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This Feb. 20, 2014 photo released by the Modoc County Record shows Cherie L. Rhoades being placed into a vehicle by California Highway Patrol Sergeant Jerry Heikura, left, and Alturas Chief of Police Ken Barnes in Alturas, Calif. The ousted leader of a small American Indian tribe in northeastern California wore a bulletproof vest to her first court appearance Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2014, on charges she shot and killed four people and tried to murder two others at a meeting to evict her from tribal housing. Rhoades, 44, was in Modoc County Superior Court in Alturas, Calif., for arraignment on four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. The charges carry a potential death penalty due to the multiple victims. (AP Photo/Modoc County Record, Richard Holloway) MANDATORY CREDIT

Former tribal leader pleads not guilty in killings

By JEFF BARNARD - Associated Press

This Feb. 21, 2014 photo shows the entrance to the Cedarville Rancheria, in Cedarville, Calif. Cherie Lash Rhoades, a former chairwoman of the rancheria, lived here. She is held on suspicion of homicide and other counts in a shooting at tribal headquarters in Alturas, Calif., that left four dead and two wounded. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

Ex-tribal leader wears bulletproof vest to court

By JEFF BARNARD - Associated Press

This Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 photo released by Alturas Police Department shows Cherie Lash Rhoades. Rhoades, suspected of killing four people at the headquarters of an Indian tribe that was evicting her and her son from its land, had been under federal investigation over at least $50,000 in missing funds, a person familiar with the tribe's situation told The Associated Press on Friday. (AP Photo/Alturas Police Department)

Tribe’s lawyer: Eviction related to missing funds

By JEFF BARNARD - Associated Press

This Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 photo released by Alturas Police Department shows Cherie Lash Rhoades. Rhoades, suspected of killing four people at the headquarters of an Indian tribe that was evicting her and her son from its land, had been under federal investigation over at least $50,000 in missing funds, a person familiar with the tribe's situation told The Associated Press on Friday. (AP Photo/Alturas Police Department)

Woman held in tribal shooting known as bully

By JEFF BARNARD - Associated Press

Modoc County Sheriff and Coroner Mike Poindexter ducks under crime scene tape Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 outside the tribal headquarters of the Cedarville Rancheria in Alturas, Calif., where local media reports quote police saying a former tribal leader allegedly killed four people and wounded two others in a gun and knife attack Thursday during an evictiion hearing. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

AP source: Tribal killing suspect target of probe

By JEFF BARNARD and JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press

An unidentified California Highway Patrolman leaves the home of former Cedarville Rancheria chairwoman Cherie Lash Rhoades on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 in Cedarville, Calif., where police served a search warrant. Rhoades is being held on suspicion she killed four people and wounded two others at a tribal meeting in Alturas, Calif., held to consider her eviction. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

Woman held in tribal shooting known as bully

By JEFF BARNARD - Associated Press

Modoc County Sheriff and Coroner Mike Poindexter, right, walks away from the Cedarville Rancheria tribal headquarters building in Alturas, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Police say an eviction hearing at the headquarters turned deadly Thursday as a woman who once served as a tribal leader allegedly opened fire, killing four people and critically wounding two others in a gun and knife attack. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

Relative: N. Calif. shootings prompted by eviction

By JEFF BARNARD and JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press