Christmas Day Massacre



Aziz Yazdanpanah
(Grapevine, Texas) Six people and a gunman are dead, victims in a Christmas Day massacre.

The shooter arrived at an apartment where a family was celebrating the holidays armed with two handguns, which were both used, catching his victims by surprise, police said Tuesday morning.

Family friends told News 8 the alleged gunman is Aziz Yazdanpanah, 56.

Police said he showed up at the apartment dressed as Santa Claus and as a welcome guest for the family's Christmas celebration sometime before 11:15 a.m.

He then allegedly shot and killed his estranged wife, Fatemeh Rahmadi, and their 19-year old-daughter Nona and 15-year-old son Ali.

Also fatally shot were his sister-in-law, Zohreh Rahmaty, and her husband Hossein Zorei and their 22-year-old daughter Sareh Zarei.

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