LinkThe New York Times wrote:
In a bizarre Christmas Eve rampage, a 45-year-old man in a Santa Claus outfit showed up at a party in a Los Angeles suburb and opened fire at a group of revelers, killing at least five people and injuring several others, including two children, the authorities said on Thursday.
The suspect, identified by witnesses as Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, later killed himself, the police said.
The shooting, which may have been prompted by a marital dispute, occurred just before midnight Wednesday at a two-story home on a cul de sac in Covina, a suburban town about 22 miles east of Los Angeles.
At least three bodies were initially discovered inside the home — which went up in flames moments after the shooting — and coroners found “several” more bodies as they sifted through the rubble at the scene on Thursday morning, according to The Associated Press.
Investigators said that about 30 people were inside the home celebrating on Christmas Eve when the costumed man knocked on the door. When a guest opened it, the man stepped inside the house, pulled out a handgun, and immediately started shooting, Lieut. Pat Buchanan of the Covina Police Department said in a telephone interview.
This is just sad. Deranged people.
