This article provides a comprehensive overview of several high-profile shooting incidents involving individuals named Chad Reid, detailing the events, investigations, and legal consequences.
Dixie County Sheriff's Office Shooting
In a tragic incident, Dixie County Sheriff's Capt. Chad Reed was fatally shot in the line of duty. The events unfolded late Thursday afternoon at the Rick Gooding Funeral Home at 16984 S.E. 19 and Southeast 289th Street in Cross City.
The ordeal began when Hernando authorities reported that Kalisz shot four women in Brooksville, two of them fatally. According to Hernando authorities, the two women killed have been identified as 61-year-old Kathryn Donovan, Kalisz's sister, and Deborah Buckley Tillotson, 59, both of Brooksville. Donovan was shot three times and Tillotson four times. Also shot were Amy Wilson, 33, of Hudson, and 18-year-old Manessa Donovan, Kathryn Donovan's daughter. Wilson was shot two times and Manessa Donovan as many as five times, authorities said.
The 18-year-old was two months' pregnant at the time of the shooting and lost her unborn child as a result, Hernando Sheriff Richard Nugent said Friday. Both Wilson and Manessa Donovan were listed in stable condition. Wilson and Tillotson worked for Kathryn Donovan at her home-based business, Hernando authorities said.
Kalisz, the suspect, was followed by several deputies into a gas station in Cross City. Before pulling into the gas station, he threatened to "take out as many deputies as possible," Hernando authorities have said. The officers - some in marked cars - followed the suspect into the station at a normal rate of speed, witnesses said. Several deputies followed him into the gas station, Hatcher said.
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According to Sheriff Hatcher, Reed had exited his car and was walking south toward Kalisz, who was in the driver's seat of the car deputies had been following. Kalisz faced north, lifted a gun, pointed in Reed's direction and fired once, Hatcher said. Deputy "Michael Brannin told me he saw the gun coming up in Kalisz's hand, so he started to fire," Hatcher said. "We had two other deputies return fire, too - Mical Malloy and Maj. Scott Hardin. I think they fired 11 shots, and five of them hit (Kalisz), one in the side of his neck and the other four in the front of his torso."
A minute later, dispatch records show deputies on the scene called for an ambulance for Reed, 33, who was shot once in the mouth and briefly remained conscious at the scene before dying later at Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville. After being hit, Reed remained upright and staggered backward 15 or 20 feet before falling to the pavement, Hatcher said. "Another one of our deputies, John Simmons, reached Chad first, and (Chad) was able to tell him that he had been hit," Hatcher said. "John pulled him to safety around the back of his car because at that point we didn't know if there were more shooters or what."
Kalisz remained hospitalized Friday in critical condition at Shands, where he was flown after being shot by officers at the Cross City gas station. The 55-year-old Brooksville man is accused of killing two women - one of whom was his sister - and wounding two others in Hernando County before eluding police and ending up in Dixie County.
FDLE seized the deputies' guns as well as the gun taken from Kalisz for analysis at a crime lab. Once FDLE agents have completed their report on the incident, it will be sent to the 3rd Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office. It then will be up to State Attorney Skip Jarvis to decide whether charges will be filed against the suspect, as well as whether officers were justified in shooting him, an FDLE official said Friday.
FDLE spokesman Mike Morrison said agents were at the scene of the shooting Friday to gather evidence. "FDLE's role is to interview witnesses, process the scene and examine all forensic evidence. Our job is fact-finding to determine how the incident unfolded and what happened," Morrison said. "Once we complete our investigation, we will provide a report to the State Attorney's Office. His office will make the determination on justifiable use of force and any charges against the suspect." Morrison said he did not have an estimate as to how long the investigation will take.
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Warrants have been issued in Hernando County for Kalisz's arrest on murder charges, Alachua County sheriff's spokesman Art Forgey said.
