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Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 9

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Angola!, Dec 25, 2008.

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  1. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    Guy gets divorced last week, it wasn't amicable.

    Instead of dealing with it like normal people do - through counseling, drinking, excercising or whatever else - he dresses up as Santa and goes to his ex-in-laws' house and wreaks havoc.

    Dressed up as a Santa, he appeared to be carrying a big present. He knocks, an 8-year-old answers and he shoots her in the face. Killed six, including his ex-wife and her parents.

    In the big box that looks like a present? Some sort of home-made device that sprays lighter fluid everywere. The house burns to the ground, with flames shooting 40 feet in the air and 25 people scattering everywhere.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081226/ap_on_re_us/santa_shooting


    This is one messed up story.
     
    Angola!, Dec 25, 2008
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  2. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 6

    "It was not an amicable divorce."

    No shit.
     
    three_bags_full, Dec 25, 2008
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  3. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 6

    The headline on the AP story now says he killed seven, but the story says six. Maybe they are counting him as the seventh?
     
    Angola!, Dec 25, 2008
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  4. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 6

    Wow, now it says he killed eight plus himself.

    This is getting worse.
     
    Angola!, Dec 25, 2008
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  5. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 6

    Update is now 8 dead plus himself... more bodies found in the rubble of the fire.

    Sickening.
     
    spnited, Dec 25, 2008
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  6. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 8

    What kind of device could he have possibly used to spray flammable liquid?

    Awful. Just awful
     
    three_bags_full, Dec 25, 2008
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  7. Angola!

    Angola! Guest

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 8

    Here is the LA Times story:

    http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-santa-shooting26-2008dec26,0,6505439.story
     
    Angola!, Dec 25, 2008
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  8. Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.

    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St. Well-Known Member

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 8

    I consider myself to be pretty thick-skinned.

    Reading this story, however, shakes me to the core.
     
    Corky Ramirez up on 94th St., Dec 25, 2008
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  9. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 8

    And the depressed coward takes his own life following mayhem, per the usual.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Dec 25, 2008
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  10. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 8

    No shit... gutless fucker
     
    slappy4428, Dec 26, 2008
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  11. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 8

    Read this story earlier today before any deaths were confirmed.

    Just got on the net for the first time in a few hours only to see this.

    Holy shit.
     
    KYSportsWriter, Dec 26, 2008
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  12. Cadet

    Cadet Guest

    Re: Man dresses up as Santa, kills at least 8

    Holy fuck. That is insane.
     
    Cadet, Dec 26, 2008
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