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"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Dressed as Santa, Bruce Jeffrey Pardo walked up to his ex-in-law's home in Covina, California, on Christmas Eve and knocked on the door. An 8-year-old girl, elated to see Santa, ran toward the door. That's when, police say, Pardo lifted a gun and shot her in the face. Pardo, 45, with a gun in one hand and a wrapped present in the other, began shooting indiscriminately, police said at a news conference Thursday. He sprayed the living room with bullets. Nearly 25 friends and family members were at the home for an annual Christmas party. Some ran, some took cover under furniture, some broke windows to try and escape -- one woman jumped from the second-story of the home, police said. Neighbors heard gunfire and called 911 shortly before 11:30 p.m. Police said they arrived within three minutes to find the home engulfed in flames. It took nearly two hours for firefighters to put the fire out. Even before it was safe to search the home, police saw three dead bodies in the home. A later search found three more bodies. Police said they have not accounted for three others: Pardo's ex-mother-in-law, ex-father-in-law and ex-wife -- whom he recently divorced. The 8-year-old girl, whose injuries indicate the bullet went straight through her face, is recovering at a hospital in Los Angeles, police said. A 16-year-old with a gunshot wound, and the woman who jumped out the window, were also being treated at the hospital. Police believe after Pardo stopped shooting, he took out his wrapped gift, which was actually a home-made device used to spread fire, and used it to set the house ablaze. Covina Police Department Lt. Pat Buchanan said the device was "something we have never seen before." Covina Police Chief Kim Raney described it as a pressurized tank attached to another tank filled with accelerant. Police believe after Pardo set fire to the home, he changed out of his Santa outfit into plain clothes, went to another relative's home in the nearby Sylmar area and committed suicide. Authorities positively identified Pardo's body, said Buchanan. Police have not released the identities of any of the victims. At the news conference Ed Winter, assistant chief Los Angeles County coroner, said the recovered bodies were "severely burned and charred," making it necessary to use dental and medical records and X-rays to establish identities. The intense fire caused the top floor of the two-story house to collapse onto the first floor, according to Winter. Raney said Pardo's ex-in-laws regularly have a party Christmas Eve and one neighbor always visits dressed as Santa. This year, that neighbor was away, police said. Police suggested marital problems as a possible motive for the attack and said they believe Pardo and his wife of one year finally settled a contentious divorce last week. advertisement Authorities said Pardo's name was given to them by people who were at the party. Police also said they recovered multiple weapons from inside the house"

12/25/2008 10:01:55 PM

first

12/25/2008 10:04:34 PM

I was relieved to know that the 8 yr old lived..

christmas fail

12/25/2008 10:05:28 PM

wtf

12/25/2008 10:07:00 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/25/santa.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

12/25/2008 10:07:26 PM

nobody liked my thread on this
http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=553313

12/25/2008 10:08:32 PM

Watch how the media and the upcoming presidents administration and Liberals blame firearms.

"If they weren't accessible, this all wouldn't have happened...."
And then they'll say something about "Common Sense Gun Laws"....


I wonder what the real likelihood of this happening would be if LA was gun friendly and everyone there was able to legally pack heat. If that SOB had have done that shit in my family's Christmas he'd have been toast < 30secs after the first shot... Hell, his ass probably wouldn't have made it up the driveway.

12/25/2008 10:20:50 PM

yes that is exactly what all liberals are going to do

because of one isolated incident

12/25/2008 10:22:36 PM

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"Police also said they recovered multiple weapons from inside the house"

if this is in reference to the house where he shot all those people, i am rather disappointed that no one thought to shoot this guy.

12/25/2008 10:28:12 PM

I guess he wasn't invited.

12/25/2008 10:29:51 PM

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!!!!!

12/25/2008 11:29:41 PM

I was expecting something like this:

12/25/2008 11:54:00 PM

this thread is full of win

12/26/2008 2:37:50 AM

are we sure this wasn't a Terminator?

pulling a weapon out of a present is a T-800 sort of thing to do

12/26/2008 7:03:53 AM

this makes me sad.

12/26/2008 11:07:46 AM

at least the 8yr old survived

too bad the rest of her life she is going to hate christmas and have nightmares over this incident that she is lucky she only got disfigured not killed

12/26/2008 5:16:05 PM

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"Police: Burns from fire altered 'killer Santa' plan * Story Highlights * Police say suspect had flight scheduled from Los Angeles to Canada * Police believe Bruce Jeffrey Pardo's injuries prevented him from fleeing * Pardo, who killed nine people, committed suicide after the attack, police say * Police found $17,000 cling-wrapped to Pardo's legs, inside a girdle LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- After shooting several people at the home of his former in-laws, police say Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, still dressed as Santa Claus, sprayed gasoline throughout the home intending to set it on fire. But his plan went awry. The home exploded, windows were blown out, and part of Pardo's Santa suit melted onto his skin. He suffered third-degree burns. That's why police say he decided to kill himself rather than use the airline ticket to Canada that was in his pocket. Pardo killed nine people, police said. Three others were injured, including an 8-year-old. A 16-year-old girl was wounded by gunfire and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. A woman who jumped out a second-floor window broke her leg and was hospitalized. None of the victims has been identified. Police said Pardo showed up at the home dressed as Santa and had $17,000 cling-wrapped to his legs and inside a girdle. He knocked on the door. And when the 8-year-old ran to greet him, he shot her in the face. Terrified people inside the home called 911. "Stay away from the window!" a woman can be heard pleading, "Please come immediately ... he's shooting! He's shooting!" Some fled the house any way they could. Others sought shelter inside, some ducking under the dining room table, one witness said. Pardo was targeting his ex-wife's family, police said, shooting some of them "execution-style." Afterward, he prepared to set the home on fire using a homemade device designed to spread fuel. After the home exploded, Pardo removed his Santa suit, put on street clothes and began to knock out lights in the area as he fled the scene, according to a witness on a recording of a 911 call. Pardo fled to his brother's home in nearby Sylmar, California, police said. When Pardo realized his brother wasn't home, he broke in and eventually shot himself to death, police said. Police later found his rental car with the remnants of the Santa suit on the seat. It was rigged to explode if the costume was removed. During a search of Pardo's home in Montrose, California, police found five empty boxes for semiautomatic handguns, two high-powered shotguns and a container of "racing fuel." Police said they recovered four handguns at various locations. Investigators have yet to identify the charred remains recovered from the burned house. Ed Winter, assistant chief Los Angeles County coroner, said the intense fire caused the top floor of the two-story house to collapse. Winter said the bodies were "severely burned and charred," and dental and medical records and X-rays will be used to establish identities. Police said they have not accounted for Pardo's ex-mother-in-law, ex-father-in-law and ex-wife. Police suggested marital problems as a motive for the attack and said Pardo and his wife of one year settled a contentious divorce last week. Covina Police Chief Kim Raney said Pardo's former in-laws regularly have a party Christmas Eve and that one neighbor always arrives dressed as Santa. This year that neighbor was away, police said."

12/27/2008 11:37:23 AM