Man that killed Grapevine Family was a relative dressed as Santa.
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[QUOTE](AP) GRAPEVINE, Texas — Six members of a Texas family apparently opened Christmas presents just before a relative dressed as Santa Claus showed up, opened fire and killed them before killing himself, police said Monday.
Grapevine police spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling said the shooter showed up in the Santa outfit shortly before gunfire erupted and was a member of the family. The identity of the shooter and the victims will be released after autopsies are conducted Monday, he said.
All of the victims appeared to be related, and Grapevine police said they believe the shooter was among the dead. Investigators were meticulously searching the apartment, along with three vehicles parked outside, and didn't expect to finish until dawn on Monday.
"It appears they had just celebrated Christmas. They had opened their gifts," said Sgt. Eberling said, adding that the apartment was decorated for the holiday, including a tree.
The four women and three men, aged 18 to 60, were found dead in an adjoining kitchen and living room area when police arrived midday Sunday, shortly after receiving a 911 call in which no one was on the other line, Eberling said. Two handguns were found near the bodies, he said.
None of the victims has been identified, but Eberling said it appears they all died of gunshot wounds. He said authorities still don't know what sparked the incident.
Grapevine Police Lt. Todd Dearing said investigators believe that the victims were related, though some were visiting and didn't live in the apartment. He said police are looking for other relatives to inform of the deaths.
"Seven people in one setting in Grapevine, that's never happened before. Ever," Dearing said.
Police and firefighters first rushed to the Lincoln Vineyards complex after receiving the open-ended 911 call at about 11:30 a.m., Eberling said.
"There was an open line. No one was saying anything," he explained.
So police went into the apartment, located in the middle-class neighborhood of Grapevine, not far from the upscale Fort Worth suburb of Colleyville. The apartment was at the back of the complex, overlooking the athletic fields of Colleyville Heritage High School.
But many of the nearby apartments are vacant, and police said no neighbors reported hearing anything on a quiet Christmas morning when many people were not around.
Jose Fernandez, a 35-year-old heavy equipment mechanic who moved to the complex with his family about six months ago, said he always felt safe in the area, but is now afraid to let his 10-year-old son play freely outside.
"This is really outrageous especially on Christmas," said Fernandez, who was visiting family for the holiday and returned to find several police cars parked outside his home."This has shocked everybody. It has scared everybody. I guess something like this can happen anywhere, but seven people dead. It's just very scary," he added.
Eberling agreed the area is fairly quiet, noting this would be the first homicide in Grapevine since 2010.Christy Posch, a flight attendant who moved to the complex about six months ago so her son could attend the high school, said she lives a few buildings away and did not hear any gunshots."It's all families.
That's why I moved here. No burglaries, no nothing," Posch said.[/QUOTE]
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I know there's already a thread on the original one, but I felt that this should also be posted.
Fucked up.
This thread's gonna have some shitty puns.
Stay claussy, texas.
This makes me so angry. I wish he could suffer eternal pain.
didn't something similar happen in California a few years ago, where a guy dressed up as santa and used a homemade flamethrower to burn his ex wife and kids alive?
santa cozplayaz are fucking metal
[url]http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95A6IHO0&show_article=1[/url]
[QUOTE=Arcana;33908987]This makes me so angry. I wish he could suffer eternal pain.[/QUOTE]
I could never hurt a man dressed as Santa. It's like shooting a puppy.
That is like the pinnacle of douchebaggery. Both the timing and the costume.
[QUOTE=Cone;33909033]I could never hurt a man dressed as Santa. It's like shooting a puppy.[/QUOTE]
But that puppy has a gun and is going to shoot you...
after he shot them, i wonder if he claused for effect
[QUOTE=M24;33908396]Stay claussy, texas.[/QUOTE]
Texas is the only place in the world with violent crime.
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[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;33909061]But that puppy has a gun and is going to shoot you...[/QUOTE]
And also happens to look like a man I'm told is the happiest in the world and gives presents to starving kids.
I just wouldn't be able to do it.
[QUOTE=Kopimi;33909027]didn't something similar happen in California a few years ago, where a guy dressed up as santa and used a homemade flamethrower to burn his ex wife and kids alive?
santa cozplayaz are fucking metal
[url]http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95A6IHO0&show_article=1[/url][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The massacre began when an 8-year-old girl answered Pardo's knock at the door. Pardo, carrying what appeared to be a large present, pulled out a handgun and shot her in the face, then began shooting indiscriminately as about 25 partygoers tried to flee, police said at a news conference. [/QUOTE]
That... That's actually worse than the murder spree news in this thread.
[QUOTE=Cone;33909080]And also happens to look like a man I'm told is the happiest in the world and gives presents to starving kids.
I just wouldn't be able to do it.[/QUOTE]
No, he gives expensive presents to rich kids.
Medium-wealth presents to average wealth kids.
And low wealth presents to nothing to low wealth kids.
[QUOTE=Arcana;33909120]No, he gives expensive presents to rich kids.
Medium-wealth presents to average wealth kids.
And low wealth presents to nothing to low wealth kids.[/QUOTE]
We're talking Santa here, not parents. Which is why I said [I]looks[/I] like Santa. [sp]And Santa doesn't exist.[/sp]
Trying so hard not to make a Killing Floor robot Santa reference.
[QUOTE=Don Knotts;33909192]Trying so hard not to make a Killing Floor robot Santa reference.[/QUOTE]
Now that you mention it i want to make one but i can't remember his lines...
[QUOTE=BloodFox1222;33909248]Now that you mention it i want to make one but i can't remember his lines...[/QUOTE]
"Let's see what I got in my bag...[b]Bullets![/b]"
I'm going to hell when I die
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First thing I think of when I hear of these kinds of murders at christmas.
Ho Ho Ho, Motherfuckers
Ho ho holy shit
It's like something from a shitty horror movie.
Worst thing is, no one there would have expected him to open fire thanks to the Santa costume.
Sad, really.