this is sears. >> remember, their cabin didn't have a telephone, so carrie got dressed and then she and chad and their friends drove the winding road down the mountain to the main highway, perhaps nine miles down, hunting for a spot with cell phone reception. we were nose to nose. >> like a military term. November 22, 2013 / 6:00 AM / CBS Sacramento QUINCY, Calif. (AP) A California man has been sentenced to more than 80 years to life in prison for murdering a 20-year-old man who allegedly stole a. >> it was the sheriff's deputy. >> they didn't feel comfortable staying at the car and i don't blame them. >> and then the strangers told them their parents were explaining things to the police. >> all of a sudden i heard all this yelling and commotion and sounded like somebody was fighting. heart healthy, huh?! Jan 7, 2021 Miles From Nowhere Play 1 hr 23 min playlist_add 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. a nightmare with no end. trained the spotlight on them. Best of NBC News. this was graphic stuff. he admitted he fired the ar-15 just before he got to the meadow. 120 min NR (Not Rated) News, Series Series. insecure, you as a parent have failed, you know, and that's how i felt as a father, as a person that is supposed to protect your family. still, why did he take the solar light? >> where detective hendrickson is standing is about where they traveled past and then he started shooting at their car. in a remote mountain meadow police are investigating a chaotic and confusing scene. i said, i took off after them, and i think i killed one of them. did you ever consider my kids? stand your ground and also, a certain attorney discovered, there were some tiny specification of evidence at the crime scene that just might set chad free. Mystery in South Beach. what if? couldn't have been from the young men, said the prosecutor. chad wasn't exactly sure. impressive! he had not serveoverseas. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. >> his anxiety was not hard to understand, but what didn't make sense, how his account differed on some very key points from that of chad wallin reed, the man who confronted them. >> no. >> yes. telling the story was not easy for louis. so we talked about her options. you really do call the shots. >> he starts to circle around the car. >> the defendant, after all, was not just a family man, the father of these three adorable children, he was as he told the detectives ex-military. >> at that point it was obvious i'd lose my leg. i love bold flavors! get around the truck. i put in the hourswhere i am today by luck. Air date: Oct 4, 2013. >> nothing like that, no. Wallin-Reed caught up to the car and fired at it multiple times. hey! the makeshift teem convoyed to the meadow, geared up for a possible shootout. he loves this country, you know, he fought for his freedom. 01:31 Dateline Miles From Nowhere Deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a family's idyllic vacation home is threatened when an unknown car enters their property in the dead of the night. what is surprising is who was riding with him. you're entering the roc, the sign said, which meant the republic of chad. what did they want? break-ins are not uncommon in the isolated cabins out here in the wilderness. Miles From Nowhere. before it happened, before that summer night in july, 2011, this was, well, let them tell it. >> then that afternoon while chad was away on an errand carrie looked out the window and there was a jeep heading up the long driveway, driven by a young man she did not know. >> and then it just shut off the headlights and pulled up on the driveway. [ man #1 ] to remember my grandmother. mmm! >> someone in the car ahead threw solar lights out the window, then waved something. >> we're small enough where any type of homicide that occurs i get called right away. >> remember the one shot in the leg, the one whose hand they saw sticking up who was found bleeding out in the meadow? no. 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. . >> i still feel like i need to, go help him in the car in the meadow. corresponding with the three shots. A literal trail of evidence found in the meadow may help the prosecution prove that Chad lied about what happened that night.March 15, 2015. >> no. >> early on saturday morning at 2:00 a.m. chad was jolted awake. glasses exploding. >> then there was another guy in the back seat who was i guess the driver. it was sunday morning, july 3rd. and selling her car wouldn't fly. >> forever. there was no gun. >> security was why he gave carrie a revolver and taught her to use it and stocked the cabin with guns. Its a story that started in 2002 with a single letter from an incarcerated man claiming his innocence. he had not fulfilled his commitment. >> but the main thing those young men told detective hendrickson was they did not shoot at chad wallin reed. >> the dirt road, emptied into a meadow. he was creative. [ female announcer ] just about anywhere you use sugar, you can use splenda no calorie sweetener. >> i'm raj mathai. >> cheap light, maybe four or five bucks. the old plumas county courthouse, lovely in the autumn sun, has pride of place here on main street in quincy, california. Listen to