With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. Chad sat outside with his visiting friends who had set up camp on his property. A relief. The Sacramento Bee. It's horrible. In this Dateline classic, a young father in the California mountains calls 911 to report that he had been in a shoot-out with a car full of strangers. Curious, it wasn't exactly where Chad said it was and something else, Rory's car must have hit a rock during its rush through the meadow just after it made the U-turn farther out in the meadow, and it started draining the oil out of the car and left clear as a giant magic marker, a brownish black trail through the long grass of the meadow. We love the place. Were they kidding? They lay in the and we're now joined by a total of three deputies. Not to after this with military training, who, you know, react. Yes. They had seen him race off into the night. I had a little black girls up there. An all-new Dateline: Secrets Uncovered episode is slated to retrace the deadly events that transpired on that fateful night. And you come back. Simple law of speed vs. gravity. These are the 100 children. To render aid, this is not a battle zone. Confusion and terror, a very different story of those shots in the dark. The evidence is going to show that the defendant was not in imminent danger when he fired those shots. And keeping it that way was Chad's particular preoccupation. A young father contacts emergency services claiming that he is caught in the crossfire of a shootout on a remote northern California road that claims one life and injures two other people, b A young father contacts emergency services claiming that he is caught in the crossfire of a shootout on a remote northern California road that claims one life and injures two other people, but the investigation takes unexpected turns. The defendant, after all, was not just a family man, the father of three adorable children. He came for the crime, the family values. As you're driving back, as you're now trying to figure out what the hell you've done and what was going on in your heart, your mind, your soul, an assessment, somebody is either dead or dying. Chad then opened fire on the car with his assault rifle as they were driving past, hitting the driver and two other passengers. tv Dateline NBC NBC March 8, 2014 8:00pm . No. Nor could we ignore one more big discrepancy between Lewis's story and Chad's. One of the things that really blew my mind during this book is finding out that Kentucky, for instance, was in the union. Well, who are you? Keith Morrison reports. There was also a closet inside the cabin that contained large amounts of ammunition for various guns, shotguns out on the edge of Chad's property out near the road. What happened the next night would change all their lives. Miles from Nowhere Details In the California mountains, a young father calls 911 to report that he had been in a shoot-out with a car full of strangers. A . Out of sight, so so they wouldn't be seen. Chad explained what was in his mind when those men seemed to be terrorizing his family, how he decided he had to do something to protect his kids and get the sons of bitches get their license plates. It was, said John Olson's partner in his closing argument, a clear case of self-defense. He had printed up business cards. He hemorrhaged a couple hours after we got there. Lewis has been a nervous wreck since all this happened. It seems so innocent now, closed up, dead quiet, empty in that place at the end of a 100 yard dirt track that snakes off a lonely country road deep in the Sierra Nevada. The person who was riding shotgun, if you will. How to catch a fish swim in a mountain lake, feel safe in the dark is an amazing father. Those men shot at him and he never set out to hurt anyone. I knew. We're going to get out of here and go get help. It was nine or 10 p.m. They all squeezed into Rory Seabury, drove to the lake but couldn't find the party. NBC | CHCH | Air Date: October 18, 2013. I had the kids stay down. I didn't sit there at the moment. But then something just grabs me inside and say. Exactly. Originally aired on NBC on October 18, 2013. "Miles From Nowhere" Airs Saturday, March 8 at 8pm/7c In the California mountains, a young father called 911 to report that . It's very chaotic, very chaotic. And so it's not altogether surprising that one of the first lawmen to respond to Chad's 911 call turned out to be a game warden. Only red blooded patriotic Christian Americans are authorized for access. He could barely talk, but when he did, it was jumbled. We stopped at the top of a canyon and we're shining the light down on a campsite. The call dropped and then I had to drive down a little bit farther. I know there are no words that I can offer that will give you a relief from the pain you experience every. They scared your family. It asked them to track down Chad Walland reads military records just to confirm his background. It is an up and down world of river gorges and mountain peaks, difficult to forge and far from any towns or resorts. I was at the ready if they came out of that vehicle and made any any movements, you know, I could see their hands and approach the vehicle as he checked out the inside, clearing it, as they say, in the military. When you come back this way, back in this corner right here, yeah, Chad made it quite clear he used a small pistol, 380 caliber, to return fire during the chase. Interesting. That lone justice angle attracted a reality show which said a photographer named Ben Staley to the little town of Quincy. He sat there for a while and like he was looking around for something. Trouble was, this was a difficult case from the start. Well, the police asked these people if they had guns and they said, no, we wouldn't carry guns. With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. In this Dateline classic, a young father in the California mountains calls 911 to report that he had been in a shoot-out with a car full of strangers. But as the prosecutor told