Ferreira ran onto the playground, picked up the little girl and rushed her into the classroom. I met one man who lives in a hill-top home surrounded by beautiful vistas. Ferreira said he grabbed the boy and ran into the storage room. Then I started walking around the area taking pictures as that location is the entrance to the small community. 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. (Tehama County Sheriff via AP) They struck out. 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. hide caption. "There was absolutely no question, no hesitation and I do believe that that also helped," she says. California shootings: Shooter was not supposed to have guns | CNN They also received some short-term assistance from Tehama County and about $55,000 from a GoFundMe drive. Contact 1-800-799- Safe (7233); Alternative to Violence Red Bluff 530-528-0226; One Safe Place Redding 530-244-0188; Shingletown 530-474-1910; Catalyst in Chico, 530-343-7711, or Oroville 530-532-6427. Rancho Tehama is 45 miles from my Redding home. "He didn't come to the door so they moved on. A man who saw the crash pulled over to help, and Neal shot at him. Yes it did. The attack in Rancho Tehama, . This spring, Gage started playing Little League, which he enjoys. 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. 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. After a couple of more tries Nelson finally got through and was told 911 was getting a lot of calls. [29][8] A neighbor later said he believed Neal might have been testing the response time of law enforcement. "He had complaints against him and they never did anything about it except knock on his door," he says. Sanders said that encounter started a feud, and that over time, bad blood boiled. They watched Neal release the truck from the fence and then speed off, firing more gunshot rounds as he left. Those who were killed and wounded ranged in age from 6 to 68. We were helping with that for a good two years afterward.. Kevin Janson Neal shot Woods in the face during the 2017 rampage. 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. One student was wounded by gunfire and a second by flying glass. The New York Post reports the following day, he donned a ballistic vest, grabbed a semiautomatic rifle and two handguns and went on a 45-minute rampage across Rancho Tehama Reserve. James Woods Jr. was driving near Rancho Tehama Elementary with his father, James Woods Sr., in the passenger seat on Nov. 14, 2017, when Neal opened fire on their car. I spoke with Jim, the husband of Sara, the quick-thinking school secretary who put the school on lockdown. 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. Their stories are deeply personal, but theyre part of a uniquely American modern phenomenon: communities broken by mass gun violence, then largely left alone to try to pick up the pieces. [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. 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. He was watching television, and didnt hear anything until the gunman was trying to leave. That gave the school a few more critical seconds to go into complete lockdown mode. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. 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. . [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. No one, Johnston says, seemed to see Neal shooting a weapon. After getting out on bail for the stabbing, the gunman was slapped with a temporary restraining order or TRO. 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. For most of them, it provided counseling, because thats what they needed. Ferreira said he thought the shooting lasted about 20 to 25 minutes. [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. (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP / Getty Images) By Alene Tchekmedyian Staff Writer Viswa Vanapalli. How are we still in the exact same place? 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. 2023 anewscafe.com. Krystal Squires, 15, left, and sister Angalene Laurence, 12, were students at Rancho Tehama Elementary. The retired contractor didn't want his full name used. The Ranch is quite isolated in a rather hilly location. California shooting: Schoolteachers 'saved' children from gunman Jessie Sanders has lived in Rancho Tehama Reserve since he was 5. There is no doubt in my mind, saved countless lives," said Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston. Several others wounded told of similar frustrations and anger. Dykes also showed where Michelle Iris McFadyen was killed on the side of the road. [9][35] His mother had reportedly noticed a decline in his mental health since 2016. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. It's hard for us to talk to her about it. What he failed to realize was Neal had walked up the ramp and was near the schools door. It ripped his world, said Feitelberg, who moved her grandson out of Rancho Tehama Reserve after the shooting. Kevin Janson Neal: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com [5] In addition, seven children suffered injuries from shattered glass. Woods Jr. first filed for state victim compensation this year. 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? All of it, all of his problems are from this incident in Tehama.. Neal then held the women hostage "for a period of time," Cohen said Wednesday. 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. Asked about Sanders actions that morning, Rancho Tehama residents speak of his selflessness, bravery and kindness. Meanwhile, one man described how there are basically five bad guys in Rancho Tehama, though he knew better than to identify them by name. "And she has these night terrors, she wakes up yelling things. Was the gunman targeting the boy? Target practice; hunters; the odd drunk shooting at the moon. 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. Its definitely affected Gage, and it will for the rest of his life.. [1] He handed over a single pistol and attested that he had no other guns. 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." District Attorney Gregg Cohen told The Bee that Neal is currently being prosecuted by his office for assault with a deadly weapon and a stabbing that had occurred . She stopped four motorists to help her get to the hospital, but they drove off. 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 . 