. >> reporter: the victim's name is james mcneil. he moved up here to washington, california, about a month ago. his encounter with shawn gallon involved a bow and an arrow. >> first thing i felt was a hard blow, like a -- you know, like a bat. >> reporter: james mcneil reliv living his experience of an arrow to his head and reacting to shawn gallon's alleged connection to a cold case murder of a couple on beach in jenner. >> apparently it wasn't an accident. it all makes accepts now. i don't know why he was after me. >> reporter: his strange encounter at the hands of this self proclaimed survivalist takes him back to 2009. mcneil and a friend were sitting in a converible outside gallon's apartment when gallon pointed this arrow at him and struck him in the head. >> the arrow came straight through the.to, through the fabric, and knocked by baseball cap off. >> reporter: he says he looked gallon in the eye before he ran off. a s.w.a.t. team responded. mcneil believes sheriffs knew something about the jenner killing back then. gallon i

he'd already spent time behind bars for shooting james mcneil in the head with a bow and arrow. we went to nevada county for an interview with mcneil and he told us about his encounter with gallon. >> arrow came straight through the top, through the fabric and knocked my baseball cap off. apparently it wasn't an accident. it all make s sense now. i don't know why he was after me. >> gallon served two years for that crime. the sheriff tells us that gallon became a suspect in this jenner killing after he was interrogated and apparently knew things about the case that no one else would know. >>> our coverage continues at nbcbayarea.com. we posted the entire interview with the victim. we sure to watch it at bay area.com. >>> a dog owner wipes away tears as she tells us how she discovered the body of her missing shepherd. she said someone left it in the back seat of your car parked right in front of her home. there are many questions about the circumstances surrounding the dog's death and whether money played a role. "today in the bay" has this exclusive interview with the owner. >>

in 2009 he shot james mcneil in his convertible with an arrow as well. >> knocked the baseball cap offforce. i was really lucky not to be injured at all. >> reporter: mcneil said he thought it was an accident until he saw someone running away. gallon served time for the crime. mcneil says he never understood why law enforcement reacted the way they did. >> cops were coming into town with tanks, sniper rifles, robots. >> reporter: he's always been a person of interest in the jenner murders. >> detectives never ruled him out as a possible suspect. >> reporter: gallon has been in county jail since march charged ith shooting and killing his younger brother. friday deputies searched gallon's home in forestville, possibly looking for evidence in the jenner case. >> terrible thing if he did it. >> reporter: in guerinville, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> the boko haram islamist militant group has released 82 schoolgirls abducted from northeastern nigeria three years ago. the girls will be flown to safety tomorrow according to a military source. their release comes in exchange for the freedom