Posted on 12/26/2011 10:57:05 PM PST by CaptainK
Grapevine massacre victim sought divorce from gunman
from ABC affiliate WFAA
GRAPEVINE — We're learning more about the Christmas Day massacre in Grapevine that left seven people dead.
Police Monday revealed that the gunman was dressed in a Santa Claus outfit and waited until the presents were opened to kill the victims and then himself. Neighbors confirmed to News 8 the identities of at least four of the victims in the tragedy.
Grapevine police say it was an apparent murder-suicide that took place right after a Christmas celebration, and say the shooter was wearing a Santa suit when he got out of his Toyota 4-Runner. A neighbor confirms the vehicle belongs to Aziz Yazdanpanah, the alleged shooter, who lived in nearby Colleyville.
"Just a really nice guy, and whenever I saw him with his kids he was all about his kids," said neighbor Terri Baum. "He was the perfect neighbor."
Neighbors said Yazdanpanah and his wife, Fatemeh Rahmadi, separated months ago when she moved into the Grapevine apartment where the shooting took place.
The couple's oldest daughter — 19-year-old Nona Yazdanpanah — was a Tarrant County College student who had just graduated from Colleyville Heritage High School along with her best friend, Allison Baum.
"It was just family issues, just typical family issues," Baum said. "The mom and dad didn't get along. The dad was never violent, never did anything to hurt them. He loved his kids and he was a good dad."
Dozens of friends posted messages of condolence on Nona's Facebook page. "I've written on her Facebook wall as kind of a memorial thing, but my immediate reaction was to text her — even though I knew she wouldn't answer," Allison Baum said.
At Coldwater Creek Spa in Southlake, employees told News 8 Fatemeh Rahmadi had not shown up for work, causing alarm, because she had never once been late in the four years she worked there. They feared the worst.
Meanwhile, family friends say they will never understand what caused Yazdanpanah to kill his entire family. "I don't honestly believe that the dad could have done this because he was a good person," Allison Baum said. The Colleyville home where Aziz Yazdanpanah lived had been foreclosed on more than a year ago.
Pictures of the shooter and a family member
Yazdanpanah = Iranian name
So looks like a wacko Muslim massacre
Heartbreaking. Just soul crushing heartbreaking to think what the murdered went through in the last moments of their lives.
There was some random speculation here when the story broke as to whether they were white/black/hispanic... no one considered they’d be Muslims celebrating Christmas. Not that there aren’t Arab or Persian Christians, but their ethnicity is a little surprising.
They may have been in this country for a long time and some family members may have become Americanized.
Yes not Hispanic as many were guessing. Yazdanpanah is an Iranian name. I must admit it seems a few Christian Yazdanpanah are around on the internet. This family is assimilated secular Muslims who wanted to leave that Muslim garbage behind in Iran. Or might be Christian Iranians with that name
>> “Just a really nice guy, and whenever I saw him with his kids he was all about his kids,” said neighbor Terri Baum.
The family cannot be reclaimed by killing it.
We’re drifting too far from Christ.
they always say they were wonderful neighbors and never heard of any trouble..even when its not so.
I grew up in a household filled with all types of firearms. Over the years there were many family disagreements, arguments and heated discussions. Yes even divorce.
But, not one single shooting.
“He was a quiet man.”
Me too.
This guy didn't burst into the apartment in a blind rage and waste six family members - - this sicko dressed up like freaking Santa Claus!
Nice guy? Good Dad?? I don't think so.
I hate when they call these murderers “gunmen”. I’m a gun man, as are lots of my FRiends. I never shot anyone.
Would they have called a (Texas) lady with a CHL that stopped this killer in his tracks, before he could kill so many a “gun-woman”? Of course not.
“This family is assimilated secular Muslims who wanted to leave that Muslim garbage behind in Iran. Or might be Christian Iranians with that name”
At least some of the dead were Iranian Christians, the killer just a murdering psycho.
One was affiliated with the Iranian Baptist Church of Dallas and has christian friends in Iran.
“She says the Zarei family loved to volunteer, and would often greet returning U.S. soldiers at D/FW International Airport.
“They loved to do that,” Hosseiny said. “They would make the [welcome] signs.””
http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Christmas-Day-Massacre-136244648.html
This should settle any “specualtion”.
Believers who fall out of fellowship with God can degenerate and commit some of the most antiChristian acts imaginable. There is no temptation too great which cannot be resisted, but again the solution to our problems is first, through faith in Christ.
Why would they "fear the worst"? Unless this was after an entire day without contact. Why not think maybe she was stuck in traffic, or her car broke down, or she just plain overslept? Over four years' time, even the most trustworthy employee is bound to be late for some odd reason other than becoming a murder victim.
Perhaps the victim had confided in a coworker that she was in fear of the POS psycho.
No, but "scorched earth" tactics aren't about reclamation.
“Meanwhile, family friends say they will never understand what caused Yazdanpanah to kill his entire family.”
There is no justification for the killings, but this statement is typical denial about the effects of divorce/separation on fathers, especially one who is “all about the kids”, as the article states.
“They always say they were wonderful neighbors”.
It always seems to be the “nice quiet neighbor”, the “good parent”, “the loving husband” types that do things like this.
If I’m ever forced to move into town, I think I’d be more comfortable if my neighbors were loud, obnoxious, wife-beating drunken a**holes.
I am in complete agreement with your comments.
If women were subjected to the treatment men face in divorce proceedings, there would be another entire industry of 501(c)3s to provide them aid and comfort.
And before the jackasses start braying, I just celebrated my 24th anniversary to my first and only wife.
My observations are precisely that: observations.
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