Real life stories on Instagram: "The Covina massacre took place on December 24, 2008, in Covina, a suburb of Los Angeles, California. During a Christmas Eve party, nine people tragically lost their lives due to either gunshot wounds or an arson fire inside the house. At approximately 11:30 p.m. PST, Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, dressed in a Santa Claus suit, knocked on the door of his former in-laws’ house, which was occupied by about 25 people, with a gift-wrapped package containing a homemade flam