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Hey listeners. I'm Whit Missledine, the

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creator of this is actually happening.

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And I wanna tell you about a limited series

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we've created called Point blank. Point

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blank is a five part series sharing

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the stories of five people whose lives

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were forever altered by the forgotten spree

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killings of Rancho Tejema. Where a

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lone gunman devastated a small

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town in Northern California, attacking

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eight different locations in the span of

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only twenty five minutes. The killing

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spree was largely overshadowed by the Las

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Vegas shooting that dominated the headlines

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just weeks earlier. And because of the lack

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of media pension, this small community

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was left isolated and alone to pick

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up the pieces. Point blank gives

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you intimate first person accounts of what

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happened that day. From a father that drew the

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gunman away from the local school to

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the sister of the shooter. These are riveting

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stories that will stick with you long

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after you listen. Exploring the question

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what happens when everything changes.

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Wieder together by that time for three

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years already, and then we bought

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a place out here and moved out here. She

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loved it. She loved being out in the country. She

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liked the the serenity, the the privacy.

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We were kind of out on the edge. I

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was never home. I was on the road working

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construction. I was only home on weekends

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or between jobs, but

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it was more about her. That made her

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happy to be out here where we can even have

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a space and have our animals and have a Darbone,

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you know. Right now, we're looking at

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snow capped mountains all the way around. Beautiful

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mouscheasta and that lesson

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and everything in between. It's it's

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lovely. Wieder

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see the stars. You know, we used to

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get up on the roof and set up the telescopes and,

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you know, with our allotted time. Be a light to interfere.

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No. We we enjoyed the whole experience of being

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out in the country. It was it was awesome,

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but you you do kinda have to be tough

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to to live here. You know, it's tough.

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My life is tough. Life is a challenge.

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Right? I'd

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had a shoulder I'd

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had surgery, so I was off work.

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And it's just about to the point where was

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a couple more Wieder, and then I was gonna hit the road

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again, go to work. So let that tell him, and

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I was going to a doctor's appointment in

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Reading. She was going along with

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me. We're on our way to her

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doctor's appointment. Wieder

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driving down the road, and we

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see this guy in in our lane I

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was driving. And I said something

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to Michelle, just somebody's drunk

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off early, you know. And so

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I swerved into the other lane. You know?

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He we're closing. He's words into

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that lane as Wylie. he's

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holding his track, you know? And I what

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the hell? You know? We're

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closing the whole time, and I at

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the last second, I turned to get out

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of his way. And he

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t boned right behind my door, and

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our car went flying. Our

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car spun. And how

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we ended up on a side street there from

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the main road? You

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know, I checked on her, honey. Are y'all

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alright? And she kinda gave me

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the home, you know, she was hurt. I'm

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I was still in one piece, you know,

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but I said, well, let's get out of here. I

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couldn't open my door. So we had to crawl

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out her side and she crawls out and

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falls down immediately. She was

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hurt. I

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crawled out and then just as I put one foot out

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the door, the gunfire began. And

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Michelle's on the ground. And she looks

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up to me as someone's shooting. I don't

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know because we're disoriented with this bad

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car accident. I get out and I look

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over the the roof of the car in

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the direction where I knew the creep and the pickup

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was. And he's firing again.

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He had laser sights. And he's

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firing and I told Michelle, run.

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She got she went little whiz and

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fell down and then got back up and

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ran. I'm thinking

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she's out of the way. I went

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around back to the main road. Sure

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not if he follows me. I'm a big target. So

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I'm running away. I'm widening this

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gap. Michelle's running up this

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other street. I'm running down this way. He's

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following me. Good. That's what I want.

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Firing the whole time. Round after

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round, not machine gun. It was

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phew phew.

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They're bouncing off the ground. I'm running

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uphill. I need to get covered

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somewhere, but there was nowhere to get covered.

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At that time, some

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people pulled up, and I I go

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up to the car and let me in

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and try to open the car door

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on this SUV and the people

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locked it. They weren't letting me in, and then they

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back up my hand still in the handle of

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their And they pull me to the ground.

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Bullots are flying. They're scared to.

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So I'm left there. I picked myself up. The bullets

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are still flying. I clam her

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up and, I don't know, I get another

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ten feet.

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And that's when the first bullet hit me. And

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I hit the ground. Hey,

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