Crime | Santa Claus Santa Shooting Suspect Commits Suicide 'Person of interest' in SoCal deaths found dead: cops By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Dec 25, 2008 11:35 AM CST Copied Bruce Jeffrey Pardo is seen in an undated photo provided Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008, by the Covina, Calif. Police Department. ((AP Photo/Covina Police Department)) Police say the man suspected of opening fire last night at a Christmas party in suburban Los Angeles while dressed as Santa Claus has killed himself, the AP reports. The body of 45-year-old Bruce Jeffrey Pardo was found at the home of his brother early today. Police would not say how he died. Three bodies were found after a fire that was subsequently set at the home where the party had taken place. Read These Next Trump blasts Air Force's "CONSTRUCTION DISASTER." English tests pull thousands of truckers off the road. Author of bestselling memoir about depression dies at 35. Well, it was a good day for sea otters, thanks to Taylor Swift. Report an error