Scheide. As Sanders tried to reach Neal, Neal ran to the stolen truck, firing the whole time at Sanders. Soon after, Neal arrived at Rancho Tehama Elementary School, where he barreled the stolen truck through the front gates and into the quad. 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. How are we still in the exact same place? Some media reported that police believe Neal went home after he left the school, and took off in yet another stolen vehicle. 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. Elsewhere the signs are less visible. Lobdell shuns talk of her heroism that day in favor of words like "training" and "instinct. A bullet hole is seen in an exterior wall at the Rancho Tehama Elementary School on Nov. 15, 2017. She was about to ask him if he needed a ride when the siblings heard heavy gunfire. Methinks this explains wee Patrick's attempt to change the oath for county employees. Rancho Tehama is a remote, sparsely populated, rural unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, that had a population of 1,485 in 2010. [29][8] A neighbor later said he believed Neal might have been testing the response time of law enforcement. 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. She stopped four motorists to help her get to the hospital, but they drove off. He was riding in a car with his son when Kevin Janson Neal opened fire. Scheide. 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. 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. RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. Ferreira ran onto the playground, picked up the little girl and rushed her into the classroom. 2017 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. His neighbors had complained he had fired multiple rounds for days before this rampage that ended up at this elementary school. 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Sarah Gonzales had just dropped off her daughter, when the gunman blocked her car. On Nov. 14, 2017, Kevin Janson Neal drove a truck into Rancho Tehama Elementarys fence and began shooting at the school, wounding five students. 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. He also had been shot by deputies just a hundred yards up the road from Mike K.'s house. In using the term, "domestic terrorist," I am . He was rude to our officers, but that's not a crime.". What Im reporting here today is what I saw and heard during my visit. Her husband would not go with them, so they went alone to start a new life near her son and daughter-in-law. 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. During this time, Bruehl was oblivious to what was happening outside. I was going to take a picture, but didnt have my camera on me. 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. His life changed that day forever. Dykes also showed where Michelle Iris McFadyen was killed on the side of the road. 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. Investigators after the shooting rampage in Rancho Tehama Reserve in 2017. One student was wounded and others were injured by broken glass. 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. [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. Authorities said all of the adults lived in Rancho Tehama, a rural Northern California town with a population of about 1,500. 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 . [1][8] His motive remains unclear. [11] The woman was shot five times, four near her heart. I have the California victim compensation through Sacramento, he said, so Im kind of waiting on that. . One student was wounded by gunfire and a second by flying glass. Source: Tehama County Sheriff. One of the stolen vehicles, a white truck with bullet holes in the windshield, was removed from the area Tuesday night, reports CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas. After Sanders sister showed up at his home and told him she heard shooting near the school, he raced there, first in her car and then on foot. After Neal sped off in the truck, Sanders raced from the school and across the airport runway to his moms place. But months before that, Hailey Poland had survived a vicious attack at his hands and worried that things . Now, nearly five years after the shooting, Feitelberg said she and Gage only truly feel secure when theyre together at home. 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. 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. He said the look of fear in his sisters eyes was frightening. 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. She told her brother she thought someone was shooting at the elementary school. 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. In reply to R.V. 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They said were waiting to be approved still, Woods Sr. said as he watched his son play with his own young children at a riverside park in Rancho Tehama one hot afternoon last month. Neal was chasing and firing at another car when two police officers spotted him. Help from family and a few thousand dollars from his Go Fund Me page are all that have helped them get by. 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. 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 . That morning, his father and paternal grandmother, who were raising him together in a modest house at the end of a gravel road, were gunned down during a mass shooting across this remote north-central California 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. 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. Sanders said he jumped from car while it was still rolling. I've got my antennas up all the time. He manufactured the rifle and possessed the handguns in violation of that restraining order. 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. The attack killed four people and left nearly 12 more injured. California, November 16 . His leg was badly shot up. I arrived at Rancho Tehama Sunday morning, and I left that evening. 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. "He didn't come to the door so they moved on. 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. 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. Since the rampage, an armed security officer is now posted at the school full time. Ferreira did say that when Miss Nelson called 911, she got a busy signal. From the police logs on February 2, 2017:. 