Seven Shot Dead in Fort Worth Christmas Morning Massacre
- Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:35pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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(The Blaze/AP) 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 Fort Worth apartment, police said Sunday.
Authorities said they believe the shooter is among the dead.
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 Grapevine 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 Dallas Morning News reports that officiers responded to a 911 call at about 11 a.m. when they discovered the seven bodies in the middle-class neighborhood. The call had come from the apartment, but no one was on the line when the 911 operator answered.
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.
“There was an open line. No one was saying anything,” he explained.
So police went into the apartment, located in suburban neighborhood of Grapevine, not far from the upscale Fort Worth neighborhood of Colleyville. The apartment is at the back of the complex, overlooking the athletic fields of Colleyville Heritage High School.
But many of the nearby apartments are vacant, and police said no neighbors reported hearing anything on a quiet Christmas morning when many people were not around.
Christy Posch, a flight attendant who moved to the complex about six months ago so her son could attend the high school, said she lives a few buildings away and did not hear any gunshots.
“It’s all families. That’s why I moved here. No burglaries, no nothing,” Posch said.
Dallas Morning News video from the scene:
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Comments (163)
PuckishFiend
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:20pmWow, king troll, where are you getting your numbers? The Soviets had a max of around 20 million, and 65 million from communist China. Then a couple million more from both Cambodia and North Koreans. If you are going by race, it is the Asian communists who have killed more of their own people than any other race.
Also, considering the Nazis are statists you can just lump all the great mass murders together that way. The mass killing of people doesn’t follow race, it follows an ideaolgy that says it is expedient to force other people to live the way the government wants. You are a racist to say that mass murderers are all white.
Report Post »King Troy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:19pmTO theothertoolbox
Report Post »oh so that is why the top serial killers ever where all white males. that never did any over that stuff that they are doing in Africa now when they killed. and im not black myself. the world is more then black and white.
RugDog
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:19pmSeriously. this IS obamas fault.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:03pmA couple of posts here suggest that the President of the United States is responsible for this murder and others in the US. Despite the fact that the US has one of the highest murder rates among industrialized countries, and Christmas Day murders are and have been unfortunately too common, there are those who would blame these murders on President Obama.
I worry when I read that a person is able to perform the mental gymnastics required to blame a President for some murder in some town somewhere. It‘s the President’s fault one person or another was murdered by some other person? It makes me wonder what is going on in a someone’s mind, if they can blame the President for the murder of one person by another. If you can believe that, you can justify all sorts of things in your own mind.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:31pmjzs, you are one weird mofo that makes no dam sense
Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 2:52amHe makes total sense. It’s you nutbags that are frightening.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:12pmThis is a tragic event BUT WAKE UP PEOPLE…..More of this will happen. People are frustrated…HIGH FOOD PRICES NO JOBS…..a President on a $4 million vacation and spending ONE BILLION to be re-elected…..Everyone has their breaking point.
Recently in Atlanta Georgia I was approached by a male who wanted cash for his food stamp card.I was going in a liquor store to buy wine for the company party. He explained I could buy FOOD with the card BUT he really needed a drink. I asked him how many KIDS did he have…..HIS answer? SIX.
I walked away shrugging.
This is what America has come to. BE PREPARED!!!!
Again so sorry for this family and whatever triggered this tragedy.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:26pmPeople feel hopeless. Everyone needs to reach out to someone and let them know they are not alone. And people need to start waking up to the reality that everyone’s lives are changed forever. Together. People who have been irresponsible all their lives will blame everyone else for their troubles.
Beck knew this was coming. But I guess he‘ll be surprised this happened in Texas where he’s just relocated to.
I hope these poor people rest in peace.
Report Post »US Patriot
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:12pmSanta must have left you a chunk of coal this morning. Why am i not surprised.
Report Post »theothertoolbox
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:08pmYes, whites may have killed more people, but blacks have it down to an art form. Gas filled tires, burning alive, gutting alive, machine gunning and eating the deceased person’s innards, smashing heads in with rocks, and machete carving folks up are pastimes in parts of the countries in Africa even today. You guys are GOOD at killing…you practice it with GUSTO every day in many countries in Africa. Blacks especially like raping and carving up whites in South Africa, killing them slowly so they can watch them suffer. Good times, Charlie, good times.
Report Post »US Patriot
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:06pmI can’t figure out if King Troy is Jackson or Sharpton. They are always trying to start race wars.
Report Post »King Troy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:32pmgo to any story on this site. with any race but white in the headline. and tell me what most of the comments say. 80% are about the race of the story. ill wait while you go have a look.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:40pmIt’s one of Eric Holders “people”.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:43pmAll my neighbors are white people. Should i be worried.
