Three dead at party after man in Santa suit opens fire, police say

CNN ^ | 12/25/08

[mylife]

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- At least three people were found dead after a man dressed as Santa Claus started shooting at a Christmas Eve party in suburban Los Angeles, police said Thursday. Bruce Jeffery Pardo is a "person of interest"

[CE2949BB]

If you read the article at the link, an 8 year old girl was injured.

Hm. Didn't read the news story, just the blurb.

If a kid is involved, humor isn't appropriate.

I take back my earlier statement.

[UCANSEE2]

That ‘would’ mean....

[mylife]

Good thing Ca has those strict gun laws.

Prayers for the victims

[ETL]

Understood. :) Have a Merry Christmas.

[UCANSEE2]

Yes. We humans are an odd lot.

Sometimes we laugh when we are scared.

Or when something is so outrageous we never contemplated it would occur.

I am sure we ALL have nothing but the sincerest regard for the innocent victims.

[UCANSEE2]

Santa’s not real.

[Condor51]

At least three people were found dead ... An 8-year-old girl ... a woman in her 20s were hospitalized with gunshot wounds ... Buchanan said Pardo was "going through some type of marital problems."

Bruce Jeffery Pardo
6 feet 3 inches and 250 pounds

If it later comes out that a useless friggen 'TRO' was issued against Pardo, every gun grabbing politician -- like Bloomie, Schumer, OBAMA, Di-Fi, Rudy, Daley, etc, etc, etc, -- should be FORCED to dig the graves of the dead with their bare hands!

[mylife]

Agreed.

Sounds like everyone at the party knew what was up and the fact that Pardo took the time to change clothes shows me that the guy was psychotic

[freeangel]

The 3 large cities where I’ve lived—Pitsburgh, Miami and Atlanta seem to be this way.

[UCANSEE2]

I’m still lost on how “I’m having trouble with my wife” leads to “I think I’ll dress up as Santa Claus, give out some presents, then shoot everyone”.

[Fiji Hill]

So he takes it out on a bunch of innocent people at a Christmas party

This reminds me of the Weiss case of early 1965, in which a man, who was angry after his girlfriend broke up with him, took out his anger by driving through a residential area and fatally shooting an innocent housewife. He was caught and sentenced to death. When the Supreme Court overturned the death penalty, his sentence was commuted to life without the possibility of parole--which translated into about six more years.

When he was released in the late 1970's, he committed another murder. This time, the state of California did the right thing, and he was executed a few years ago.

Every time I hear arguments against the death penalty, I think of the Weiss case.

[9YearLurker]

Unfortunately it’s just a variation on a common theme. Turns out this guy is the ‘estranged husband of someone who may have been at the party’. I can’t fault a single woman for trying to get away from someone capable of this, and yet it is not that uncommon.

NYC just announced that the majority of women murdered there last year were victims of a ‘partner, parent, or some other relation’. I know a lot of male Freepers get upset with the sense that the law goes too far in issuing restraining orders against men in such situations, but to more deadly effect it often doesn’t go far enough.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/25/santa-shooting-kills-thre_n_153454.html

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12252008/news/regionalnews/womens_murder_shock_145826.htm

[mylife]

Part of why I left the big city.

Small towns can be bizarre too

[Drew68]

Turns out this guy is the ‘estranged husband of someone who may have been at the party’.

And I'd bet money that two of the three dead victims turn out to be his estranged wife and her new boyfriend.

[mylife]

How would a restraining order stop this kind of madness?

[Larry Lucido]

Same to you FRiend! Stay safe!

[aomagrat]

How long before the left starts blood dancing?

[Uncle Miltie]

[Condor51]

*** I’m still lost on how “I’m having trouble with my wife” leads to “I think I’ll dress up as Santa Claus, give out some presents, then shoot everyone”. ***

Beats me too. But since there are survivors maybe more will be coming out. And if this pos is captured alive he can 'explain' his sick actions.

However, looking at his picture he looks to me like he has an 'attitude problem' (that pic looks like a Police mug shot).

[mylife]

DU:

3658955, I’m seeing next years hot Christmas toy....
Posted by catnhatnh on Thu Dec-25-08 09:46 AM

...because what young boy could resist the new “Second Ammendment” Santa action figure?

3658963, Guns don’t kill people....
Posted by hlthe2b on Thu Dec-25-08 09:58 AM

SANTA does! 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1........ HEEEERE comes the gun sanctified crowd......

(How dare we make sarcastic comments like this about the sacred gun):spank:

3658965, You are a sick individual!!! Merry Christmas, POW, POW.
Posted by pattmarty on Thu Dec-25-08 10:00 AM

:sarcasm:

3658969, Sad. Very ****ing sad.
Posted by HypnoToad on Thu Dec-25-08 10:03 AM

People can ask why people lie about Santa, or anything else, but this guy who opened fire — a truly twisted individual.

3658978, Well, if there is such a thing as hell....
Posted by hlthe2b on Thu Dec-25-08 10:24 AM

this guy is SUNK....

Doing this at all is horrendous. Doing it in front of children, dressed as Santa—well, there’s a “hell-warmer” for ya.