Funeral services for Capt. Chad Reed are scheduled to be held Sunday at the First Baptist Church of Cross City at 16024 S.E. 19 in Cross City.
News of Reed's death spread quickly across rural Dixie County and around state law enforcement networks. On Friday morning, the small lobby inside the Sheriff's Office in the Dixie County Courthouse was packed with sheriffs from neighboring counties, ranking officers from state agencies and others who wanted to personally express their condolences and offer their help to the agency. Several agencies offered to take over operations to allow the Dixie sheriff's 72 employees time to grieve.
Hatcher said that what he cannot fathom is how he will replace Reed, a deputy with the ability to write everything from speeding tickets to federal grants. In addition to working with road deputies, Reed also served as the agency's spokesman and put on many of its public presentations,"There were so many bills on his cap that it looked like a bonnet," Hatcher said. "I can put another body in his job, but there is no way we can ever replace him, because he could do it all. I just don't know how we will replace him."
Battle Creek Double Murder Case
In a separate incident, Chad Allan Reed, a landlord from Calhoun County, Michigan, was sentenced to life in prison on Dec. 8, 2023, for killing his tenants, Jaclyn Lepird, 31, and Joseph Soule, 34. Battle Creek residents Jaclyn Lepird, 31, and Joseph Soule, 34, were reported missing on Oct. 12, 2020.
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Reed was convicted of first-degree murder, second-degree murder charge, and four firearm-related charges, according to court records. During an argument on Oct. 7, 2020, Soule allegedly pulled a knife on Reed. In self-defense, Reed shot and killed the 34-year-old, according to Calhoun County Detective Sgt. Joel Case. "He said they were on the porch and Joey had...he didn't say what brought any of this up," Lynn Marie Pemberton, Reed's aunt, said during questioning Oct. 3. "He just said they were on the porch, Joey had a knife pointed at him and he pulled a gun and shot him."
When Lepird tried to run away, Reed ran after her. He allegedly "pounded" Lepird's face, tried to slit her throat and eventually found something to wrap around the 31-year-old's neck, strangling her in her backyard. "He said Jackie came through the door and all he could think of was leave no witnesses," Pemberton said. "She ran off the porch and she ran toward the backyard and he grabbed the knife off of Joey and he went and followed her to the backyard and he shot her again...then he said she wasn't gone so he hit her in the head with something."
Lepird and Soule's bodies were later found wrapped in plastic and stored in Reed's truck at the couple's home on 203 Post Ave., according to Case. They were reportedly at the property for several days, and the truck had been moved to a nearby abandoned garage when family members came looking for the couple, Case said. Reed later turned himself in.
"Just on behalf of my family we are very pleased with the sentencing and we are very happy that this part is behind us. We'll never have to see him again... we'll never have to hear about him," Trinity McAlliste, Lepird's sister, said.
Ryan Boldrey covers courts, community affairs and human-interest stories for the Kalamazoo Gazette and MLive.
Chad Read Shooting in Lubbock, Texas
In Lubbock, Texas, a domestic dispute turned deadly, sparking a wrongful death lawsuit. At the heart of the lawsuit is the claim that the killing was unjustified and was the result of a child custody dispute between the victim 54-year-old Chad Read, his ex-wife Christina Read, and Christina Readâs boyfriend Kyle Carruth.
Chad Read showed up at a residence in Lubbock, Texas on November 5 with his wife Jennifer Read to pick up Chad Readâs son who was with his ex-wife Christina Read and her boyfriend Kyle Carruth. Jennifer Read stayed in her vehicle and recorded the incident.
The video opens with Kyle Carruth appearing to interject himself into a heated verbal disagreement between Chad Read and his ex-wife. As Read is talking to his ex-wife, Carruth can be heard telling Chad Read to get off his property. Chad Read is heard telling his ex-wife that his son was supposed to be ready by 3:15. Christina Read can be heard explaining that their child was not at the residence and that she did not follow the court order because she wanted to see her son.