Report Post »theothertoolbox
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:38pmNeither. Heshe is a self-loathing white guygal who has been neutered/spayed by all the femi-nazis at his/her school(s). Judging from his/her [lack of] grammar skills, he/she studied women’s studies or African history. Now, all this fool is capable of is bashing the white race and telling us how noble all blacks have been throughout history. His/her spelling, punctuation and sentence structure is atrocious and he/she seems incapable of rational thought. The only thing he/she does is constantly berate whites (while typing on a white invention) and extol the virtues of the darker races. Self-loathing whites are the WORST.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:38amI hope everyone understands that I was talking about the “king troy” post. Not the murderer. Insensitive as I sometimes am I wouldn’t shame myself with a crass comment about this or any tragedy.
Report Post »King Troy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:53pm61,911,000 Murdered: The Soviet Gulag State
20,946,000 Murdered: The Nazi Genocide State
and that only two of many. so with them two alone tell me how im wrong? anyone??????????????????
Report Post »King Troy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:50pmthis is not the only site with this story. and funny how they have the race and there story but this site does not. and yes tell me how white people even got to USA and then “say they found it” when others lived here for them? oh forget it. you must the thanksgiving story it true.
Report Post »UFOCPrez
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:47pmThe Europeans had just as much right to settle in America as the Indians did. Everyone came from somewhere and at the time, America was not a country nor was it sovereign. It’s a tired argument.
Report Post »UnPlugged Ed
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:39amClusterfuque of thoughts
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:48pmWhat would drive someone to kill seven people on Christmas morning…. Other than severe mental illness…. Severe.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:59pmWho unwraps presents… carrying guns?
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:47pmMaby some people say the wrong things in these times and not intentionally trying to be mean but to lighten up the atmosphere.All one can really say is God bless these people that had to die today on what is suppose to be a celebration of life,the birth of JESUS CHRIST.If we keep fighting amongst ourselves how are we ever going to win against those that really want to destroy us?
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:46pm@ King Troll “Whites ‘has’ every race beat…” lol
That’s funny right there. What’d you get for Christmas, a stereotyper? lol
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:53pmI got my stereotyper at Walmart. It’s really versatile. Came with all the latest gadgets like a mini sd card with all the sermons from Reverend Wright. Also included is a KKK hood printed with a rainbow on the front and a swatzika on the back. Pull the lever and out pops a jack-in-the box Obama puppet wearing a turbine holding a goat by the hind legs. I guess the shooter in this story took offense at the gift. Too much redneck shine will do that to a fellow.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:43pmIt’s interesting that you would say that. How do you know what color they are?
Report Post »King Troy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:41pmyou may want to pick up a history book. cause ummmm whites has every race beat by MILLIONS.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:40pmIn 2009, Chicago recorded 460 homicides, about 10 percent fewer deaths compared to 2008. Despite this decrease, homicide and murder were top of mind, in the wake of a few high-profile deaths that grabbed local and national attention.
In September, the world turned to Roseland, where 16-year-old Fenger High School student Derrion Albert was beaten to death, an act that was caught on video. In May, residents pleaded for help combating gang violence when Chicago Discovery Academy student Alex Arellano, 15, was shot, beaten and burned on the Southwest Side because he reportedly did not want to join a gang.
Homicides occurred in more than 80 percent of Chicago’s 77 community areas last year. Although these deaths claimed young and old, white and black, the typical homicide victim–drawn from a composite of data–was a black male between the ages of 20 and 25 who was shot to death on the South or West Side, RedEye found.
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:40pmDear King Troll, please try to hide your exuberance that for once it wasn’t a story about blacks going bananas and killing or otherwise acting the fools. People aren’t stupid, they can see with their own eyes who is the biggest pock on society.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 1:30amMurder OR hatred, and other evil, doesn’t come from being BLACK, WHITE, RED, OR OTHER COLOR, it comes from an EVIL, UNCLEANSED HEART. Some may be raised with the moral training which teaches them to refrain from evil, BUT, we all have theat uncleansed heart at birth, and if we were raised the way which does not teach love and respect for others, and mercy and forgiveness, we may not know what evil we would be capable of. I thank God, that as a little child, I was taught good and evil, and to stay away from the one and seek after the other, BUT what that taught me, was that that uncleansed heart was the biggest problem I had. I thank God for an conscience, that declared myself “GUILTY” and for the beloved friends and neighbors that took me to a little country church and re-inforced it’s teachings, that I knew that thanks to God being born a babe in a Manger, growing (sinless) to show us the way, then undergoing hatred mockery, (They DID spit on Him!) and an unjust trial, He went on to die on a painful, miserable cross, carrying my sins away the moment I asked Him, [Then He wouldn't stay dead, but arose the third day, TO SHOW US THAT VICTORY IS THE LORDS!] (Including victory (because He cleansed my heart.) over sin, hatred, murder, and all other evil! Oh that everyone here might know that victory, for in the NEXT life, NOTHING THAT IS SIN, CAN ENTER IN!
