Santa gunman lost job, wife before gory attack
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081227/capt.c617a3cc306f4e94870a982bba3e8d6d.santa_shooting_la123.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=e1cUgxZVqKNP1ZKz6Bl1nw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Investigators leave the scene with a home made device that is believed to have been used were nine bodies were found in the ashes of a home, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008 in Covina, Calif., where a gunman in a Santa Claus costume opened fire during a Christmas Eve party, before setting the house ablaze, police said. (AP Photo/Gene Blevins)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_re_us/santa_shooting)AP - Bruce Pardo's ambitions rarely panned out quite as he envisioned. He lost his electrical engineering job. His marriage ended after two years. Even his planned getaway to Canada after a murderous rampage at his former in-laws' house ended instead in his suicide after he badly burned himself while torching the house.</p><br clear="all"/>
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