14 min read. [5][18][25][26][27][28] The victims included two students at Rancho Tehama Elementary School and Michelle McFadyen's husband. In addition to those injured by bullets, six others were injured by shattered glass. The Tehama County Sheriff's Office identified the five people killed by Rancho Tehama shooter Kevin Neal. David, Elliotts stepbrother, said that his fatherless step-nephew is now living with the boys maternal grandmother. He praised his staff. It is being reported that Kevin Janson Neal, the suspect in the case of the horrific Rancho Tehama School shooting is the same man who was arrested earlier this year for an assault against an elderly person that resulted in likely "great bodily injury." The mother of the gunman who killed four people during a shooting rampage in Northern California said he called her a day earlier and told . We're not sure how.". But we try to, you know, communicate with her the best we can. Dale Dykes shows the location of the fatal shootout between officers and Kevin Neal that left Neal dead. Neal then got back on the road, where he chased a couple in another car and crashed into their vehicle, authorities said. We were helping with that for a good two years afterward.. His mother also spent $10,000 on legal fees to secure his release. [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. I met one man who lives in a hill-top home surrounded by beautiful vistas. One of children was the 6-year-old boy who would eventually be injured by gunfire. Even the GoFundMe to help cover medical care for the 6-year-old who was shot in the chest raised just $27,290. Danny Elliott and Diana Steele were killed five years after Gages mother died in an accident, said Sissy Feitelberg, Gages maternal grandmother. But Neal secretly kept several homemade, unregistered AR-15 semi-automatic weapons and handguns. Not everyone who lives in Rancho Tehama knows exactly what happened. "There was no question about it, it was too close to us and it was," she pauses her voice cracking with emotion. . "The quick action of those school officials. Meanwhile, directly across the road from the schools gate through which Neal had just crashed, lived friends and neighbors Johnny Wythe and Uncle Chuck Bruehl. The attack ended when the gunman, Kevin Janson Neal, took his own life. "Absolutely not," Johnston says, adding, "There was no big red flag with this guy other than he was not law enforcement friendly. He felt relieved to not see a shooter anywhere in the quad. I mean really. 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. 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. 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. 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. The gunman tried to enter the school, but couldn't get in. 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. So Feitelberg and her grandson moved to a small town northeast of Springfield, Mass. Sanders also never received any money from crowdfunding or some of the government assistance programs that could help him make ends meet. Gage never again saw fellow students who hid under their desks while Neal fired clip after clip at the school, including a 6-year-old who survived being shot in the chest by a bullet that traveled through a classroom wall. A man who saw the crash pulled over to help, and Neal shot at him. Rancho Tehama is 45 miles from my Redding home. 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. hide caption. 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. Johnston was one of the first on scene that day. Source: Tehama County Sheriff. 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. In fact, she says, she never stopped. 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 cards are for her swift action last November. Officers then opened fire and killed him. [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. On one level, it looks like all is mostly back to normal in the small, rural community of Rancho Tehama in Northern California. Nearby the community's lone eatery, a caf and deli that was open during the shooting, looks like it's now out of business. And the month before, in Americas deadliest mass shooting, a gunman massacred a crowd of festival-goers in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and leaving more than 850 others injured. He created a photo book of his dogs especially for the children at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, where he donated several copies. The injured victims were transported to several area clinics and hospitals. Cardenas says he's exploring his legal options. 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. . [10][4] Following his release, Neal continued to harass the neighbors, causing them to successfully seek a restraining order that required him to surrender his firearms and not purchase additional guns. 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 . James Woods Jr., 25, with daughter Nevaeh, 5. Sheriff investigators work at the Rancho Tehama Elementary School campus in Rancho Tehama Reserve in Corning, Calif. On Tuesday, Nov.14, 2017. They struck out. Both Ferreira and Sanders also saw Troy McFadyen, shot in the leg, sitting on the road beside his deceased wife. 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. [18][8] A woman was also shot when she attempted to distract Neal from the school. Its much closer as the crow flies, but theres only one way into the small community. As the truck came to a stop Neal fired at the officers, who exchanged heavy gunfire with him. Eric Westervelt/NPR According to the Sacramento Bee, the Ranch Tehama shooter who murdered four and wounded another ten people in a northern California shooting spree was Kevin Janson Neal.And he was no stranger to the local law enforcement community. If you are a victim of domestic violence or know of someone who is a victim, there is help. 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 said the woman actually had to drive out of the Ranch and was on Rancho Tehama Road trying to get to a hospital. Steele and Elliott lived two doors down from Neal, who murdered the pair last Tuesday. Tehama County district attorney confirms the suspected shooter, Kevin Janson Neal, was killed by police. Like many here, Wilson fully understands that the department is tasked with covering an large, rural county with limited resources. He was fed through a gastrointestinal tube. Sanders recalled a pivotal incident. In reply to R.V. Yes it did.". "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. Shasta County Supervisor Kevin Crye (252), Win-River Casino Expansion: One Step(4,634), Gateway School District Update: Clif(3,529), Comment on Against Ad Hoc Committee Advice, New State California Secessionist Chriss Street May Be Countys CEO by Jolly, Comment on Against Ad Hoc Committee Advice, New State California Secessionist Chriss Street May Be Countys CEO by George Winship. He never saw the schools new windows, which replaced the ones shattered by Neals bullets, or the repairs to the bullet holes in its cream-colored siding and turquoise-painted beams. Neal then fired eight rounds into a Ford F-250 occupied by a woman and her son, who was headed to school. Its the kind of place where most drivers wave to other drivers, even to me, a stranger in their town. The shooting incident took place near the Rancho Tehama Elementary school when some parents were dropping off their children. RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. . 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 . Sissy Feitelberg with grandson Gage Elliott, who was orphaned at the age of 7 in the November 2017 shooting. There are terrific days and we're all so thankful," she says. hide caption. 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? Ferreira recalled that at one point, he wanted to know the location of the shooter, so he ventured a look out the window. 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. Gunman Kevin Janson Neal is believed to have spent six minutes shooting into the school before driving off to continue his shooting spree.