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Newsbusters
| over 1 year ago
Imagine the media attention that would be garnered if any non-Muslim in the U.S. did something as sensationalistically violent and dramatic as to dress as Santa Claus and commit a mass murder against his own family at a Christmas gathering. But this...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Text Size Azizolah Yazdanpanah, 56, allegedly shot and killed his estranged wife, Fatemeh Rahmaty; their two children; and three relatives from Rahmaty's family, on Christmas Day. The incident, which occurred in an apartment in the Dallas suburb of...
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AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Santa when he fatally shot his estranged wife, their two teenage children and three other relatives Sunday inside an apartment in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine.
After a private burial for the six victims Thursday, family...
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
| over 1 year ago
Six family members who were gunned down on Christmas Day by another relative were buried today, and a brother of two of those killed said he does not hate the man who committed the crime. "I have no hate for the suspect whatsoever," said Ali Rahmaty,...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| over 1 year ago
Texas A family friend says a man authorities say killed six family members before turning the gun on himself Christmas Day didn't like that his estranged wife was doing well. Azar Shahbazi spoke at a news conference Thursday afternoon following the...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
A man who shot six relatives planted a gun on his brother-in-law's body before killing himself, police in Grapevine, Texas, say...Robert Eberling said Azizolah "Bob" Yazdanpanah is believed to have shot all the victims, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram...
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NY Daily News
| over 1 year ago
A Christmas shooter in Texas called 911 and whispered "I am shooting people," as someone in the background screams "help help," an enhanced recording of the terrifying call reveals. The call was originally believed to have been just an open 911 line.
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CNN Blog
| over 1 year ago
A clearer recording of a Christmas day 911 call from a Texas apartment where seven people were found dead revealed a man believed to be the gunman whispering, "I am shooting people," police said. Grapevine, Texas, authorities replayed the audio...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
One of the victims of a Christmas Day shooting in Texas that left seven dead sent text messages before her uncle opened fire on the gathering, saying he was dressed as Santa Claus and wanted to be 'all fatherly'. Police said Aziz Yazdanpanah, 56, who...
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The Courier-Mail
| over 1 year ago
Police say the gunman who shot dead six members of his family before turning the gun on himself in Grapevine, Texas, on Christmas Day may have planted a handgun in the hand of one of his victims, the Dallas Morning News reported. Azizolah Yazdanpanah...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| over 1 year ago
Texas Police say further review of the 911 call from a suburban Dallas apartment where seven bodies were found Christmas morning reveals someone saying "Help .....Grapevine police say those words couldn't be heard by the dispatcher Sunday but were...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| over 1 year ago
Police say they believe a man who killed six family members in a Christmas Day shooting at a Texas apartment attempted to stage the scene by placing one of the guns used in the hand of his deceased brother-in-law before killing himself...Robert...
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The Courier-Mail
| over 1 year ago
Christmas celebrations with two handguns hidden in a Santa suit, Texas police said as friends mourned the seven people slain. His family appeared to have no clue that Azizolah Boba Yazdanpanah, 56, had snapped. "There were no signs of a struggle,"...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
EDT The big-bellied mythical figure of Santa Claus and his bagful of Christmas goodies are closely associated with the Christmas celebrations around the world. But the role of modern Santas is not confined to bringing gifts to the eager children and...
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NY Daily News
| over 1 year ago
The disturbed man who donned a Santa suit and killed six relatives and then himself on Christmas Day calmly mingled at the family party for some 20 minutes before opening fire amid a backdrop of holiday gifts. Authorities said Aziz Bob Yazdanpanah ,...
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USA Today
| over 1 year ago
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram says Aziz "Bob" Yazdanpanah, 56, used two handguns, a 9 mm and a .40-caliber, to kill six family members as they opened presents -- his estranged wife and their 15-year-old son and 19-year-old daughter, along with his...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| over 1 year ago
Texas Authorities in suburban Dallas say a 56-year-old man, his estranged wife and their two teenage children are among those killed in a Christmas Day shooting carried out by a man dressed as Santa Claus. The Tarrant County, Texas, medical examiner...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
First pictures of tragic family shot dead on Christmas Day by their father dressed in a Santa suit Last updated at 6:24 PM on 27th December 2011 An estranged husband and father donned a Santa suit and gunned down two families as they opened their...
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The Globe & Mail
| over 1 year ago
Investigators in suburban Grapevine, Texas, near Dallas and Fort Worth, are trying to piece together the history of a family targeted in a Christmas Day shooting that police believe was carried out by a relative dressed in a Santa Claus suit.
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
| over 1 year ago
Friends of the family fatally shot Christmas morning said Monday that one of the seven victims was a woman who had left her husband and moved to a Grapevine apartment with their two children. One of the dead was a middle-aged man dressed as Santa...