this episode from Dateline NBC on Spotify. just choose, load, and save up to 20% automatically at sears.com thyepit's a great ride and it has great gas mileage. he was arrested for attempted. Was Matthew Podolaks Death a Result of His Depression? oh he's biting my head oh! and they soon find chad's account is changing. they were firing back at me. and if he's going to lie about that -- >> absolutely. [ male announcer ] at progresso, we've got a passion for quality. strike would end late tonight. Dateline NBC. it's very chaotic. >> no. i'm by the candles. in a remote forest meadow in the dark a tiny green dot probed the interior of rory mcguire's immobilized chrysler sebring. i was surprised i could still feel pain because my leg had gone numb so long that all it remained was pain. make it delicious with swanson. nothing short of shocking. then over the radio came a new twist. >> he told us he knew exactly where he shot from. yeah. keep love strong. >> and now, between the children and whatever was out there in the woods, the nearest sheriff's office just an hour's drive away. a young father with a house nearby says he shot them in self-defense after they terrorized his family. and suddenly the cabin felt more remote, the woods less like home, and the children? First Aired: November 16th, 2022. [ female announcer ] suave professionals works as well as salon brands. no way. >> yes. nice. >> right here. >> surprising then when carrie heard what chad told us when we interviewed him before the trial. Now available at no extra cost to Sky and NOW subscribers in the following locations: Peacock is not yet available in your territory. IE 11 is not supported. >> it put us all on edge, you know, basically high alert. >> well, the police asked these people if they had guns and they said no. so you have the courage to jump in go in for the hug or make sparks fly. for a fresh breath feeling that lasts up to 5x longer, get scope outlast. we were trying everything to have them stop. felt his alleged victims were the ones in the wrong. no, i've got it. i couldn't make any words out, you know. >> a lot of letters went to the local paper i think pretty evenly divided between people saying the state ought to reimburse chad the cost of his ammunition and people saying, you know, i moved up here from the bay area to get away from all this. is it possible you were wrong? >> meanwhile this whole time we've been trying to call 911 and there is no service and somebody suggests we wave my. like an accusation, i guess. not be able to see, not have conjugal visits with his wife, not be able to see his children, their birthdays, marriages. >> why is it so important to you? >> you just let it go? he probably has a citi thankyou card and gets 2x the points at restaurants. >> the commotion, the stolen light, the foot prints of people who had no business being there, the children picked up the anxiety. one guy is limping really bad. A First Look at the Suspicious Death of Bridget Harrison, Seemona Sumasar Reported Boyfriend for Emotional Torture and Rape, Datelines Unsolved Case Squad Gathers for Lindsay Buziaks Case, Lindsay Buziaks Ex-Boyfriend Tells His Side of the Story. louis laid down on the ground, propped his wounded leg against the car. Miles From Nowhere, Part 7 . all eyes were on rory. they were mad and, anyway, everybody kind of got a kick out of that. [ male announcer ] colgate slimsoft. for both of them, what's about to happen is unthinkable. >> we stopped at the top of a canyon and were shining the. starts this triple effect of if you never had a gun -- but something just grabs me inside to say, they were wrong. >> louis told us it's his duty now to keep rory's memory alive for himself and for carol who's in his life now for good. S22 E3742m. it wasn't exactly where chad said it was. >> crack, crack, and fire. >> they took me back down to the booking area. officers, ambulances, helicopters coming in. >> didn't expect it? >> i think that -- i don't -- my faith in the legal system is seriously shaken. >> but on a summer night deep in the california sierra the terror came out of the dark, came after them, to take everything. >> he told detective steve fay how the men in the car had fired, at him. potential was wasted. >> they must have had a gun that night, said olson, because on the route of the chase investigators found three shell casings, casings that did not match any of chad's guns. >> sure. >> like a piece of plastic. he was protecting us. he was angry. well, perhaps because the ar-15, which chad bought legally in nevada, was illegal in california. it's a very good reason to enjoy something sweet with the ones you love. two men, possibly wounded, had been found wandering through a campground. >> bail was set at a million dollars. S22 E3441m. >> i'm lester holt and this is "dateline." >> were they going to shoot him? at least that is how it was for the plumas county new district attorney david hollister who moved here after years of prosecuting the worse that oakland had to offer. that defense expert must not have been privy to all of the evidence. Air date: Oct 11 . >> breathe through your nose. he had printed up business cards. he's my best buddy. >> we the jury in the above