As Read continues with his threats of legal action, Kyle Carruth can be seen in the video emerging from the residence with a shotgun-style rifle. Moments later, Carruth aims and shoots the gun at Chad Readâs feet in an effort to get him to leave. The men square up and before Carruth jumps away from Read as Read tries to grab for the gun.
Weeks after the shooting, Jennifer Read came forward with her attorney Tony Buzbee to plead for justice for the death of her husband. Jennifer Read has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit and pled for Kyle Carruth to be arrested. Buzbee shared during the conference, âJennifer Read watched her unarmed husband get gunned down and killed in front of her eyes. We want action.â
When Read addressed the crowd of about 30 people, she explained, âWe only went there to try and find his son who we thought would be there.â She added, âChad was not a violent man." The press conference and wrongful death suit are the latest attempts by Jennifer Read to get justice for her husbandâs death.
Shortly following the shooting, Jennifer Read filed a petition to seek custody of Christina Reed's two boys, aged 9 and 14. In her petition, Jennifer Read details, "Christina's decision to allow either of these children to be in Kyle Carruth's presence has caused, and continues to cause, significant impairment of their emotional well-being. The oldest child has expressed to me that he blames his mother for the shooting and that he will run away from home if he sees Kyle there again." Jennifer Read adds, âIt is in the best interest of the children to be removed from Christina Read, and that her contact with the children be denied or at least restricted.
Jennifer Readâs lawsuit names Kyle Carruth and his businesses and seeks $50 million in damages. Kyle Carruth is also the subject of another lawsuit filed by an attorney representing Chad Readâs mother and three children.
Attorney Lowry says that for parents in a custodial dispute, the court is the solution, not confrontation. âIf a custodial parent is not surrendering the child at the time and place ordered,â Lowry explains, âyou can file an enforcement in the family court.â Lowry goes on to explain, âIn an enforcement, the court can find a person in contempt of court for failing to obey a court order.â Lowry cautions, though, that enforcement requires the petition and order to be very specific, and it is easy to lose the case for a seemingly small reason.
âYour attorney can avoid problems that you wouldnât even see,â she says. If a parent is told by the other parent that the child will not be going, Lowry advises that the parent should still go to the exchange point at the proper time and place in case the other parent shows up and to document if they donât. Finally, Lowry points out what should have been obvious at the start: guns have no place in a custody dispute. âNo one should ever get into an argument or fight at a custody exchange,â reminds Lowry.
No charges will be filed against Kyle Carruth in connection with the Nov. 5 fatal shooting of Chad Read at a south Lubbock residence. Carruth's attorney, David Guinn, on Thursday evening said officials with the Texas Attorney General's office, which was investigating the case, said a grand jury, specially impaneled to review the shooting, declined to indict Carruth on Thursday.
As Lubbock Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit investigators worked on the case, Lubbock County District Attorney Sunshine Stanek recused her office from the case, citing the suspected shooter was related to a local elected official who could testify in the case. Court records showed that during the shooting, Carruth was in the midst of divorcing district Judge Anne-Marie Carruth, who presides over the 72nd District Court in Crosby and Lubbock Counties.
Tony Buzbee, who is representing Read's widow, Jennifer read, said in a statement that "The criminal justice utterly failed Jennifer Read." He said the video of the shooting, which Jennifer Read recorded and shared publicly, showed Carruth injected himself into the argument between Chad and Christian Reed. Jennifer Read said in a December news conference that her husband was there to pick up his son who was supposed to spend the week with him as part of a custody agreement. "We believe there was no legitimate reason for Kyle Carruth to bring a deadly weapon to an argument that he wasnât even a part of," the statement reads. "Chad Read died unarmed, shot and killed while simply trying to determine the whereabouts of his son."
