Posted on 12/30/2008 1:17:03 PM PST by La Enchiladita
COVINA, Calif. (KABC) -- Police said Bruce Pardo planned to kill even more people than the nine he killed that night, including his own mother.
...Police said Bruce Jeffrey Pardo expected to see his mother at the party and had intended to kill her as well because she sided with his ex-wife's family, but she had the flu and did not attend the party. ...
Pardo, 45, allegedly dressed up as Santa Claus and arrived at the party on Wednesday night armed with four guns. He fatally shot his ex-wife Sylvia Pardo, her parents, two brothers and their wives, her sister and a nephew. He then set the house on fire and committed suicide hours later at his brother's house in Sylmar.
...Pardo's body was discovered by his brother around 3:30 a.m. Thursday at Pardo's brother's Sylmar home. Pardo had a single gunshot wound to his head. Authorities found $17,000 on Pardo's body, and a plane ticket for a flight from Los Angeles to Moline, Illinois. It was originally reported that the plane ticket was for a flight to Canada. ...
On Saturday, police located a second car that Pardo had rented. Fearing it may be booby-trapped like the first car, a bomb squad was called in to investigate. The vehicle was not booby-trapped, and inside, police found a map of Mexico, water bottles, a gas canister, two computers and some wrapped Christmas gifts, evidence that Pardo may have been headed to Mexico. ...
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Just wait; we’ll get some guys here in a second who’ll say it’s his ex’s fault...
Absolutely chilling....and yes, this is “beyond comprehension” for those of us who are not evil.
I can’t help wondering how differently things might have tunred out if someone, ANYONE, at that party had taken their own inalienable right to self-defense and protection of one’s loved ones as seriously as do the people who live in my house.
I keep seeing people interviewed on local news, saying what a nice guy he was... they couldn’t imagine him doing this, blablabla. There HAD to be signs. Or else, he was so evil he was a Jekyll and Hyde. There is abundant evidence here of extensive and careful (cold-blooded) planning.
One time to be grateful you had the flu.
Admittedly, I haven't followed this any deeper than the headlines, but it seems to me that if your own mother is siding with the ex's family, maybe it's time for a long, hard, critical look in the mirror.
That's silly. Everyone knows it's Bush's Fault.
Dadgummit, you’re right.
Sounds like it was his wife’s fault. She left him...alive, and running loose. /s
The Ultimate Dirty Santa.
Divorce is tough on all involved. Apparently the guy had lost his job, his family and his dog.
I have had such feelings before from the grief of a break up but, never actually followed through. I guess that’s what makes me different from this guy.
How silly. - Everyone - even 173,953 well respected scientists - knows that its Global Warming.
There used to be a popular comic strip, in the ‘50s and ‘60s, which included the line, “the urge to kill,” which would pop up when someone was beyond irritated. Of course, it was never acted on.
We all go through tough times, at least most of us, and there tends to be that pile-up effect when they happen.
However, I don’t see how mass murder and fleeing to Mexico was going to make it any better for this guy. He went beyond suffering and misery to a truly evil place. Most of us have a prohibition within against “going there.”
Divorce is tough on all involved. Apparently the guy had lost his job, his family and his dog.
I have had such feelings before from the grief of a break up but, never actually followed through. I guess thats what makes me different from this guy.
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yeah..me too wolf...even the mother siding with the ex.
Can blow your mind if you haven’t really done anything worthy of such treatment. BUT I didn’t act on my emotions...did I have LOTS of emotions? Yes....but controlled them. There is always tomorrow and one always hopes tomorrow will be better. I guess this guy didn’t feel that way. PLUS God would have been really really angry with me!! :) “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.”
Amen! (and freer)
>>What doesnt kill us makes us stronger.<<
Actually in this case I have to agree with Heath Ledger.
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stranger.”
“Most of us have a prohibition within against going there.”
Thank God! We need that anger to fight the evil that’s a comin.
And was too stupid and uptight to write a song about it, and cash in.
Maybe if only he had also owned a beater pickup....
What doesnt kill you makes you stranger.
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Don’t say that!! lol I’m actually starting to feel somewhat sane again although I can’t imagine WHY!!! lol
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