the jury, evidence found in the meadow told a very different story. I guess I just naively that I feel your pain, he was able to reply to something, you have no idea. You go on hikes and there is like a lake that was very close to it. You know, that's how I felt was as a father is a is a person that is supposed to protect your family and all they could do is offer words, honey, if they come back. Placement was very, very well placed. He was barely alive, no longer conscious. It is the first single released in support of their fifth album A Date with The Smithereens . It was something that he simply felt like we had to follow through on. It's awesome. It was my shot in the right leg, bleeding profusely, the belt he used as a tourniquet, it placed just above his knee, possibly saved his life at that point, it's pretty obvious to me I might lose my leg. Sure. They've all grown up diapers all the way through, going up there, you know, fishing, boating, you know, swimming. There's no question Stephen did it: But was he conscious, or asleep, when it happened? Caught on camera, the horrifying real life scene that first responders found. My friend has just been shot and it's her time shot. Did you own a gun? To Seattle Winter, we would do a snow ball fight and then we would come inside and even have some hot cocoa. Chad knew very well you've been in the army, remember? And he very upset going over again and again what happened at the cabin, on the road, in the middle here. And I think it sets the tone for his state of mind. It felt like much longer than it actually was for him to get out of the truck and to sit inside the cabin. But you I take that back. And then there was another guy in the back seat who was, I guess, the driver. And Plumas County by Antelope Lake. Where will Kimberly and Katie fall in a case of possible B.O.Ws vs. Militant Mountain Chad? They found a lone vehicle, its windows blown out. Probably not to make it. 19K views about 2 years ago; 01:24:45; In this Dateline classic, a young father in the California mountains calls 911 to report that he had been in a shoot-out with a car full of strangers. He was the life of the party, entrepreneurial to trying to start a mobile car washing business with a friend. So we get out and I'd mark that area so we could go back and search that area for casings. IE 11 is not supported. Chad's grandparents built the cabin in the 70s when he was just a baby. Officers, ambulances, helicopters coming in. They found the three 380 casings that were not from Jack Gun. No car, no cell service, no idea exactly where they were. Eon praline - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. And now his sentence, 84 years to life. They searched the car. The makeshift team convoyed to the meadow, geared up for a possible shoot out. Here's why people move to the high Sierra to get away from the city, it's constant pressures, it's regular explosions of violent crime, or at least that's how it was for Plumas County District Attorney David Hollister, who moved to his new job in the county seat of Little County, California, after years of prosecuting the worst that Oakland had to offer. I shot back. With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. And then just as the trial came to its end, a long shot bit of information finally landed in D.A. Monte, looking for evidence they are 15, was inside on the on the gun rack. So, again, a bunch of young men piled into Rory McGuire's Chrysler Sebring and went and met up with two others at the Chevron gas station where we bought, I think, a bottle of blueberry vodka and a couple 40 ounces of beer to take with us. Miles From Nowhere Dateline NBC 18,373 views 7 Jan 2021 Transcribe your podcast [00:00:11] Deep in the woods, a family lives in fear. The charge, attempted murder. chad, right behind. Alarm going off, two people were dead. I'll be talking with writer Wright Thompson about nostalgia, memory, the South and Bourbon. And right after that, I remember seeing a green laser traveling around in the car with us. And then we we took off from the jeep like maybe four or five bucks still. But remember, the defense forensic expert was clear there was gunshot residue in the young man's car and on some of their hands proving they must have fired a gun, must have to, which David Hollister replied, nonsense. And if I needed to, I would defend myself. Who were these men? Staley recorded everything. So what happened next is something he did not expect. Now, before it happened, before that summer night in July of 2011, it was well, let them tell. Absolutely, absolutely. Originally aired on NBC on October 18, 2013. But defense attorneys stuck to the heart of their case. Daniel, Daniel protected Daniel. Language. Well, perhaps because the AR 15, which Chad bought legally in Nevada, was illegal in California, though Chad said he didn't know that at any rate. And so there it was Chadds story. And I looked down and I saw this spotlight being shined all over the place. And a bunch of people came out yelling. Right at that point in time, I didn't know that, you know, any of the men in the car, who they were, why they'd approached this home. Chad Wallin-Reed, an army vet and father-of-three, was sentenced to more than 80 years to life in prison for murdering a 20-year-old man who, along with five other men, allegedly stole solar light from his family cabin located in the remote and secluded woods in Plumas County, California, during the 4th of July weekend of 2011. According to his defense, he was first fired at by the men inside the car and thus chose to retaliate by defending himself and his property. That's crazy. As they drove through the night, they listen to the chatter the way it was very chaotic. Very easily. And I knew my dad had it under control. Now, someone in the car ahead through solar lights out the window, then waved something like a piece of plastic, something shiny flying out, you know, or hanging out a window. 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