entitled cause find the defendant gregory chad wallin reed guilty of a felony, to wit, murder, first degree, of rory, mcguire. in a remote mountain meadow police are investigating a chaotic and confusing scene. Now available at no extra cost to Sky and NOW subscribers in the following locations: UK and IrelandGermany, Austria, and SwitzerlandItaly. and i'm pretty sure he said, i can't. First published on November 22, 2013 / 6:00 AM. i take that back. so slim! it's not just invasive. >> staley and the warden were now joined by a total of three deputies. Keith Morrison reports. come home. >> 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. he could barely talk. but this was not how it was or was ever meant to be. what? did you push them on that? >> that's what the military trained me to do is react. >> terrorized our family, our friends. Enjoy bingeworthy Originals and a huge catalogue of hit TV series and blockbuster films. With war just a few hundred miles away, there are now makeshift signs for the nearest basement in Sevastopol. Could the Defense Convince a Jury John Hinckley Jr. Was Insane? wardens find everything from bear poachers and pot farmers and it attracted a reality show which sent a photographer named ben staley to the little town here in plymouth county. out into the blackness for help, see if they could find a cabin or a ranch house where they might find a working land line. >> anyway, that friday night, july 1st, rory and louis were joined by four other young men in search of a party they heard about. >> we were just sitting there on the porch kicking back, relaxing, bs'ing. 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; authorities wonder if it was self-defense or something else. he was making sure we were safe. they found nothing. though chad said he didn't know that. >> i could pretty much tell that meant business. >> then one of them remembered some crazy warning signs he'd seen by the road side, wanted to show his buddies. Keith Morrison reports. just laughing and stuff like that. about yoplait's fall favorites. >> i was just like, in my mind thinking, where are you? fuzzy rollbacks, chunky rollbacks, and pretty rollbacks. this is exactly the kind of case that leads to hung juries. i switched to some weird bargain detergent instead of tide but no matter how much i poured, our clothes were missing that tide clean we were used to. the difference is best foods. IE 11 is not supported. remember those three nonchad shell casings found on the road, that the defense made such a big fuss about? i didn't know what. he'd been in the army, remember. team or something like that has come in. they have to go on with their lives and they kind of make a new plan. let bing find the photos you've been gathering in the cloud, the music you've been collecting on your device, and all the places you've been dreaming about from the web. ram him? >> but defense attorneys stuck to the heart of their case. >> back in the cabin, carrie lay tense on the couch, her three kids sleeping beside her. Was Corey Atchison Lying to Police About the Death of James Lane? >> the next thing i know as i'm looking up i see these three flashes. could any outcome be worse? >> my friend has just been shot in the head. they drove as fast as they could. >> he kind of starts to circle around the car. very chaotic that night. did he say? New. it felt like heat kind of came over my leg. all of these other lies added up. TV Archive View Details. at petsmart. >> i'd been in the quincy area for a couple months getting in all kinds of trouble with the california game wardens. so the jury didn't get to hear him say he did the right thing. but they didn't all run. for both of them, >> we better do this case right and we better do it once because that's about our only shot at it. >> i remember him yelling, i have a 3-month-old daughter. >> in fact, all night chad had been in deep conversation with detectives from the plumis county sheriff's office. >> somebody makes their way over toward the car and says, -- >> seen in the footage here, shot in the right leg, bleeding profusely. you know, is everything okay? the call, of course, was recorded. >> exactly. and he took off. >> rory was shot in his head. >> here's how olson presented his stand your ground defense in his opening to the jury. NBC News NOW. go further. 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. their only electricity came from a generator. it's just, you know, being able to put in a 30-round magazine and set up a target and just go at it. a remote mountain meadow in his ar-15 at the ready, chad reed approached the car full of. >> then his story changed again. actually progresso's soup has pretty bold flavor. the car suddenly made a 180. it looked like they were coming straight at you. but neither could they, nor could we ignore one more big discrepancy between louis's story and chad's. because what you don't know, can hurt you. >> this is where chad taught his children how to exist in the natural world, how to catch a fish, swim in a mountain lake, feel safe in the dark. With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. i made some missteps. i'm shot. 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