacramento gave Gage no support whatever.. I have the California victim compensation through Sacramento, he said, so Im kind of waiting on that. As… Continue reading Kevin Janson Neal: Rancho . He hid her body beneath the floor of their home. Sarah Gonzales had just dropped off her daughter, when the gunman blocked her car. [5], The killings started on the night of November 13 at Neal's home in Rancho Tehama, 6970 Bobcat Lane at Fawn Lane, when Neal shot his wife, Barbara Glisan (also spelled Gilsan) and hid her body under some floorboards. One of children was the 6-year-old boy who would eventually be injured by gunfire. 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. "It was going to put everyone in a dangerous spot.". In reply to R.V. Gun violence is so routine that theres just not the resources there to address the problem at all, he said. According to Ferreira, at that moment, Miss Nelson was ushering children into a storage room in the back of her classroom. (CNN) - Los tiroteos mortales que perpetr Kevin Neal en el Norte de California pudieron ser provocados por el asesinato de su esposa, segn informaron . [5][11][32] The other victims were 56-year-old Joseph McHugh III and 55-year-old Michelle McFadyen;[11] police believe they were randomly targeted. Nine months before the shooting rampage, a judge had issued Neal a restraining order at a neighbor's request and ordered him to surrender his guns. Despite Ferreiras quick actions, hes tortured by the wish that hed been the one shot, not a 6-year-old little kid. A gunmans deadly rampage through rural Rancho Tehama on Tuesday was stopped when police rammed his vehicle and exchanged shots in a fierce gun battle, authorities said. 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 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. But theres no end in sight for the psychological misery and financial troubles left behind. Kevin Janson Neal was arrested, charged with stabbing neighbor Hailey Suzanne Poland, attacking her mother-in-law during Jan. 31 encounter in rural neighborhood. RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. . Armed with at least three guns and a ballistic vest, the shooter began his rampage just before 8 a.m., killing two of his neighbors. He turned in one registered handgun to a vendor. He loves that the kids enjoy seeing his dogs photographed in unusual ways. [32] He was held on US$160,000 bail, which was posted by his mother with a bail bond. They could see where shed been shot. I also got to meet Jessie Allen Sanders, the man whos been called a hero that day at the elementary school for putting himself in danger to help save lives. "They were kind of elementary," says Assistant Tehama County Sheriff Phil Johnston. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. 2017 . 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. So I didnt get a picture of the bullet hole in the roof of Saras car. It worked. 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. The result is multiple stories, many of them second- and even third-hand; some of them conflicting. "It was clear that he was experimenting with building guns at home outside the law.". 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And by the time police got to him, Cardenas says, he was pretty sure he wasn't going to make it. Neal was known to authorities and had at least one prior arrest. He manufactured the rifle and possessed the handguns in violation of that restraining order. Among . [17] The handguns were not registered to him. Jeff Eldred, a victim witness coordinator with the Tehama County district attorneys office, said that the county has helped about 150 people who were affected by the violence apply for financial assistance from the California Victim Compensation Board. The injured victims were transported to several area clinics and hospitals. This time, however, Wythe noticed that the gunshot sounds were coming up the road, toward him. Her son his nephew was a Rancho Tehama Elementary School student. In addition to those injured by bullets, six others were injured by shattered glass. Identified as Kevin . Rancho Tehama Elementary School was targeted by a gunman on Tuesday. On the morning of Nov. 14, 2017, he helped prevent a potential bloodbath at the elementary school by drawing fire from the gunman in an act he brushes off as his parental duty. 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 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. She told how, as she drove up the road toward home, she saw her brother Sanders walking along the road. [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. But he said his son doesnt feel safe living in Rancho Tehama Reserve, and neither of them has the money to leave town. [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. Sanders said Neal actually shot guns toward them on several occasions, but Neal would lie and say theyd been shooting at him. Neal, 44, had been out on bail after being charged with stabbing a neighbor when he went on a 45-minute shooting spree Tuesday in the rural community of Rancho Tehama Reserve, about 130 miles . That gave the school a few more critical seconds to go into complete lockdown mode. Shortly before the shooting started, Sanders sister Tina had just dropped her son off at Rancho Tehama Elementary School. Neal then fired eight rounds into a Ford F-250 occupied by a woman and her son, who was headed to school. hide caption. [29][39] One of the neighbors involved in the January 31 incident later became one of those killed in the shootings. Ive always understood that people have mental issues. 