Gregory Chad Wallin-Reed Shooting Near Antelope Lake
The details surrounding the Saturday, July 2 shooting near Antelope Lake in Plumas County that claimed the life of a Susanville man and injured two others seem to trickle out as the investigation continues, but there have been two significant developments. The Plumas County Sheriffâs Office received a 911 call from Wallin-Reed on Saturday, July 2, to report two of the victims with minor injuries had arrived at Long Point Campground at Antelope Lake. The 911 call log stated the vehicle containing the injured men was located on Forest City Road, between Long Point and Lone Rock. Dispatchers began making calls for emergency medical assistance just minutes after Wallin-Reed reported the shooting.
Two other men in the car also were shot. The 911 call log stated the vehicle containing the injured men was located on Forest City Road, between Long Point and Lone Rock. Dispatchers began making calls for emergency medical assistance just minutes after Wallin-Reed reported the shooting. Wallin-Reed was arrested the following day. He was booked into the Plumas County Jail where he is being held on $1 million bail.
Second, the resident and shooter, Gregory Chad Wallin-Reed, 36, of Reno, Nevada, faced arraignment in Plumas County Superior Court Tuesday, July 5. He did not enter a plea at the arraignment and faces eight felony charges including murder, shooting at an occupied vehicle, five counts of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon. Wallin-Reed was arrested the following day.
According to information from the investigators, the shooter called the Plumas County Sheriffâs Office sometime after the shooting, claiming the six men tried to steal solar lights from his residence along the Janesville Grade. He also told the 911 dispatcher one of the men in the fleeing car fired a shot at him.
âIf that was the scenario (exchange of gunfire), the charges that have been filed in this case would have been entirely different,â Plumas County District Attorney David Hollister said. âBut that scenario is not something that I have seen from the evidence.â
Officers said Wallin-Reed, who is reported to be a former Army Ranger, had a .380 handgun and an AR-15 assault rifle in his possession. Both of the weapons were equipped with laser sights. An AR-15 is illegal in California.
One of the men was killed. Two other passengers in the blue sedan sustained gunshot wounds to their lower legs. One was flown to Enloe Hospital in Chico where he reportedly underwent at least one operation for a bullet wound in his calf. He had been listed in serious condition and was released Thursday, July 7. Another was transported to Plumas District Hospital in Quincy. He was soon released with a bullet reportedly still lodged in his lower leg. The other three passengers escaped serious injury.
The events surrounding the shooting are still under a joint investigation by the Plumas County Sheriffâs office, the Plumas County District Attorneyâs office and the California Department of Justice.
According to information provided from the investigators, Wallin-Reed began to chase the six men after he discovered them outside his residence located about 9 miles from Antelope Lake. The men fled the residence in a blue, four-door sedan and headed in the direction of the lake. Wallin-Reed followed them in a 2004 GMC diesel pickup. The Susanville men told investigators Wallin-Reed fired a gun while he was closely pursuing them. One of the men reportedly removed a white T-shirt and waved it in an attempt to make Wallin-Reed stop shooting.
After driving about 7 miles, McGuire entered a gravel road. Possibly thinking the road was going to end, he made a spinning U-turn and returned in the direction of Wallin-Reedâs truck in an attempt to escape. That is when Wallin-Reed reportedly fired several AR-15 rounds at the passing car, striking McGuire in the head. The car drifted off the side of the road and came to a stop in a meadow. At that point, the men said Wallin-Reed got out of his truck and approached them, carrying the assault rifle.
Bevins left, but not before noticing a sign allegedly near Wallin-Reedâs driveway. The sign reads: WARNING YOU ARE ENTERING THE R.O.C. This is a restricted area. Only Red Blooded Patriotic Christian Americans Are Authorized For Access Upon Approval And Verification Of Credentials By The Commanding Authority. The Use Of Deadly Force Is Authorized For Use On Those Found In Non-Compliance With Above.
Wallin-Reed, who has no prior criminal record, is scheduled to appear in Plumas County Superior Court in Quincy Monday, July 18.
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