The attack killed four people and left nearly 12 more injured. Kevin Janson Neal named as suspect in Rancho Tehama School shooting Kevin Janson Neal: 43, of Corning was arrested Tuesday in the 6900 block of . 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. 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. Witnesses and surveillance video show he stalked the school's courtyard, seemingly furious he couldn't get inside. He also said that a double funeral would be held for his stepmother and stepbrother Friday in Sacramento. Ten people suffered bullet wounds and eight were cut by flying glass caused by the gunfire. He attacked my school," Johnston said. 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. He has not, and he will not, talk about his father. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Like Gage, Sanders son also was at Rancho Tehama Elementary when Neal arrived after shooting multiple people on his way from Bobcat Lane. Rancho Tehama Elementary School was targeted by a gunman on Tuesday. It's crazy.". That was the fifth-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. 17:40 ET (22:40 GMT) 15 noviembre, 2017. Some media reported that police believe Neal went home after he left the school, and took off in yet another stolen vehicle. [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. Less than four months after the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in 2016, a Florida nonprofit announced that it alone had raised more than $9 million for victims, including $100,000 from GoFundMe itself. The Sacramento Bee from Sacramento, California on July 9, 1976 54 [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. The 35-year-old tree trimmer is now unemployed and, for now, unable to work because of his wounds. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. Sarah Lobdell is the secretary at Rancho Tehama Elementary School. From the police logs on February 2, 2017:. [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. 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 . [9][17] A six-year-old student was also injured by a gunshot to the chest. Nov 15, 2017, 03:54 PM EST. As Sanders ran toward Neal he said he could see bullets bouncing everywhere. Theyve long since left, and Sanders said he has yet to receive any treatment for his anxiety, depression and likely PTSD. But before everyone could get inside, Neal crashed the truck into one of the schools side gates thats always kept locked. 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. During the killing spree, he killed neighbors and then motorists in his path before attacking an elementary school, wounding children therein. By law, Van Horne says, CalVCB cannot disclose any more information about specific victims or applicants. Steele and Elliott lived two doors down from Neal, who murdered the pair last Tuesday. Dale Dykes shows the location of the fatal shootout between officers and Kevin Neal that left Neal dead. Woods Sr. doesnt like to complain. Was the gunman targeting the boy? Some people might find bitter comfort knowing that one name is permanently off the list: Kevin Janson Neal. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 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. RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. . He felt relieved to not see a shooter anywhere in the quad. 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. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. November 15, 2017 / 7:10 AM "I feel like they and the sheriff's office were setting me up for failure.". Ive never had them. 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. He was rude to our officers, but that's not a crime.". The night of the shooting, Corning Union Elementary School District Superintendent Richard Fitzpatrick said those few seconds made all the the difference. Hmm! 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. Steve says his dogs have been his photographic inspiration and motivation, but sometimes he tries his hand at nature shots, such as the photos he captured of the north states 2017 flooding, published here on A News Cafe.com. At one point during his shooting spree, Neal rammed through the locked gates at Rancho Tehama Elementary School, before classes began. Every bullet missed but the one that grazed his arm. Among the injured was a 6-year-old boy, shot while inside his classroom. It was a real big shock.". 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. Just a bad person. Sissy Feitelberg with grandson Gage Elliott, who was orphaned at the age of 7 in the November 2017 shooting. "The quick action of those school officials. On November 1314, 2017, a series of shootings occurred in Rancho Tehama, an unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, U.S. Body Of Rancho Tehama Shooter Kevin Neal's Wife Found Under Floorboards Yet Kevin Neal was free and able to use a semi-automatic rifle . California Shooter Killed Wife The Night Before Attacking - HuffPost 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.". All rights reserved. Eric Westervelt/NPR 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. hide caption. Patrick "Hacker" Jones He knows a thing or two about hackin', lemme tell ya. At the time of the spree, Neal had been freed on bail pending trial for two alleged felonies, and five alleged misdemeanors. Authorities said all of the adults lived in Rancho Tehama, a rural Northern California town with a population of about 1,500. The younger Woods was hospitalized for more than a week. In addition to those injured by bullets, six others were injured by shattered glass. Barely a week earlier, a shooter killed 25 people and an unborn child and injured 22 others at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Kevin Janson Neal (1973-2017) - Find a Grave Memorial The Tehama County Sheriffs Office identified the five people killed by Rancho Tehama shooter Kevin Neal. 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. 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. Single. Rancho Tehama, also known as the Rancho Tehama Reserve, is an unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, . 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. Her son his nephew was a Rancho Tehama Elementary School student. California, November 16 . Tehama County sheriff's deputies responded 21 times in the past year to calls involving a Northern California man who had been quarreling with neighbors before he shot and killed five people last . One student was wounded and others were injured by broken glass. 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 . They also received some short-term assistance from Tehama County and about $55,000 from a GoFundMe drive. Neal was outside, beating his wife Barbara Gilsan. The sound startled her, but she couldnt identify it, so she wasnt worried. Neal was killed by a self-inflicted gun shot. Sanders later surmised that when officers saw him, they erroneously thought he may have been a second shooter. She was carrying a gun and had a license to carry, but she was unable to shoot at Neal because he drove away quickly. Ferreira said he grabbed the boy and ran into the storage room. A collection of painted stones left at the memorial. 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. Miss Nelson yelled at Ferreira to get away from the window. He fired dozens of shots through windows and walls from the . 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. 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. Kevin Neal killed four people, injured ten others. They said Kevin Neal had a violent history. Its the kind of place where most drivers wave to other drivers, even to me, a stranger in their town. And if they did he should have been supervised with an ankle [bracelet] or something! 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. 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. 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. One student was wounded by gunfire and a second by flying glass. 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. RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) A Northern California man killed two neighbors with whom he had been feuding before he went on a shooting .