GUILTY CA - Four killed, 2 injured in tribal office shooting, Alturas, 20 Feb 2014

[oceanblueeyes]

By M. Alex Johnson


A woman opened fire at an eviction hearing Thursday in northern California, killing four people and critically wounding two others, authorities said.

Sherie Rhoades, 44, was held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the shootings Thursday afternoon at the Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Office in Alturas, Alturas Police Chief Ken Barnes said.


The shootings occurred during a hearing at which Rhoades was being evicted from the Rancheria along with her son, the Redding Record Searchlight newspaper reported Thursday night, citing Alturas police. Alturas a town of about 2,800 in sparsely populated Modoc County, near the Oregon border.


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/4-killed-2-wounded-california-eviction-hearing-n35156

 

[oceanblueeyes]

ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) — An eviction hearing at a Native American headquarters in Northern California turned deadly as a woman who once served as a tribal leader allegedly opened fire, killing four people and critically wounding two others in a gun and knife attack, authorities said.


Cherie Lash Rhoades, a former chairwoman of Cedarville Rancheria, was taken into custody after the bloody attack at the tribal office Thursday afternoon, Alturas police chief Ken Barnes said in area media reports.


Barnes said in a story carried by KRCR-TV that the four dead are a 19-year-old woman, a 30-year-old man, a 45-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man. The police chief said one victim is the tribe's leader.


http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/police-4-dead-2-injured-in-n-calif-shooting

 

[MsAnais]

One of the people she killed was her brother, the tribal chairman:

"Though police have said they are still working on a motive, a nephew who lived with her, Jacob Penn, said she snapped under the pressure of her brother trying to evict her. The brother, Rurik Davis, who lived down the street on the Rancheria, had apparently taken over as tribal chairman and was among the dead."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/cherie-...ion-meeting-20140225-hvdo9.html#ixzz2uHzQZzvG

 

[MsAnais]

I see she killed more than one relative :facepalm: :

"......two of the dead were his brother and sister, Rhoades' nephew and niece."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/cherie-...ion-meeting-20140225-hvdo9.html#ixzz2uI10qRD8

 

[LadyL]

Rurik Davis FB:

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/rurik.davis

 

[LadyL]

Cedarville Rancheria FB:

https://www.facebook.com/rurik.davis#!/cedarville.rancheria

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.recorderonline.com/news/...cle_00947af0-a201-5ef9-bf45-d2fb6eacbe45.html

Prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty against a woman accused of killing four people and trying to kill two others at a Northern California tribal meeting.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Tribal murder suspect found guilty - December 20, 2016

http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/tribal-murder-suspect-found-guilty/article_083404b0-8876-5d3d-b294-37045d985066.html

A former tribal official who killed four people in a shooting and stabbing at the Cedarville Rancheria in Alturas has been found guilty and could face the death penalty.

Cherie Lash Rhoades, 47, was convicted by a jury Monday for a Feb. 20, 2014, attack that killed four people — some relatives of Rhoades — and wounded two more.

Rhoades was also found guilty of special circumstances allowing prosecutors to seek the death penalty and the jury will return for a penalty phase of the trial Jan. 3.

 

[0101ABA]

Jury Approves Death Penalty for Convicted Alturas Mass Shooter Cherie Rhoades

The woman convicted in a 2014 mass shooting in Alturas will be sentenced to death, a jury decided Thursday.

A Placer County judge will go forward with the decision at a hearing in April.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Motion filed for retrial in Modoc tribal murder trial

http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/modoc/motion-filed-for-retrial-in-cherie-rhoades-murder-trial/409356418

Cherie Lash-Rhoades attorney, Antonio Alvarez, has filed for a retrial after the Modoc County Sheriff's Office was notified that a witness in the trial may have given false testimony.

In a press release, the Modoc County Sheriff's Office said they are legally obligated to disclose information that is potentially exculpatory which is both favorable and material to the prosecution or defense of a criminal defendant.

Due to this obligation, the Sheriff's Office investigated the notification and turned the finding over to the Placer County District Attorney's Office investigator and to Alvarez.

The possible false testimony had been given by former Alturas Police Chief, Ken Barnes.

 

[0101ABA]

Alturas mass shooter sentenced to death

Cherie Lash-Rhoades, the woman convicted of killing four people in a mass shooting in Alturas in 2014, was sentenced to death Monday morning by a Modoc County judge.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

I came across this video today, about Native Americans who participated in the archaeological surveys before the Ruby Pipeline was installed through northwestern Nevada into Oregon. Rurik "Two Bears" Davis was one of the primary interviewees. I thought folks following this case might find it interesting.

Breaking New Ground - Far Western

 

[Auntie Cipation]

I'm nearly a month late in posting this, but --

The death penalty moratorium California Governor Gavin Newsom enacted last month affects Cherie Rhoades.

Gavin Newsom signs order pausing California death penalty - CNNPolitics

California governor halts executions

Gov. Newsom halts death penalty. Can he convince Californians to abolish it for good?