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. Source: Tehama County Sheriff. My high school classmates were massacred in 2018. Now, nearly five years after the shooting, Feitelberg said she and Gage only truly feel secure when theyre together at home. Some people might find bitter comfort knowing that one name is permanently off the list: Kevin Janson Neal. I arrived at Rancho Tehama Sunday morning, and I left that evening. Sanders later surmised that when officers saw him, they erroneously thought he may have been a second shooter. He was rude to our officers, but that's not a crime.". This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. Yes it did.". Two women embrace outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School, where a gunman opened fire Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Corning, Calif. 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. Realtor Wilson says police should have been more vigilant. Sanders said that he and Elliott were both threatened by Neal at various times, as were both of their young sons. He praised his staff. If you are a victim of domestic violence or know of someone who is a victim, there is help. She finally received aid from an assistant deputy sheriff who called for an ambulance. Barely a week earlier, a shooter killed 25 people and an unborn child and injured 22 others at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. [29][8] A neighbor later said he believed Neal might have been testing the response time of law enforcement. Kevin Neal, 43, was facing a number of police charges when he went on the rampage in California earlier today. It wasnt until Neal got back to his truck that one bullet grazed Sanders right forearm. Danny Elliott and Diana Steele were killed five years after Gages mother died in an accident, said Sissy Feitelberg, Gages maternal grandmother. The restraining order expired in September, but was renewed before the shootings. 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 dont know how to fix it, he said. Tensions escalated. She told her brother she thought someone was shooting at the elementary school. Rancho Tehama Mass Shooting Attack---=== November 14, 2017 Rancho Tehama Mass Shooting Not Terrorist Attack Kevin Neal The shooting rampage started at a home where he killed his wife Barbara Glisan. In using the term, "domestic terrorist," I am . Rancho Tehama, also known as the Rancho Tehama Reserve, is an unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, . Parents and school officials are thankful, yet still deeply shaken; some of the wounded feel forgotten and misled; many residents feel the police dropped the ball and say officers should have kept a closer eye on a troubled man whose life was clearly spiraling out of control. In reply to R.V. Gage Elliott became an orphan on Nov. 14, 2017. Theyve long since left, and Sanders said he has yet to receive any treatment for his anxiety, depression and likely PTSD. Law enforcement arrived and a shootout ensued. [3] The community lies amidst rolling hills of oak and pine trees with views of Mount Shasta and Lassen Peak. Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week. The gunman, Kevin Neal, was killed in a shootout with police.Gilsan was Neals wife. Ten people suffered bullet wounds and eight were cut by flying glass caused by the gunfire. The shooting incident took place near the Rancho Tehama Elementary school when some parents were dropping off their children. [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. Sanders said he ran from his moms house over to the scene to see what had happened. Wythe thought it was about 10 minutes. [9][17] A six-year-old student was also injured by a gunshot to the chest. Neighbors also complained that he fired off weapons regularly even though he wasn't supposed to have any firearms under the terms of the TRO. One of Neal's neighbors later claimed that Neal was targeting the seven-year-old son of the neighbor he killed earlier. "And she has these night terrors, she wakes up yelling things. By the time 44-year-old Kevin Neal was finally stopped - fatally shot by officers - Neal had killed five people and injured 18. [13][14][15] Neal crashed the pickup truck through the front gates of the school. 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.. Here's when they take effect", "Tehama County shooting update: Gunman's wife found dead", "Shooting rampage in California highlights "ghost guns" and their dangers", "Tehama County certifies final June election results", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rancho_Tehama_shootings&oldid=1140470783, Barbara Ann Glisan (aka Gilsan), 38 (Neal's wife, shot at their home), Danny Lee Elliott, 38 (Neal's neighbor, shot at home), Diana Lee Steele, 68 (Elliott's mother, shot at home), Joseph Edward McHugh III, 56 (unknown location), Michelle Iris McFadyen, 55 (killed in vehicle crash), Tiffany Nai Phommathep, 31 (shot in vehicle), John Phommathep Jr., 10 (Tiffany's son, shot in vehicle), Jake Phommathep, 6 (Tiffany's son, shot in vehicle), Jessie Allen Sanders, 39 (shot near elementary school), Francisco Gudino Cardenas (shot in vehicle), Alejandro Hernandez, 6 (shot at elementary school), Troy Lee McFadyen, 59 (Michelle McFadyen's husband, shot near vehicle), This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 05:56. 