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FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 07:41 PM Jun 2013

Santa Monica shooting spree suspect identified as death toll climbs

A fifth victim of the horrific shooting spree in Santa Monica, Calif., was confirmed dead Sunday as law enforcement sources revealed the name of the suspected gunman.

John Samir Zawahri, 23, was identified by police as the heavily armed man who rampaged through a mile-long stretch of the coastal city Friday, dressed head to toe in black and carrying an AR-15 assault rifle as well as a duffle bag stuffed with as much as 1,800 rounds of ammunition, law enforcement sources said Sunday.

Zawahri is accused of gunning down five people near a community college campus, before being fatally shot himself by police.

The fifth victim, Marcela Franco, 26 — who along with her father, Carlos Navarro Franco, 68, was fatally shot by the suspect as he stormed Santa Monica College — was taken off life support at a West Los Angeles hospital Saturday night, the victim's family told NBC Los Angeles Sunday.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/09/18865467-santa-monica-shooting-spree-suspect-identified-as-death-toll-climbs?lite
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Santa Monica shooting spree suspect identified as death toll climbs (Original Post) FarCenter Jun 2013 OP
Very sad to hear the daughter died flamingdem Jun 2013 #1

flamingdem

(39,303 posts)
1. Very sad to hear the daughter died
Sun Jun 9, 2013, 07:44 PM
Jun 2013

The shooter's mother is away in Lebanon and so the media is floundering without much information to go on and just one picture of his face from a yearbook.

It could have been so much worse and he left hundreds of bullets (casings?) at each location.

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