This undated handout photo shows shooting suspect Bruce Jeffrey Pardo. A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume burst into a Christmas Eve party at his former in-laws and opened fire, killing at least eight people before taking his own life, US officials said on December 26, 2008. Bruce Pardo, 45, who reportedly had been embroiled in a bitter divorce with his ex-wife, knocked on the door of her parents' home in the quiet Los Angeles suburb of Covina and launched the assault just before midnight, police lieutenant Pat Buchanan said. An eight-year-old girl who answered the door was shot in the face before Pardo stormed the home in Covina, 23 miles (37 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, and began spraying revelers with bullets fired from a semi-automatic handgun. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

This undated handout photo shows shooting suspect Bruce Jeffrey Pardo. A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume burst into a Christmas Eve party at his former in-laws and opened fire, killing at least eight people before taking his own life, US officials said on December 26, 2008. Bruce Pardo, 45, who reportedly had been embroiled in a bitter divorce with his ex-wife, knocked on the door of her parents' home in the quiet Los Angeles suburb of Covina and launched the assault just before midnight, police lieutenant Pat Buchanan said. An eight-year-old girl who answered the door was shot in the face before Pardo stormed the home in Covina, 23 miles (37 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, and began spraying revelers with bullets fired from a semi-automatic handgun.