06-09-2013, 10:47 AM
Authorities have confirmed the killer's ID as John Sawahri. He conducted his killing spree the day before his 24th birthday.
More details emerging.
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KILLER. This is John Zawahri's 2006 Santa Monica High School yearbook photo
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He just waltzed right into Santa Monica College, toting his gun, nothing to stop him.
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I think Zawahri had been planning/fantasizing about this for a while. He wore a ballistics vest and had 1,300 rounds of ammunition on his person. This photo shows what he dropped. Will be interesting to see if investigators find a manifesto, journal or incriminating social media/internet posts.
Authorities believe the house was set on fire before Sam and Chris Zawahri were shot.
The following 13-minute shooting spree spanned several parts of Santa Monica.
The gunman and a family member had been enrolled in Santa Monica College as recently as 2010.
One of the four people killed was shot outside the library of the school, college Police Chief Albert Vasquez said. That woman's name has not been released.
Another victim, 68-year-old Carlos Navarro Franco, was driving an SUV on campus when he was gunned down, police said. Franco was with his youngest daughter, Marcela, who was going to buy textbooks for her studies at California State University. The 26-year-old daughter was shot and is in critical condition at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She "is not expected to survive,".
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VICTIMS. Charles Navarro Franco and daughter Marcela
Investigators are still trying to determine the motive in the shootings that also left five people wounded.
With the exception of the gunman's father and brother, all of the other shooting victims were apparently chosen at random.
Inside the college, after hearing the gunshots: "Not knowing what to do (student named Franco said), We just sat there."The teacher left the classroom to see what he could learn and, moments later, ran back inside. "He says, 'They just unloaded a magazine.'"
Refs and full stories/witness accounts:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/09/justice/ca...=hp_t1_img
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.1366943
More details emerging.
KILLER. This is John Zawahri's 2006 Santa Monica High School yearbook photo
He just waltzed right into Santa Monica College, toting his gun, nothing to stop him.
I think Zawahri had been planning/fantasizing about this for a while. He wore a ballistics vest and had 1,300 rounds of ammunition on his person. This photo shows what he dropped. Will be interesting to see if investigators find a manifesto, journal or incriminating social media/internet posts.
Authorities believe the house was set on fire before Sam and Chris Zawahri were shot.
The following 13-minute shooting spree spanned several parts of Santa Monica.
The gunman and a family member had been enrolled in Santa Monica College as recently as 2010.
One of the four people killed was shot outside the library of the school, college Police Chief Albert Vasquez said. That woman's name has not been released.
Another victim, 68-year-old Carlos Navarro Franco, was driving an SUV on campus when he was gunned down, police said. Franco was with his youngest daughter, Marcela, who was going to buy textbooks for her studies at California State University. The 26-year-old daughter was shot and is in critical condition at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She "is not expected to survive,".
VICTIMS. Charles Navarro Franco and daughter Marcela
Investigators are still trying to determine the motive in the shootings that also left five people wounded.
With the exception of the gunman's father and brother, all of the other shooting victims were apparently chosen at random.
Inside the college, after hearing the gunshots: "Not knowing what to do (student named Franco said), We just sat there."The teacher left the classroom to see what he could learn and, moments later, ran back inside. "He says, 'They just unloaded a magazine.'"
Refs and full stories/witness accounts:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/09/justice/ca...=hp_t1_img
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.1366943