What the records say
- When
- 24 Dec 2008
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 10
- Coordinates
- 34.08° N, 117.87° W
- Description
- 2008 mass shooting in Covina, California, US
Covina massacre
2008 mass shooting and arson in California, U.S.
On December 24, 2008, a mass shooting and arson attack took place in Covina, California, United States. Nine members of the Ortega-Ortiz family were killed before the perpetrator, 45-year-old Bruce Pardo, fled the scene, dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his brother's residence the following morning.
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