On December 24, 2008, the Ortega Family, invited all five of their adult children and their families to their home in Covina, California, a quiet, low-crime community about 22 miles east of Los Angeles. 

There was a knock on the front door, and the squeal of an 8-year-old girl happily crying, “Santa Claus! Santa Claus!”

Seconds later, the girl was shot in the face by a man dressed as Santa Claus, and two of her uncles also fell to the ground, wounded. The Ortegas and three of their daughters, including the gunman’s ex-wife, dived under the dining table for cover. But it was no use.

Bruce Pardo was the man dressed as Santa. The three mustaches dive into the background of Bruce Pardo and what would cause him to commit such a heinous act.

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