The driver, Rory McGurie, 20, was fatally struck in the head-neck region and died two days later. He was vivacious. It felt like much longer than it actually was for him to get out of the truck and to sit inside the cabin. We love the place. And and now the question, what really happened out there in the DA? It's horrible. And, you know, I just remember just this last look on her face I've never, ever seen in my entire life. "Miles From Nowhere" Airs Saturday, March 8 at 8pm/7c In the California mountains, a young father called 911 to report that . And no amount of jail time will will fix it. We were just sitting there on the porch kicking back, relax and be. He wanted to protect those two. But once he saw they no longer posed a threat, he said he told the man he'd do what he could to find help for them. It was nine or 10 p.m. One went low into the rear passenger door, which then went into Justin Smyth's leg. That's when I noticed one of the solar lights have been taken, a solar light, one of several attached to metal poles marking the edge of the property. The life of a game warden is a solitary one hours of driving alone, backcountry roads alone, warden sound everything from bear poachers to pot farmers and its prey that sometimes shoots back. Nor could we ignore one more big discrepancy between Lewis's story and Chad's. In the high Sierra. Why would somebody want one of those? The Fourth of July weekend, 2011, The Walland Reeds were joined by some friends who set up a little campsite on the property near the road. You discharged him for forging sick leave papers and bringing a personal firearm into the barracks. Very good reason that his attorney, if they turn around and we're coming back out of there, those two cars would be on the same track with a car coming right at him. Dateline Full Episodes 2023 | Miles from Nowhere | Dateline 2023----- Help me like and Supscribe my Channel, Thanks so lots Fo. They're not going to shoot us. He was concerned, he said, about getting help for the wounded. And insecure, and you as a parent have failed. It was very clear the defendant had lied about something he just didn't lie about. Chad's grandparents built the cabin in the 70s when he was just a baby. He has a good, clean military record. Lewis Smyth, the young man you met earlier, was a key witness for the state. But what should he do? To render aid, this is not a battle zone. So what attitude in your mind did he have when when he took after those kids? In fact, right from the start, that amazing shock of red hair at birth surprising even his own mother, Carol, if his name was going to be Colin. I see these three flashes and then I hear crack, crack, crack, crack. Now, between the children and whatever was out there, the woods were only their parents, the nearest sheriff's office, almost an hour's drive away, had to be your own policeman. I mean, if you had a gun and were shooting back, you would be in your right as defending yourself because you're being shot at. He did not know Rory suddenly took a wrong turn. He was hunched over the steering wheel. Somehow they managed to move Rory to the back seat of the car, but when one of them turned the key, the car wouldn't start. Who were these men in the car? And the car suddenly made a 180 and it looked like they were coming straight out. A green laser. What happened the next night would change all their lives. helicopter pilot (uncredited) See also Rory was airlifted out to a hospital in Reno. And on July 4th weekend, 2011, the restless young man in search of fun. Yes. And keeping it that way was Chad's particular preoccupation. a young father with a house nearby says he shot them in self-defense after they terrorized his family. Keith Morrison reports. How to catch a fish swim in a mountain lake, feel safe in the dark is an amazing father. 30 Miles from Nowhere is a 2018 American horror film directed by Caitlin Koller and starring Carrie Preston. Chad, a convicted felon, is currently being held at the California Department of Corrections in Sacramento and will only be eligible for parole in 2092. Exactly. Yeah, like looking like an assault right. Originally aired on NBC on October 18, 2013. But as the prosecutor told the jury, evidence found in the meadow told a very different story. So Carrie got dressed and then she and Chad and their friend drove the winding road down the mountain toward the main highway, perhaps nine miles down, hunting for a spot with cell phone reception. Miles From Nowhere - Podcast 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. There's no question Stephen did it: But was he conscious, or asleep, when it happened? for both of them, With one . This was so violent. I told Detective Steve Perry how the man in the car had fired at him out in self-defense. We were looking for a friend of ours, brother, who was having a gathering up. In a remote forest meadow in the dark, a tiny green dot probe, the interior of Rory Maguires immobilized Chrysler Sebring. . He was the life of the party, entrepreneurial to trying to start a mobile car washing business with a friend. And I was I was crying when I woke up because I didn't know who they were. Well, they say they said that everything was going to be OK. And the. He hemorrhaged a couple hours after we got there. It's just it's unimaginable. For one thing, shards of broken glass, which clearly mark precisely where the car was when Chad blew out the windows. I think it finally sunk in that he was going to get caught in the story. First of all, they thought they drove as fast as they could. In this classic Dateline MILES FROM NOWHERE (Season 22 Episode 5) forget about being scared of the dark, the real nightmare begins with a series of lights culminating in the tragic end of a young red-haired . Discover Dateline NBC Miles From Nowhere. Dateline NBC 01:23:27 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. Keith Morrison reports. They were mad and anyway, so everybody kind of got a kick out of that. What are you going to do if they come back of a threat from strangers? 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. Hey, it's Chris Hayes this week on my podcast, why is this happening? It's really scary. Their family cabin, where this all took place, is about one hour from Susanville near the Antelope Lake area. Sorry, but, you know, please don't kill me. A bright spotlight in the dark woods, solar lights marking a hidden driveway, headlights speeding down a winding mountain road and an ominous green laser light on the dashboard of a car. Here they discovered a world far more magical than any city could ever be. It was in the dark that the fear began in the dark with the sounds of the black night around and that it grew and grew, it terrorized our family, our friends who was out there in the dark here, miles and miles in the primeval woods, so far from safety, from civilized protection, they could just come onto our property and invade our lives. It was head height shooting at the windows of the vehicle. It used to seem like that happening to you. . It asked them to track down Chad Walland reads military records just to confirm his background. Yes, it could and was about to be for everyone. You're telling me that they fired three shots. One of them brought the kind of plugs into a cigarette lighter. chad was still in hot pursuit. DARlAN is the eldest, then Georgia and little Gregory. So when they drove past you going back this way, they were shooting with the arrow then? No idea if they'd survive the night or if the gunman was going to come back. Certainly relief some of the friends had run for cover during the shooting. Nine Nights of twisted killers. Keith Morrison reports. Some people had been shooting at each other. Never step foot outside a prison ever again, not be able to see have not have conjugal visits with his wife, not not be able to see his children go through birthdays and marriages. Chad watched his enemies driver's side window blow out. In such a manner I never envisioned being. He didn't say shoot at me in the car. And I'm pretty sure he said I can't and right at that moment, I saw the laser light again and at that point the gunman approached. Then that morning, Detective Pay heard from his colleague, Chris Hendrickson, who had spent his night talking to those young man. And they took it off and he was bleeding a lot this badly wounded man, plus the others, May five. I'm sorry. It may have been tramping around in their property. And we especially fish when it was pretty much awesome. 