Posted on 12/25/2011 6:44:33 PM PST by Steelfish
Seven People Found Dead in Dallas-Area Apartment Published December 25, 2011
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot to death in a suburban Texas apartment, police said Sunday.
Authorities said they believe the shooter is among the dead, but got a warrant before doing a full search on the small chance that it was otherwise.
Four women and three men, aged 18 to 60, were found in an adjoining kitchen and living room area when police entered the apartment around midday, said Police Sgt. Robert Eberling. Two handguns were found near the bodies in the apartment that was decorated for the holiday with a tree, he added.
"It appears they had just celebrated Christmas. They had opened their gifts," Eberling said.
The victims have not yet been identified, but Eberling said it appears they all died of gunshot wounds. He said authorities still don't know what sparked the incident.
Grapevine Police Lt. Todd Dearing said investigators believe that all the victims were related, but that some were only visiting and didn't live in the apartment. He said police are looking for other relatives to inform. "Seven people in one setting in Grapevine, that's never happened before. Ever," Dearing said.
He said police were performing a "meticulous" search of the apartment and he expects them to be on the scene for many hours. Police and firefighters first rushed to the Lincoln Vineyards complex after receiving an open-ended emergency services call at about 11:30 a.m., Eberling said.
"There was an open line. No one was saying anything," he explained. So police went into the apartment, located in a middle-class, suburban neighborhood of Grapevine, not far from the upscale Fort Worth neighborhood of Colleyville.
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We had four generartions of us together for Christmas up in Virginia this year. It was definitely a blessed Christmas.
I just got home.
Yes, indeed. She is always that way.
You can make an innocent post and her nasty side bursts out. She is a piece of work.
I agree with you but seldom speak out. Looks like I finally reached my limit, lol.
[someone else did too......]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2815578/posts?page=133#133
wow... isn’t that wonderful. We’re lucky to have two generations in our family now .. and I dare not push my kids for a third ;)
Glad you enjoyed!
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 Azizolah 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 Rahmati, 55, their 19-year old-daughter Nona and 15-year-old son Ali. Also fatally shot were his sister-in-law, Zohreh Rahmaty, 58; her husband Mohamad Zarei, 59; and their 22-year-old daughter Sara Zarei.
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