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. Coy Ferreira, left, and Jessie Sanders remain shaken by the traumatic events that happened in their town one week ago. A collection of painted stones left at the memorial. On the morning of the shooting, Neal went to Elliott and Steeles house. At the elementary school, Ferreira was walking his daughter to her classroom before 8 a.m. No one else helps us, she said. His neighbors complained regularly that Neal was firing off rounds day and night. They said everyone knew it, including law enforcement. Sanders and Ferreira both said that when Neal rammed the gate, John, the schools custodian/bus driver, peeked around the corner toward the shots. Elliott was Sanders best friend, so it was emotionally difficult for Sanders to speak about Elliott as he shared some background. Yet Kevin Neal was free and able to use a semi-automatic rifle . Among the injured was a 6-year-old boy, shot while inside his classroom. Its a place with so few public services that the volunteer fire department is the most official entity. At one point, Elliott asked Sanders to move out, because he believed Sanders presence inflamed the feud, and the situation needed to calm down. 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. that Kevin Janson Neal, a 44-year-old resident of the small community in Northern California, was the . Tehama County Shooting: Police Find Body Of Gunman's Wife - NPR Rich Pedroncelli/AP 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. His mother also spent $10,000 on legal fees to secure his release. Sanders also never received any money from crowdfunding or some of the government assistance programs that could help him make ends meet. Scheide. 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. Hmm! Gun violence is so routine that theres just not the resources there to address the problem at all, he said. 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For those who were shot, it paid for medical bills. ninjapundit: Rancho Tehama Mass Shooting Attack - Blogger I dont know how to fix it, he said. Either way, during the shooting Tina drove her car up to the school with Sanders as people were rushing away, telling them to get out of there. [11] The woman was shot five times, four near her heart. 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. 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. What did Disney actually lose from its Florida battle with DeSantis? 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. Sister of California shooting suspect says he suffered from paranoia Sanders moved out. First published on November 15, 2017 / 7:10 AM. Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison for murders of wife and son, Biden had cancerous skin lesion removed last month, doctor says, White supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes kicked out of CPAC, Tom Sizemore, actor known for "Saving Private Ryan" and "Heat," dies at 61, Biden team readies new advisory panel ahead of expected reelection bid, At least 10 dead after winter storm slams South, Midwest, House Democrats unhappy with White House handling of D.C.'s new criminal code. Ferreira said that when secretary Sara heard the shots she immediately put the school on lockdown. (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP / Getty Images) [13][14][15] Neal crashed the pickup truck through the front gates of the school. 'A bizarre and murderous rampage' - Record Searchlight "On every occasion we responded, asking 'did you actually see him firing a gun?' [13][19] Nearly 100 rounds of ammunition were fired into the school. But clearly, theres a part of Rancho Tehama thats anything but peaceful. Help from family and a few thousand dollars from his Go Fund Me page are all that have helped them get by. It was so close I was almost like 'just get it over with, just hit me.'". Jessie said it was the type of experience people talk about when theyre dying. The attack ended when the gunman, Kevin Janson Neal, took his own life. Rancho Tehama's Mass Murder: Tragically Preventable? And it paid for all the funerals other than the shooters, he said. Danny Elliott and Diana Steele were killed five years after Gages mother died in an accident, said Sissy Feitelberg, Gages maternal grandmother. The gunman, 44-year-old Kevin Janson Neal, died by suicide after a Corning police officer rammed and stopped his stolen vehicle. "[9], The shootings renewed attention on the legality and control of ghost guns, such as the semi-automatic rifle used in this incident. "Everyone's got their antennas up. And if they did he should have been supervised with an ankle [bracelet] or something! Sanders said that Neal was wearing a bullet-proof vest that had magazines attached to the front of it. Witnesses and surveillance video show he stalked the school's courtyard, seemingly furious he couldn't get inside. The damaged school gate has been replaced. Like Gage, Sanders son also was at Rancho Tehama Elementary when Neal arrived after shooting multiple people on his way from Bobcat Lane. wikipedia.en/Rancho_Tehama_shootings.md at main chinapedia/wikipedia.en I have the California victim compensation through Sacramento, he said, so Im kind of waiting on that. [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. Neal shot and killed four other people and wounded 10 at different locations around the rural community of Rancho Tehama Reserve. Relatives said Neal, who moved to California in 2005, had a history of mental illness and anger management issues, as well as an obsession with conspiracy theories. Neal then crashed his vehicle into a car, which killed and injured two people. [38] The two handguns that Neal possessed during his shooting rampage were not registered to him. He gets good grades, she said, but for four years, he kept to himself, he made no friends, he didnt want to go out anywhere. Some people are just bad," said neighbor Jessie Sanders, who knew some of the victims of Tuesday's shooting in Tehama County. Rancho Tehama, also known as the Rancho Tehama Reserve, is an unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, . As… Continue reading Kevin Janson Neal: Rancho . It's evident in a response that seems to linger somewhere between regret and resignation. 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.
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