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Cops identify gunman in California elementary school shooting – Kevin Janson Neal, 44, had troubled history with neighbors

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><section id&equals;"module-position-Qao0lszIt9Q" class&equals;"storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module story-story-headline-module">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline speakable-headline"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Gunman in Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s  elementary school shooting&comma; in Ranch Tehama&comma; Calif&period;&comma; identified as Kevin Janson Neal<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline speakable-headline"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">In a 45 minute stretch&comma; Neal&comma; 44&comma; shot both inside and outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School&comma; killing four people&comma; injuring 10 others<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline speakable-headline"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Shooter who allegedly&comma; has long had problems with neighbors was involved in a domestic violence situation Monday&comma; a stabbing earlier in the year and a misdemeanor hit and run case in 2013<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline speakable-headline"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Arrested in January for stabbing a woman and robbing another woman&comma; both of who later got a restraining order against him&comma; Neal was released on &dollar;160&comma;000 bond before his last rampage <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline speakable-headline"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;">Johnston said the woman Neal stabbed was killed in Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s rampage<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"asset-headline speakable-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;080000&semi;"><strong>Kevin Neal was gunned down by police after an exchange of gunfi<&sol;strong>re<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"module-position-Qao0lsyePmw" class&equals;"storytopbar-bucket piano-module story-piano-module"><&sol;section>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"module-position-Qao0lsyDVI4" class&equals;"storytopbar-bucket bounce-exchange-module story-bounce-exchange-module"><&sol;section>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"asset-double-wide double-wide p402&lowbar;premium" role&equals;"main">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"module-position-Qao0l1k7-8I" class&equals;"story-asset video-asset">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ui-video-wrapper playerIsScrolling">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"js-video-placeholder video-placeholder smallarticleattophtml5"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-284650" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;Kaveni-Jansen-Neal-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kaveni Jansen Neal 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"500" &sol;><strong>Police identified Kevin Janson Neal as the <&sol;strong><strong>gunman in California elementary school shooting <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ui-video-wrapper playerIsScrolling">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ui-video-controls story-video inline-story-video priority">&NewLine;<p>The gunman in an elementary school neighborhood shooting that claimed five lives in California was identified as Kevin Janson Neal&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Neal&comma; 44&comma; shot both inside and outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School&comma; on Tuesday Morening during the early morning school drop off period&comma; killing four and injuring another 10 people&period; The suspect was gunned down by police Tuesday&comma; in  the Rancho Tehama Reserve&comma; in Southern California&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another body count was added to his ta&semi;ly on Wednesday when Assistant Tehama County sheriff Phil Johnston told the media that the suspect apparently shot his wife to death Monday and cut a hole in the floorboards of their home to hide her body&colon; &&num;8220&semi;He shot her at some point&comma; probably late Monday…put her body in the floor and covered her up&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Johnston said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;We believe that&&num;8217&semi;s probably what started this whole event&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Johnston also said his deputies have responded to the Neal residence multiple times in the past after neighbors reported gunshots coming from the house&period; The pattern continued on Monday when neighbors told police they had heard quarreling at the Neal home but no one alerted authorities&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;They thought it was a domestic violence incident between Mr&period; Neal and his wife&period; It was unreported to the sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office&comma; no one called it in&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Jonhston said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Every time we responded we would try to make contact with Mr&period; Neal&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Johnston said&period; &&num;8220&semi;He was not law enforcement friendly&comma; he would not come to the door&period; His house was arranged in a manner where we couldn&&num;8217&semi;t detect him being there&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On Tuesday police said&comma; at least three weapons were used in the shooting&period;  Another gun was found in the pickup Neal was driving&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;This man was very&comma; very intent on completing what he set out to do today&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Johnston said&period; &&num;8220&semi;The shooter was bent on killing and shooting people at random&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tehama County Superintendent of Schools Rich DuVarney there were no student or staff fatalities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"speakable-p-1 p-text"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-284478" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;Gunman-shot-a-woman-and-her-child-in-this-truck-1-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Gunman shot a woman and her child in this truck 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"713" height&equals;"401" &sol;><strong>Five people are dead&comma; including the suspect&comma; Kevin Neal&comma; in a mass shooting at and around a school in Rancho Tehama&comma; California&period; At least 10 other victims have been hospitalized&comma; including two children <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"speakable-p-2 p-text">Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston&comma; who called the incident a &&num;8220&semi;bizarre and murderous rampage&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said it appeared the motive for the shooting &&num;8220&semi;looks like a guy trying to get even with his neighbor&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;This guy was on a killing rampage&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The injured