Teen Survivor of 2017 Mass Shooting Dies in Boating Accident in California

• The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that 17-year-old Johnny Phommathep II, who survived the 2017 mass shooting on the Rancho Tehama Reservation, died in a boating accident in California.
• The late teen’s 14-year-old brother Jake, who also survived the shooting, and their father Johnny are among four people missing after the group’s boat capsized off Bodega Bay on Saturday, November 2.
• “We offer our sincere condolences to his family,” the sheriff’s office said on Facebook

In 2017, a young boy who was the victim of a mass shooting died; His younger brother and father are among four people still missing after the incident. Boat accident in California.

At 4:45 p.m. local time on Monday, November 4, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office shared an update regarding: FacebookIt was revealed that 17-year-old Johnny Phommathep II of Corning was found dead the previous day, Saturday, November 2, after the boat they were on capsized while they were crabbing off the coast of Bodega Bay.

“We offer our sincere condolences to his family,” the sheriff’s office said.

The Facebook post had previously revealed that six people were on the 21-foot white Bayliner boat at the time; three adults and three teenagers.

Police confirmed one person was found alive but four remain missing.

Per Los Angeles Times, KTVU And San Francisco ChronicleThe teenager who died in the crash had previously survived a mass shooting on the Rancho Tehama Reservation in 2017. Five people died and many were injured in the attack on Rancho Tehama Elementary School.

according to Los Angeles TimesJohnny survived the shooting along with his younger brother Jake, now 14, and his mother Tiffany Phommathep. The publication stated that Tiffany received five bullets while trying to protect her sons.

Following Saturday’s boating accident, Jake remains missing along with the boys’ father, Johnny’s namesake.

“It’s really hard because my sons, Johnny Jr. and Jake, survived the shooting in Rancho Tehama,” Tiffany told the publication. he said.

“We got through this and let them end up this way too…” he added.

“My boys, Johnny and Jake, they’ve been through a lot,” Tiffany said, according to KTVU. “It’s already a tragedy. They did this just to get here.”

“The odds are unlikely… but I’d like to hold out hope that maybe they could have made it to shore somewhere,” Tiffany said. Los Angeles Times.

Tiffany identified the other two missing adults as Prasong Khammoungkhoune, 45, her husband’s cousin who reportedly owned the boat, and her longtime friend Matthew Ong, 42.

Accordingly KGO-TVAn 11-year-old boy who was found alive after a boat accident on Saturday survived by using a cooler.

“He saved himself. He managed to get to shore and spent the night on shore. He walked out in the morning and was found by passersby on Highway 1 and survived. It’s truly miraculous that he made it out.” Sonoma County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Misti Wood said, according to press release.

“The boat started taking on water so fast they didn’t even have time to radio for emergency services,” Tiffany said. Los Angeles Times Information he learned from the rescued child and the authorities.

“They didn’t do anything other than make sure everyone had a life jacket and everyone had a life jacket,” he added, emphasizing that the group was experienced boaters.

“He wanted to go to college, he wanted to be a pharmacist,” Tiffany said of her late son Johnny, a Corning Union High School student. “He was a very good kid.”

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A. GoFundMe Founded by the school secretary of Rancho Tehama Elementary School and a friend of the Phommathep family, the project had raised over $37,500 as of Friday, November 8.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE.