| Covina massacre | |
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| Location | Covina, California, U.S. |
| Date | December 24, 2008 c. 11:30 p.m. (UTC-8) |
| Target | Ex-wife and her family |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, murder-suicide, torching, ex-uxoricide |
| Weapons |
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| Deaths | 10 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 3 (2 from gunfire) |
| Perpetrator | Bruce Jeffrey Pardo |
The Covina massacre was a mass murder carried out on Christmas Eve, 2008 by a disgruntled ex-husband in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, wearing a Santa suit, entered a property belonging to his former in-laws in Covina and killed nine people by shooting or by arson from the fire he started. Pardo was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot at his brother's residence in the early hours of Christmas Day.
Police speculated that Pardo's divorce, which had been finalized only one week before the killings, was a factor in why Pardo had decided to kill his ex-wife and her relatives.[2]
- ^ Bartlette, DeLani R. (December 21, 2020). "Bruce Pardo: The Santa Claus Shooter". Medium. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ Moore, Solomon; O'Connor, Anahad (December 27, 2008). "Gunman in Santa Suit Had Ticket to Canada". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2023.