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. And I said, look, we didn't shoot your house. Search for why is this happening wherever you're listening right now and subscribe. It was making sure that we were safe. Wounded, trapped, they can only wait where's the shooter coming to finish the job? He talked again and again about his army career. Why Antelope Lake, because the man told Detective Henrikson there were cabins there, people safety. But the sheriffs in the warden's right away saw that he had it on too tight and he'd had it on too long and was very painful. You know, I as far as you know, I've never I never expected for us to be apart. I couldn't tell what the look was about. They believe that they would be just a few minutes from safety. Right. One of the things that really blew my mind during this book is finding out that Kentucky, for instance, was in the union. Force will be used, deadly force, red blooded Christians only. No, no, it hurts that that thought those words hurt my heart. Hollister he chased those boys seven point six miles and he shot to kill. Yes, sir, I think it finally sunk in that it was all going to come back to him and he was going to get caught in his story. Must've been terrifying. They were all under the impression that the suspects were in the meadow, in the car and maybe armed and officers treated them as such. But to watch, they were alone in the dark and their friend, the driver, Rory, was clearly in bad shape. No. He was gone. A photographer of all people, one of the first to reach the scene of the shooting and the images he captured. I guarantee you, later that morning, detectives went out to the meadow and discovered some fascinating evidence. Language. Well, who are you? Eon praline - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. We have four gentlemen down at this potential crime scene and then they have missed a wall and read with another detective in another spot. There's always a place for me at home and we can't stop talking about him. You're in the dark. Here in the meadow, and prior to that, had you shot the two to three of them at any other time? How many shots? Those kids did everything they could to give up. In fact, all night chatted, but a deep conversation with detectives from the police county sheriff's office. Did they even have one? They got to dump the gun out there somewhere, but they didn't all run, went up to the right here, remember the one shot in the leg, the one whose hand they saw sticking up, who was found bleeding out in the meadow? Dateline NBC 01:23:27 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. It was elements that could make up gunshot residue. No, I think it was assumed it was just some sort of random act of vandalism that I guess young kids would do. I shot back. I just remember seeing this hand come up out of the grass and everyone was like, whoa, we got to hand. And because I now am cut short of all of that with my son and a little quinsy stuck in his cell jahad all the time of the world to think about why he did this trickle effect of war if he never had a gun, was no one would ever happen. English. So how much did you have to do with the decision to charge him everything? With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. Which is kind of confusing, seeing as he accused us of shooting at his house. It doesn't make you feel very good to have somebody pleading and begging for their life, Child Protective Fury lesson for a moment that I remember him yelling, I have a three month old daughter. And I think I killed one of them. Keith Morrison . No car, no cell service, no idea exactly where they were. He's not in the meadow and he's not in that hospital bed and he's not on that road trying to get away from the shooter. But you I take that back. It gave the jury a true understanding of the horror that happened that night. It was sitting right there. They didn't feel comfortable staying at the car and I don't blame them. Watch the green dot move across his body, waited for the gunman to finish him off. Chad is currently serving time at the California Department of Corrections in Sacramento and will only be eligible for parole in 2092. With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. In the car, in the meadow, I still feel like I need to go help him. He was placed in reasonable fear of imminent danger or death by the actions of the occupiers. Chad Wallin-Reed was ultimately charged with first-degree murder, along with seven other offenses, including shooting at an occupied car, the illegal possession of an assault rifle, and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon. But most of the shot placement was all high and height. Do you think they were firing on you? What do you think is the appropriate thing that should happen to this man? Of course, bourbon is made in a place that now pretends it lost a war. Who were these men? Those who could read, I said, come on, let's go. Hollister's mailbox. Well, I think that, uh. They are OK. He came for the crime, the family values. Now, here they were a second time. The Sacramento Bee reports. I think pretty well proved that there was a gun in the victim's car and that they fired at Chad. He fired back. For most of two years, often twice a week, Gary Warren Reed drove back and forth through the high Sierra to visit her husband in the Plumas County lockup. IE 11 is not supported. And a bunch of people came out yelling. View All Episodes Add to Playlist Share on: Shop Packages And the nurse immediately her face, she looked at me. And he is about to give us his account of a July 4th weekend on a dark and lonely road in the high Sierra. It sounded like somebody poured a ton of water on the ground. The few deputies on patrol are scattered over a vast wilderness. A laser from a gun, we assume. And the children stayed home and worry mostly. Heinous, premeditated, malicious aforethought. 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. Yes. I picked up the car that was sitting. But defense attorneys stuck to the heart of their case. I like his military weapon, security and pleasure. He had not served overseas. And a few hours later, the loving husband, doting father, Army Ranger Chad Wollen Reed, was now an accused murderer. 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