Man in Santa suit kills eight
and then,
with a single efficient shot,
himself.
At a party of his in-laws
near Los Angeles
on Christmas Eve
the man in the Santa suit
drew his gun
and started shooting
as soon as they let him in
which they did because
he said he was Santa Claus
and they thought he had come
to entertain the children.
Then he sprayed
the room
with pressurized gas
and set the house on fire.
The owners of the house,
an elderly couple
retired from the
spray-painting business,
and their daughter, Sylvia,
the estranged wife
of the gunman,
were among the dead
or missing.
12 / 25-26 / 08
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