9 of 42 10 of 42 Boarded up windows at the Rancho Tehama Elementary School in the small community of Rancho Tehama, shot out by Kevin Janson Neal, 43 , as seen on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2017, in . The motive for the shooting is still unclear. A school custodian and the teachers put it into action. Methinks this explains wee Patrick's attempt to change the oath for county employees. The five killed by Neal were 38-year-old Barbara Ann Gilsan (Neals wife), 38-year-old Danny Lee Elliott, and his mother 68-year-old Diana Steel (Neals neighbors, two doors down), 56-year-old Joseph Edward McHugh III (Neals next-door neighbor), and 55-year-old Michelle Iris McFadyen. that Kevin Janson Neal, a 44-year-old resident of the small community in Northern California, was the . Gregg Cohen, told the Sacramento Bee he is prosecuting a man named Kevin Neal in that case. Among the injured was a 6-year-old boy, shot while inside his classroom. Entrance to Danny Elliott and Diane Steeles home. All rights reserved. He said that as Neal emptied a magazine, in a matter of seconds, he could set the rifle over a magazine on the vest and the gun was reloaded. Neal was chasing and firing at another car when two police officers spotted him. Sanders said that Neal was wearing a bullet-proof vest that had magazines attached to the front of it. In reply to Jeff Gorder. When they got out, Neal shot them, killing one. Connor Sheets is an investigative and enterprise reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Lobdell immediately called for every child and teacher to go inside, fast, and get into lock down mode they'd practiced. At least one unregistered semi-automatic ghost rifle and two borrowed semi-automatic pistols were used. Dykes also showed where Michelle Iris McFadyen was killed on the side of the road. Ferreira said he thought the shooting lasted about 20 to 25 minutes. 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 35-year-old tree trimmer is now unemployed and, for now, unable to work because of his wounds. Kevin Janson Neal mugshot. He targeted seven locations in the rural community of Rancho Tehama, including an . "He pretty much stopped me and shot at me three times through his windshield," Gonzales said. Tehama County Sheriff / AP file Link copied A shootout ensued, and Neal was killed. 17:40 ET (22:40 GMT) 15 noviembre, 2017. Officers then opened fire and killed him. Neal was outside, beating his wife Barbara Gilsan. Police later shot and killed him. [11] They were taken to Enloe Medical Center in Chico, Saint Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff,[33] Mercy Medical Center in Redding, or UC Davis Medical Center in Davis for treatment. James Woods Jr., 25, with daughter Nevaeh, 5. 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!. Lobdell's fast action likely averted a massacre. [29], The day before the shootings, Neal called his mother to tell her he was "fed up" with his neighbors, whom he suspected of making methamphetamine. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. Police say the shooting then moved on to Rancho Tehama Elementary School . GitHub export from English Wikipedia. . One student was wounded by gunfire and a second by flying glass. "It hurt. Cardenas says he's exploring his legal options. [9][10][8], After killing his neighbors, Neal stole a pickup truck that belonged to one of his victims. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Gage Elliott became an orphan on Nov. 14, 2017. They said everyone knew it, including law enforcement. [17], Victims' families were left struggling to pay for medical expenses and some turned to online fundraisers.[5][34]. One bullet hit the vehicles metal frame near the windshield, producing a piece of shrapnel that lacerated Woods Sr.s face near his left eye. The sheriff's office set up surveillance a few times. Get this The Sacramento Bee page for free from Friday, July 9, 1976 Golden Lab fem vie Locust 4 Garfield Carmichael 488-5285 or 925-7192 LOST: Reward white male toy poodle Del Campo area lost June . She was carrying a gun and had a license to carry, but she was unable to shoot at Neal because he drove away quickly. Francisco Cardenas was driving to the post office a few minutes from his house that morning when he was caught between deputies in hot pursuit and the shooter. Neal shot and killed four other people and wounded 10 at different locations around the rural community of Rancho Tehama Reserve. I did get some clarification on the tragedy, but not on all the victims. Ferreira said that about 7:57, about two minutes after the father and daughter had left the office, they heard shooting. He said they first stopped at the office because his daughter always liked seeing Sara, the secretary, before going to class. Kevin Jason Neal, the 44-year-old who went on a shooting rampage in Rancho Tehama last month, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. A black and red RANCHO STRONG banner hangs across the entrance to the collection of L-shaped trailers that make up the small Rancho Tehama Elementary School. "I used to really believe that my job and being a law enforcement officer was to help protect people and I believe that I can't control that. [9][35] His mother had reportedly noticed a decline in his mental health since 2016. [36], On January 31, 2017, Neal was arrested and charged with two felonies, and five misdemeanors, after stabbing neighbor Hailey Poland, assaulting her mother-in-law, and snatching a mobile phone away from them. But months before that, Hailey Poland had survived a vicious attack at his hands and worried that things . Kevin Janson Neal and his wife lived at the end of the road, at the bottom of a ravine, in a battered baby-blue trailer home with a front yard full of broken-down cars . Other than that, we get no help from anybody. Sanders felt enraged, and shouted to Neal to shoot in his direction, hoping to distract him from the kids. Sanders said he knows he probably needs years of therapy and mental health treatment, but his anxiety and emotions kept him from going to see the therapists who were made available in Rancho Tehama immediately after the incident. It was so close I was almost like 'just get it over with, just hit me.'". A bullet hole is seen in an exterior wall at the Rancho Tehama Elementary School on Nov. 15, 2017. There are terrific days and we're all so thankful," she says. It was gone, gone. "He had complaints against him and