COVINA, Calif. – Police say three people are dead after a man in a Santa Claus suit opened fire at a Christmas Eve party in a home in suburban Los Angeles that subsequently caught fire.

Covina police Lt. Pat Buchanan says the man arrived at the party late Wednesday and immediately opened fire with a handgun.

Buchanan says three bodies were found after the fire was put out. He could not say how the fire started or how the three people died.

Buchanan says three other people were injured, including two who were shot.

He says officers were still hearing gunshots after they arrived and found the house in flames.

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See!  I always knew Santa was a fuckin' criminal!

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The guy has a long record of breaking and entering...

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There has to be some weird/interesting/complex back story on this one.

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First thing I read this morning, and already, coffeee all over the monitor.

Thanks

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Say it ain't so Santa!



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081225/ap_on_re_us/santa_shooting

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Crazy I lived in Covina when I was a kid!

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Well, in hindsight, aren't you glad Santa never came to your house?

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Apparently it was some 45 year old guy and the house belonged to his relatives.

Police are seeking a man they are calling a person of interest, 45-year-old Bruce Jeffrey Pardo. Buchanan said Pardo is the estranged husband of a person who may have been at the party.

Police also said they recovered multiple weapons from inside the house.

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HOW could this happen in California , They been controling firearms forever. the bad guys could never get a GUN. Oh wait maybe they can,Because they are BAD GUYS . WOW!!!!!

Down in the workshop all the elves were making toys
For the good Gentile girls and the good Gentile boys
When the boss busted in, nearly scared 'em half to death
Had a rifle in his hands and cheap whiskey on his breath
From his beard to his boots he was covered with ammo
Like a big fat drunk disgruntled Yuletide Rambo
And he smiled as he said with a twinkle in his eye
"Merry Christmas to all - now you're all gonna die!"

The night Santa went crazy
The night Saint Nick went insane
Realized he'd been getting the RAW deal
Somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain

Well, the workshop is gone now, he decided to bomb it
Everywhere you'll find pieces of Cupid and Comet
And he tied up his helpers, and he held the elves hostage
And he ground up poor Rudolph into reindeer sausage
He got Dancer and Prancer with an old German Luger
And he slashed up Dasher just like Freddy Krueger
And he picked up a flamethrower and he barbecued Blitzen
And he took a big bite and said "It tastes just like chicken!"

The night Santa went crazy
The night Kris Kringle went nuts
Now, ya can't hardly walk around the North Pole
Without steppin' in reindeer guts

There's the National Guard and the FBI
There's a van from the Eyewitness News
In a helicopter circlin' 'round in the sky
And the bullets are flying the body count's rising
And everyone’s dying to know -"Oh Santa, why?"
My, my, my, my, my, my - you used to be such a jolly guy.

Yes Virginia, now Santa's doing time
In a Federal prison for his infamous crime
Hey little friend now, don't you cry no more tears
He'll be out on good behaviour in seven hundred more years.

But now Vixen's in therapy and Donner's still nervous
And the elves all got jobs working for the postal service
And they say Mrs. Claus she's on the phone every night
With a lawyer negotiating the movie rights.
(They talk about)

The night Santa went crazy
The night Saint Nicholas flipped
Broke his back for some milk and cookies
Sounds to me like he was tired of getting gypped

Wo, The night Santa went crazy
The night Saint Nick went insane
Realized he'd been gettin' the RAW deal
Somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain
Wo, Somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain
Tell ya, somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain.

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Santa's got elves you know...