Santa' shooting kills at least 6 in LA

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Police: 'Santa' shooting kills at least 6 in LA

 

By CHRISTINA HOAG Associated Press Writer

 

Dec 25th, 2008 | COVINA, Calif. -- Stinging from an acrimonious divorce, a man plotting revenge against his ex-wife dressed up like Santa, went to his former in-laws' Christmas Eve party and slaughtered at least six people before killing himself hours later.

 

Three people were listed as missing after Bruce Pardo's rampage -- his ex-wife and her parents -- and it was feared their remains were among the ashes of the home, which Pardo set ablaze using a bizarre homemade device that sprayed flammable liquid.

 

Pardo, 45, had no criminal record and no history of violence, according to police, but he was angry following last week's settlement of his divorce after a marriage that lasted barely a year.

 

"It was not an amicable divorce," police Lt. Pat Buchanan said.

 

The massacre began when an 8-year-old girl answered Pardo's knock at the door. Pardo, carrying what appeared to be a large present, pulled out a handgun and shot her in the face, then began shooting indiscriminately as about 25 partygoers tried to flee, police said.

 

A 16-year-old girl was shot in the back, and a 20-year-old woman broke her ankle when she escaped by jumping from a second-story window. Those two, and the 8-year-old, remained hospitalized Christmas Day.

 

The gift-wrapped box Pardo was carrying actually contained a pressurized homemade device he used to spray a liquid that quickly sent the house up in flames, police said.

 

When the fire was extinguished early Thursday, officers found three charred bodies in the living room area.

 

"They were met with a scene that was just indescribable," police Chief Kim Raney said. Investigators found three more bodies amid the ashes later in the day.

 

None of the dead or missing have been identified.

 

Following the shootings, Pardo quickly got out of the Santa suit and drove off, witnesses told police. He went to his brother's home about 25 miles

[The Niggardly King 0]

The Family Destroying White Man strikes again.

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I was thinking of the Goldberg movie, Santa's Slay or whatever it was called, but that works too.

[CBright7831 0]

CHRISTMAS DAY!

[SuperJerk 0]

Destroying a Pontiac Phoenix should be considered a mercy killing.

 

 

(I know the levity on this thread might seem wholly inappropriate, but I have no other idea how to mentally cope with such a horrendous crime than to change the subject and start cracking jokes.)

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What an awful story.

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The massacre began when an 8-year-old girl answered Pardo's knock at the door. Pardo, carrying what appeared to be a large present, pulled out a handgun and shot her in the face,

 

Is this worse than coal on the santa scale? Coal has always been the ultimate bad gift for bad kids but I think shot in the face might be a new trend starting next year.

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That's pretty fucked up. I can see shooting the wife as this guy felt she wronged him but why shoot the eight year old?

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That's pretty fucked up. I can see shooting the wife as this guy felt she wronged him but why shoot the eight year old?

 

Ya know, I'm guessing the guy was in a nice state of "all women are monsters that need to be eliminated" so bang bang bye bye.

 

I think I would have been more shocked if he didn't kill the 8 year old and try to take out everyone in the house.

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Santa Slayer.

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Yeah, it's that bad.

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I heard this story at 5 am on Xmas morning and marked out, the more details that keep coming out make this perhaps my favorite crime since Fritzl's incest dungeon