4 shot in rural California. 1 dead, 2 hospitalized and one lost 30+ hours.

[Keepalowprofile]

Tri-Valley doctor shot, killed while off-roading in Sierra County

A Tri-Valley doctor died after being shot while off-roading with his teenage son in a rural area in Sierra County during the holiday weekend.

www.pleasantonweekly.com

A Danville doctor died after being shot while off-roading with his teenage son in a rural area in Sierra County during the holiday weekend.
The victim was identified by family friends as Dr. Ari Gershman, a pulmonary doctor in the Bay Area. His son Jack, 15, was rescued from the forest land after getting lost for more than a day after running from the danger,
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The Sierra County Sheriff's Office said two other people were also shot nearby in what appears to be a connected incident. Sheriff's representatives had not yet responded to a request for an update on the case.
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The situation unfolded on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m. when deputies received a call about two people being shot in a remote area of northwestern Sierra County -- a lightly populated rural county on the eastern edge of California bordering Nevada, between Chico and Reno.

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DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy was lost for more than 30 hours in a Sierra Nevada forest after a gunman killed his father during an Independence Day trip and wounded two other people in separate attacks, authorities and acquaintances said.

The suspect was arrested on Saturday after a chase. His name wasn’t immediately released.

Dr. Ari Gershman of Danville was shot Friday while off-roading in a new four-wheel-drive Jeep with his son, Jack, near Downieville, according to a GoFundMe page set up for the family.

Downieville is northeast of Sacramento and west of Reno, Nevada.

Jack fled and called police to say he was lost, according to the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office. He was found in good condition on July 4 in Tahoe National Forest.

There were two other people shot and hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

Dr. Ari Gershman

 

[Keepalowprofile]

The shooter has been identified as:
John Thomas Conway, age 40, Oroville.


As i was looking for a mugshot i found him on butte county most wanyed list in 2019

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Multi-Agency Response Ends Active Shooter Threat in Sierra County

SIERRA COUNTY, Calif. July 7, 2020 – On July 3, 2020, at about 1600 hours, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office received information that two persons sustained gunshot wounds by an assailant in the Poker Flat area of northwestern Sierra County. The assailant was driving a utility terrain vehicle...

yubanet.com

 

[Blunderbuss Firozabad]

Jesus, it's like an Australian horror film.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

Jesus, it's like an Australian horror film.

And his poor son Jack, lost/hiding from the gunman in the woods for 30 hours.

 

[Sejanus]

I may have seen this movie.
Brutal.
If ever a death penalty was earned...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A San Francisco Bay Area doctor who was on an off-roading trip with his 15-year-old son was shot and killed after he stopped to ask a man for directions, his son and other relatives said.

Dr. Ari Gershman of Danville was shot on the Fourth of July near Downieville in rural Sierra County. Gershman and his son, Jack, had never been to the remote Tahoe National Forest and pulled over at a fork when a man came up behind their Jeep on an ATV.

“My dad suggested that we ask him for directions,” Jack Gershman told CBS News Thursday. “The shooter pulls out a pistol and starts shooting.”

The teenager said he ran from the car into the surrounding woods and got lost. When he was finally able to call his mom, Paige Gershman, he barely had reception and his phone was running out of power.

“I said, ‘Where’s Dad?’ And he’s like, ‘He’s been shot.’ And I said, ‘What do you — what do you even mean?’” Paige Gershman told CBS News.

Ari Gershman, 45, died at the scene and his son spent 30 hours alone and lost in the dense woods, drinking from a stream, wearing only shorts and a T-shirt. He was covered in bug bites and scratches when he was rescued, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

John Thomas Conway was arrested following a police chase on his ATV.

Moments before the shooting of Ari Gershman, Conway also shot and injured two other people nearby who survived, the office said.

Last year, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office listed Conway as one of its most wanted fugitives as he had outstanding felony warrants for vandalism, battery and two counts of making terrorist threats. A judge held a mental competency hearing and the case was allowed to continue, according to court records.

Son of slain California doctor said dad was asking for directions when he was shot

DANVILLE, Calif. — A San Francisco Bay Area doctor who was on an off-roading trip with his 15-year-old son was shot and killed after he stopped to ask a man for directions, his son and other relati…

nypost.com

 

[McDanel]

This is horrifying. It's a wonder the son wasn't frozen by shock and killed too. This cruel thing probably laughed as he watched the kid run. This is semi local, Reno is about 25 miles north of me.

 

[Prettypink513]

Idk why this makes me think of that movie "Wrong Turn" horrible

 

[Blizzard]

Per MSN.com:

John Thomas Conway, 40, of Honcut (Butte County), was charged with nine felony counts, including murder, attempted murder and burglarizing a gold mine, along with a number of special allegations, according to the criminal complaint.

Hes got quite the laundry list at the url.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...burglarizing-gold-mine/ar-BB16HoVX?li=BBnb7Kz

He has criminally mentally-ill written all over his face, and his record, and his behavior, but I know Americans don't want to hear that. I'm not saying let the criminally mentally ill like him go free in the world, in fact i think the incurable ones should be humanely euthanized (animals are euthanized in a way that may be more humane than jails use, i suspect). But, just saying, this one is a crazy fuck.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Per MSN.com:



Hes got quite the laundry list at the url.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...burglarizing-gold-mine/ar-BB16HoVX?li=BBnb7Kz

He has criminally mentally-ill written all over his face, and his record, and his behavior, but I know Americans don't want to hear that. I'm not saying let the criminally mentally ill like him go free in the world, in fact i think the incurable ones should be humanely euthanized (animals are euthanized in a way that may be more humane than jails use, i suspect). But, just saying, this one is a crazy fuck.

Not to be snarky, but I don't see it. I see remorseless, lack of control and dumb. Like drooling dumb. I've had to commit my brother to a psychiatric ward or 12 before, I've been around some insanity. I can't say that I see it here.

 

[Blizzard]

Well, on the behavior side: like out in a remote area and then murder a guy that was an absolute nobody to him and would have simply gone on his way without even remembering him. WTF was that. Great way to get the cops' attention: leave a body AND a witness who runs the fuck away. Felon: carrying handgun, ammunition at house, perfect way to get even more charges stacked. Stolen vehicle case from earlier, battery from earlier .. vandalism .. making threats. It's not possible that mentally-correct ppl can do all these things. Then, he shoots at cops and I think all he had was a 9 mm Taurus and the game was pretty much over before it started.

IMO either fix that thing or destroy it like the senseless animal it is before it kills more doctors or wastes more resources. They euthanize dangerous dogs with less provocation.