He stays at home, he has an Oculus [virtual reality headset], and he has a computer, and he does that and thats basically it.. Rancho Tehama Reserve. Rancho Tehama is 45 miles from my Redding home. There's also lingering frustration with the Tehama County Sheriff's office. On one level, it looks like all is mostly back to normal in the small, rural community of Rancho Tehama in Northern California. Realtor Wilson says police should have been more vigilant. Tehama gunman lived in a hellscape, then turned his anger on others Methinks this explains wee Patrick's attempt to change the oath for county employees. When the gunshots subsided Wythe got up, only to fall back to the floor when the shooting resumed. Neal obliged, turning his assault-style rifle Sanders direction and firing like 60 times, Sanders said. James Woods Jr., 25, with daughter Nevaeh, 5. He said the woman actually had to drive out of the Ranch and was on Rancho Tehama Road trying to get to a hospital. There are a few other roads, but I was told they require four-wheel vehicles. Kevin Neal, California gunman: Police find wife's body under home's 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. She stopped four motorists to help her get to the hospital, but they drove off. But clearly, theres a part of Rancho Tehama thats anything but peaceful. And he never saw the banner draped across the schools front columns that declares Rancho Strong in big block letters. Yet Kevin Neal was free and able to use a semi-automatic rifle . David, Elliotts stepbrother, said that his fatherless step-nephew is now living with the boys maternal grandmother. Investigators after the shooting rampage in Rancho Tehama Reserve in 2017. 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. Gun violence is so routine that theres just not the resources there to address the problem at all, he said. 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. And by the time police got to him, Cardenas says, he was pretty sure he wasn't going to make it. Entrance to Danny Elliott and Diane Steeles home. 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 mean really. When he stopped firing, she says he continued toward the school. We're not sure how.". Authorities said an additional six adults and six children four boys and two girls were wounded. His leg was badly shot up. "And she has these night terrors, she wakes up yelling things. hide caption. I talked with many people that day. Meanwhile, one man described how there are basically five bad guys in Rancho Tehama, though he knew better than to identify them by name. 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. Sanders also never received any money from crowdfunding or some of the government assistance programs that could help him make ends meet. Phommathep said he is certain Kevin Neal drove to Rancho Tehama Elementary School to kill Gage. Police killed the suspected shooter, Kevin Janson Neal. RANCHO TEHAMA -- "The guy was a bad guy. [13][19] Nearly 100 rounds of ammunition were fired into the school. Scheide. When she heard the shots last November, she immediately called for every child and teacher to get inside and go into lock down mode. [1][37] Police said that, despite this, he illegally manufactured the guns he used in the shootings. Ferreira said that when secretary Sara heard the shots she immediately put the school on lockdown. Jessie Sanders was grazed by one of Kevin Neals bullets. 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. 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. He'd made threats. "She was not wetting the bed anymore, but since the shooting she started pottying the bed and stuff again," she explains. "I had a weapon in my hand. In using the term, "domestic terrorist," I am . A short time later, a patrol car rammed the suspect's vehicle. 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. California Town Wrestles With Aftermath Of Shooting Rampage The shooting in Rancho Tehama simply couldnt compete. hide caption. Among those killed was Neals wife. 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. Wythe thought it was about 10 minutes. 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. [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. That was the fifth-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. [38] The two handguns that Neal possessed during his shooting rampage were not registered to him. When Sanders ran into the schoolyard, he saw Neal across the quad, firing his weapon and spraying classroom windows and walls with bullets. 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. 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. The restraining order expired in September, but was renewed before the shootings. 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. Source: Tehama County Sheriff. (Editors note:Doni Chamberlain contributed to this story. They said everyone knew it, including law enforcement. Everything happened so fast that the details in those moments are sketchy for Sanders, but he said that in retrospect he thinks another car tried to ram the stolen truck, which may have caused Neal to drive away. 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. 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. [1][8] His motive remains unclear. California gunman Kevin Neal Gunman 'had neighbourhood dispute - news I spoke with Tina. At one point during his shooting spree, Neal rammed through the locked gates at Rancho Tehama Elementary School, before classes began. Woods Jr. first filed for state victim compensation this year. Rancho Tehama Reserve. A GoFundMe set up after the shooting to help the Woods family raised less than $6,000. Ferreira recalled that at one point, he wanted to know the location of the shooter, so he ventured a look out the window. Rancho Tehama, also known as the Rancho Tehama Reserve, is an unincorporated community in Tehama County, California, . "He's a bad guy and I'm not going to glorify him in any manner whatsoever. Some people might find bitter comfort knowing that one name is permanently off the list: Kevin Janson Neal. Ferreira said he thought the shooting lasted about 20 to 25 minutes. 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. Other than that, we get no help from anybody. When they got out, Neal shot them, killing one. 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. Kevin Janson Neal has been identified as the suspect who opened fire at Rancho Tehama School in Northern California, part of a widespread attack that left four people dead. Sandra Wells's 5-year-old daughter is happily back at school. He also had been shot by deputies just a hundred yards up the road from Mike K.'s house. 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. So I didnt get a picture of the bullet hole in the roof of Saras car. 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 . Neal, 44, fatally shot his wife late Monday, Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said at a press conference Wednesday. [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. The attack in Rancho Tehama, . Ferreira said he grabbed the boy and ran into the storage room. Because it feels mostly peaceful where he lives, hell stay. 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. 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. Cell phone photo of officers arresting Jessie Sanders, and having him strip down. Neal shot and killed four other people and wounded 10 at different locations around the rural community of Rancho Tehama Reserve. During this time, Bruehl was oblivious to what was happening outside. He was 7 years old. He has not, and he will not, talk about his father. 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. 2017 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. She told her brother she thought someone was shooting at the elementary school. Gunman Kevin Janson Neal is believed to have spent six minutes shooting into the school before driving off to continue his shooting spree. The boy suffered non-life-threatening wounds, but the mother was seriously injured, Johnston said. The 35-year-old tree trimmer is now unemployed and, for now, unable to work because of his wounds. 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. Like Gage, Sanders son also was at Rancho Tehama Elementary when Neal arrived after shooting multiple people on his way from Bobcat Lane. (Tehama County Sheriff via AP) May 21, 2021. 2017 . 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