Full coverage of the Chrismas eve rampage

2:17 PM PST, January 16, 2009

A look at the nine Christmas Eve shooting victims

More than 1,500 mourners turned out this morning for the funeral of nine family members killed during a Christmas Eve shooting rampage.

January 11, 2009

A case so tragic, Covina police will never forget

Covina Police Chief Kim Raney was relaxing at home with his family around midnight on Christmas Eve. Lt. Tim Doonan was making late-night preparations for the holiday morning. And Det. Dan Regan was in bed, just starting to doze off.

December 31, 2008

More grim details of Christmas Eve shooting rampage in Covina emerge

In the dining room of their Covina home, Joseph "Papa Joe" Ortega, his wife of 53 years and their children had been playing a late-night game of Texas Hold 'Em after Christmas Eve dinner.

December 30, 2008

Pardo intended to kill others, police say

Covina police said Monday they believe that Bruce Pardo, who killed nine people at a Christmas Eve party, also intended to kill his mother and his estranged wife's attorney.

December 30, 2008

Covina rampage has reverberations in two countries

As they had for years, the two families -- one in the city of Torreon in Mexico, the other in Covina -- called each other late Christmas Eve on a two-way radio.

December 29, 2008

Concern grows for young survivors of Covina shooting victims

Surviving family members Sunday were grappling with how to best care for the victims' children after a Christmas Eve slaying in Covina that left nine people dead.

1:06 PM PST, December 27, 2008

Bruce Pardo's mother copes with aftermath of Covina shooting

Nancy Windsor broke into violent sobs and tried to speak through them as she described her struggle to cope with her son Bruce Jeffrey Pardo's Christmas Eve massacre, in which he killed his ex-wife and eight members of her close-knit family.

December 28, 2008

Covina's 'Santa Claus' gunman was described by acquaintances as smart and generous but 'quirky'

Bruce Jeffrey Pardo stopped by the Montrose Bakery and Cafe about noon on Christmas Eve, said Henry Baeza, the cafe's owner.

December 28, 2008

After Christmas Eve killings in Covina, grief

The Ortega home, a tidy, one-story structure at the end of a Covina cul-de-sac, had been at the center of so many family events: pizza nights, poker parties and an annual Christmas Eve party where the large, close-knit family gathered to celebrate the holidays.

2:51 PM PST, December 27, 2008

Covina police name victims in Christmas Eve massacre

Police have released the names of the nine people believed killed in the Christmas Eve massacre in Covina.

December 27, 2008

Marriage splintered over man's stunning revelation

He was a software engineer who liked SUVs and went to Mass on Sundays. She was a secretary with a quick mind and an infectious laugh. When Bruce Pardo married Sylvia Orza three years ago, the match seemed ideal -- right down to the housing arrangements: He lived alone in a sparsely furnished house and she had three children and plenty of furniture.

December 26, 2008

Man in Santa suit kills at least eight at Covina party, police say

As he had in years past, Bruce Jeffrey Pardo volunteered to serve as an usher at his church's midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.