By Haleigh Pike
Corning, Calif. - Five people have been killed (click here) and multiple have been injured after a mass shooting Tuesday morning in the community of Rancho Tehama, according to Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston with the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office.
“It’s a very sad day for us here in Tehama County,” said Johnston as he addressed the media.
According to Johnston, none of the five people killed were children but one was the shooter, who has been identified as Kevin Janson Neal. Officials are not releasing information about the other four people who were killed at this time.
Johnston added ten patients, including two children, are being treated at Northstate hospitals but their conditions are unknown at this time. In a press conference at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Johnston added that some members of Neal's family are missing and they have been unable to locate them.
Johnston said several agencies are on the ground in Rancho Tehama actively investigating seven different crime scenes as the shooting spread across many locations, including the Rancho Tehama Elementary School....
The police were afraid of Kevin Janson Neal. They knew he was a killer and they could not find a way to remove the guns without the wife being dead. Well, that has turned out to be less of an issue anyway.
November 15, 2017
By Paige St. John, Frank Shyong and Sonali Kohli
...None of the guns were legally in Neal’s possession, (click here) Johnston said. The two rifles were “homemade” and unregistered and the two pistols were registered to another person, he said.
A signed court order following Neal’s arrest in January for attacking his neighbor shows he was ordered on April 1 to surrender all firearms.
Johnston said deputies were familiar with the gunman....