they never did anything about it except knock on his door," he says. He said hes gotten no help at all from the government since he was shot, but he hopes to receive state funding to help pay for dental implants. They tried to get him to remove his pants, but he wasnt wearing shorts and refused to remove his jeans. [5] In addition, seven children suffered injuries from shattered glass. Authorities . "Every. Gage never spent another night in that house on Bobcat Lane where he once played in the yard with his father. Photos by Steve DuBois.). More and more, its also the kind of place where some residents no longer feel safe, and are no longer surprised when they leave their homes to return to find them broken into and/or vandalized. I think it might have messed me up a little bit more than I thought it did, because I dont go into public anymore and I seem to get real short with my family when I feel like Im getting around too many people, he said. During the killing spree, he killed neighbors and then motorists in his path before attacking an elementary school, wounding children therein. After a couple of more tries Nelson finally got through and was told 911 was getting a lot of calls. Sanders yelled at Neal, calling him names and demanding the gunman shoot him instead of the children. "Hopefully if they get anything else like this again they'll look at it a little closer," he says. The six injured adults were 31-year-old Tiffany Nai Phommathep, 43-year-old James Wood, 20-year-old James Wood II, 34-year-old Francisco Gudino Cardenas, 47-year-old Troy Lee McFadyen, and 39-year-old Sanders, whose bravery helped save many lives at the elementary school. 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. Jessie Sanders, 44, near where Kevin Janson Neal drove his truck into Rancho Tehama Elementary Schools fence. Neal obliged, turning his assault-style rifle Sanders direction and firing like 60 times, Sanders said. Neal then got back on the road, where he chased a couple in another car and crashed into their vehicle, authorities said. He spent most of two recent afternoons working in his yard, which has been partially subsumed by overgrown vegetation, childrens toys and assorted junk since the mass shooting. Hes lived for several years now in a dilapidated mobile home by the airstrip. He said that mostly, folks keep to themselves; thats just what people do. Medical professionals cut teeth and tissue out of the then-20-year-olds mouth. 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. But before everyone could get inside, Neal crashed the truck into one of the schools side gates thats always kept locked. By the time 44-year-old Kevin Neal was finally stopped fatally shot by officers Neal had killed five people and injured 18. The attack ended when the gunman, Kevin Janson Neal, took his own life. And we still have that sense of 'we can't believe this really happened. [11] The woman was shot five times, four near her heart. During this time, Bruehl was oblivious to what was happening outside. He'd made threats. 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. I met one man who lives in a hill-top home surrounded by beautiful vistas. [29][1] The first shooting report to 9-1-1 was placed at 7:54a.m., and Neal died at 8:19a.m.a duration of 25 minutes. Definitely the biggest thing, he said, is wondering how theyre going to look at their dad when theyre older., Now 12 years old, Gage moved with Feitelberg to her and her husbands home in Sacramento immediately after the shooting. Neal shot and killed four other people and wounded 10 at different locations around the rural community of Rancho Tehama Reserve. And then I have to do implants. School officials heard gunshots and made a critical decision to lock it down. Both Ferreira and Sanders also saw Troy McFadyen, shot in the leg, sitting on the road beside his deceased wife. But clearly, theres a part of Rancho Tehama thats anything but peaceful. Krystal, who was a fifth-grader then, remembers hearing gunfire. The Tehama County Sheriffs Office identified the five people killed by Rancho Tehama shooter Kevin Neal. 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. I think its the desensitization to these events that leads to people wanting to move on, he said. He was watching television, and didnt hear anything until the gunman was trying to leave. Ferreira ran onto the playground, picked up the little girl and rushed her into the classroom. Sanders was released. Ferreira said that when secretary Sara heard the shots she immediately put the school on lockdown. [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. It's a question many here ask: couldn't more have been done to stop this, to at least enforce the restraining order against the gunman? Officers grabbed Sanders and made him take off his shirt, shoes and socks. 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. Were only just beginning to understand the lack of support that families impacted by gun violence get.. Patrick "Hacker" Jones He knows a thing or two about hackin', lemme tell ya. Yikes!! This is an especially complicated story made even more complicated by eight crime scenes. "He didn't come to the door so they moved on. There is no doubt in my mind, saved countless lives," said Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston. [13][19] Nearly 100 rounds of ammunition were fired into the school. Bruehl said Neal had an AK-47, and he and Wythe were both wondering where the cops were. He was promptly arrested because officers had heard that Sanders was at the school. "But it's real. Yes it did. Kevin Janson Neal's deadly rampage in Tehama County apparently began Monday night when he shot his wife to death with multiple rounds, then hid her body under the floor of .
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