The man started a fire in the rural community of Rancho Tehama Reserve, 130 miles from Sacramento, California, in January, was arrested for assault with a knife on a neighbor. He was later released on bail.
Yesterday, November 14, a man armed with a rifle and two pistols, and started shooting at people, and even broke into a primary school. 5 people were killed, another 14 injured. The shooter himself was also killed from the bullets of the police.
It is unclear what were the conditions of bail, and whether the 43-year-old man permission to own guns.
The suspect’s sister said her brother struggled all his life with mental illness and had problems with the police.
Now, many people in the community wonder why the man was released on bail. Some are even going to sue the local Sheriff’s Department.
The mother of the shooter, living in North Carolina, told The Associated Pressthat her son was growing marijuana, and he had repeated skirmishes with neighbors who allegedly made meth. She made a Deposit of 160 thousand dollars per arrow when in January he was attacked with a knife on a neighbor.
«I spoke with him by phone on Monday» — weeping, said the woman. «He said mom, it’s over, and apologized for everything. Then I thought that he meant the money that I spent for his release…».