included a child who was in a car with his mother when the gunman opened fire&period; The child&&num;8217&semi;s wound was not life-threatening&comma; but the mother&&num;8217&semi;s injuries are&comma; Sheriff Johnston said&period; A ssecond child was shot at the school&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s a very sad day for us in Tehama County&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a deputy&comma; visibly shaken&comma; said earlier in the day&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Neal&&num;8217&semi;sshooting spree began shortly after 8 a&period;m&period; near Bobcat and Fawn lanes where Neal shot two people dead and stole a car&period; He crashed the car&comma; and a man stopped to ask whether he was okay&comma; Neal shot at that man but missed before stealing the good Sameritan&&num;8217&semi;s vehicle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"module-position-Qao0l1kYn8E" class&equals;"story-asset image-asset">&NewLine;<aside class&equals;"wide single-photo">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-284481" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;Gunman-shot-a-woman-and-her-child-in-this-truck-2-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Gunman shot a woman and her child in this truck 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"703" height&equals;"528" &sol;><strong>Law enforcement officials investigate a portion of Rancho Tehama Road where Neal shot awoman and her child in the dark truck &lbrack;photo&rsqb; <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;aside>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"clearfix">The Rancho Tehama School a quarter of a mile away heard the shots and immediately went on lockdown&period; The school was the Kevin Neal&&num;8217&semi;s third stop&comma; but he became frustrated when he couldn&&num;8217&semi;t get into the school&comma; Johnston said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;he then shot 20 to 30 rounds at the school&comma; and went into a bathroom&comma; the only part of the school not locked down&period;  Six minutes later&comma; he emerged and drove off still shooting at people in various parts of the community&comma; including a pickup with a woman and two kids inside&period; The woman was seriously injured&comma; and one child received minor injuries&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p-text">Law enforcement saw Neal shooting at the pickup and gave chase&comma; ramming his vehicle&comma; forcing it off the road&comma; and then two deputies killed him in a shootout&period; Johnston said the deputies&comma; who weren&&num;8217&semi;t injured&comma; found the gunman dead inside a car&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;They also found the semiautomatic rifle and two handguns they say he used&period; A second long gun was also recovered&period; One of the long guns appeared to be an AR-15&comma; Johnston said&period; The entire incident lasted 45 minutes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Neal&&num;8217&semi;s exact motive remains unclear&comma; as witnesses reported seeing him driving around the community near Red Bluff&comma; California&comma; shooting randomly from his car&period; Local authorities said however&comma; he had a history of problems with neighbors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-284515" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;Casey-Burnett-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Casey Burnett 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"749" height&equals;"563" &sol;>Casey Burnett saw Neal driving around the community near Red Bluff&comma; California&comma; shooting randomly from his car<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p-text">Asst&period; Sheriff Johnston said the suspect had been involved in a domestic violence situation Monday and&comma; a few months earlier&comma; a stabbing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Neal had been arrested in January for stabbing a woman and robbing another woman&comma; both of who later got a restraining order against him&period; Johnston said the woman Neal stabbed was one of the fatalities in Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s shooting&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Court records also show Neal had misdemeanor hit and run case in 2013&period;N He was out on &dollar;160&comma;000 bond when he went on his killing spree&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"p-text"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-284581" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;People-react-at-the-Rancho-Tehama-school-after-he-shooting-on-Tuesday&period;jpg" alt&equals;"People react at the Rancho Tehama school after he shooting on Tuesday" width&equals;"635" height&equals;"476" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Faculty and parents react at the Rancho Tehama school after he shooting on Tuesday morning<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p-text">Neal lived in one of a pocket of mobile homes scattered around a home in the Rancho Tehama Reserve&comma; described on its website as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;quiet private country community” located 12 miles west of Interstate 5 between Red Bluff and Corning&period;  The isolated rural subdivision with a population around 1&comma;485 people and poverty rate of 43 percent&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The neighborhood where Neal lived neighborhood is noted for it&&num;8217&semi;s numerous marijuana grows&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A local Resident Brian Flint said his neighbor was injured by Neal&comma; and his truck was stolen&period; Adding that living near Kevin Neal was &&num;8220&semi;hell&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Flint said&comma; the gunman often harassed him and other members of the community&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The crazy thing is that &lbrack;Neal&rsqb; has been shooting a lot of bullets lately&comma; hundreds of rounds&comma; large magazines&comma;” Flint said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We made &lbrack;authorities&rsqb;&comma; aware that this guy is crazy and he’s been threatening us&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"module-position-Qao0l1kfD&lowbar;c" class&equals;"story-asset image-asset"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"module-position-Qao0l1lwyE8" class&equals;"story-asset image-asset"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p-text">&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<aside class&equals;"story-right-rail">&NewLine;<section id&equals;"module-position-Qao0l0p75Pw" class&equals;"storyrightrail-bucket poster-ad-asset-module story-poster-ad-asset-module">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ad-position-219" class&equals;"partner-placement partner-asset-right-ad partner-placement-visible" data-monetization-id&equals;"poster" data-monetization-sizes&equals;"mediumrectangle&comma;halfpage&comma;portrait"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<&sol;aside>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"module-position-Qao0l0pizXY" class&equals;"storybottombar-bucket taboola-related-module story-taboola-related-module">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"more more-stories-wrap vertical"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;

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