Report Post »texasfireguy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:38pmWhere did you get “whites” out of that article?
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:38pmI think you better do some investigating there.. The tops of murdering their own is Mexico… how many thousands have been killed in just the last two or three years… I am speaking of mass murdering.. day in and day out.. God help us!
Report Post »texasfireguy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:37pmC’mon blaze, get your facts straight. Grapevine and Colleyvile aren‘t ’neighborhoods’ they are cities. Both are south of DFW airport, in the mid cities area between Dallas and Fort Worth.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:53pmAnd Grapevine is an upper middle class city. Its very unusual for this kind of crime. Hmm
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:02pmGrapevine is about 5 miles from Roanoke where Bubbas Chicken House is. I understand that Beck loves that place
Report Post »stardawl8311
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:42pmsorry Texasfireguy… Grapevine and Colleyville are NOT south of DFW.. they are NorthWest of the airport.
Report Post »texasfireguy
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:58pmActually star, grapevine is on the west and south side of the airport. DFW is in the ‘middle’ of the city. You are correct about colleyville, but it is sort south west of the airport.thanks for the correction.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:36pmNow we all know who the spell checkers are. Busted
Report Post »Archstone
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:29pmBarber, thank you for the lighter side. Hell, ‘God bless them’ all you want, but where was God?
Report Post »marjorie faye
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:53pmGod was right where He has always been. Don’t blame God for this. People did it of their own volition.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 9:38pmGod was the first one on the scene
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:50pm@ Archstone,
Those that lost their life’s are in GODS hands now. Go to WI and join ffrf. You will will be welcomed there. Not here! When your time comes, I hope you will see GODS hand digging you out of the ditch.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 26, 2011 at 12:56amLooking down, some times I think He has a hard time seeing for the tears in His own eyes. Remember, it isn’t because of God, that we have sin, evil, hatred and murder. If man would follow His laws, (He started off with 10 to get us to understand His heart.) There wouldn’t be these sad times, but He deals with man, not like those under sharia, would, but through mercy. My Bible says He is “Not slack, as men would count slackness, BUT, is loooooooongsuffering,(emphasis mine”) to Usward, not willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9)
Report Post »That means as St. Peter said, that” One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day ” vs 8 In other words, Some day, we’ll see the Justice and Judgement of God, but in the meantime, He‘s listening to and even answering the prayers of those who are praying that He’ll hold off His Judgement a little longer, that more might turn to His mercy and forgiveness.
We have to remember that God has promised that “The Day of The Lord, will come as a THIEF IN THE NIGHT; in which the Heavens SHALL PASS AWAY WITH A GRREAT NOISE, AND THE ELEMENTS SHALL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT, THE EARTH ALSO AND THE WORKS THAT ARE THEREIN SHALL BE BURNED UP” (vs 10) SEEING THEN THAT ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE DISSOLVED, WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS OUGHT (we) YE BE IN ALL HOLY CONVERSATION AND GODLINESS.(vs 11) Then we’ll ALL KNOW WHERE IS GOD, TILL THEN WE THANK HIM FOR HIS MERCY!
luv my job
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:14pmGod bless them
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:28pmEvil in these world is so sad.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:55pmIt’s almost 8 pm and not a condemnation from Obama. He’s slipping!!!
Report Post »BornJewishMuslimByFaith
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:50pmThis is terrible. God bless them.
Report Post »drago
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:46pmThis is what obummer has worked so very hard for…….
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:54pmwhat on earth are you saying
Report Post »drago
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:59pm@steelhead aka encinom
Report Post »If you cant figure it out, no use in trying to esplain it to you….
82dAirborne
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:03pmI dislike the Obamunist as much or more than anyone. What the hell did he have to do with something like this? Not everything is political!
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:08pmI get it – you are what 4 maybe 5 ?
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:14pm@SH – Personal attack……. very original.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:26pmairbrain -his comment was childish , you know that -
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:36pm@Steelhead – That’s two. Batting 1000.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:42pmSeems like it would have been easier to just return that darn gift..
Report Post »singleparent
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:49pm7 people shot to death and you make a joke about it.. Really? Why?
Report Post »trinklefinder
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:51pmThat was a disgusting comment BARBER.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:52pmpretty sick attempt at humor
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:53pmSINGLE: You’re correct. That was an insensitive comment . Sorry.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 7:56pm@barber…..buy a vowel
Report Post »Sad, very sad. My prayers go out to those impacted by this and may the New Year bring better times for us all.
singleparent
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 8:29pm@barber It‘s cool we all have said a few thing’s we wish we hadn‘t or atleast act like we hadn’t.
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 11:56pmNot cool barber!
7 people are dead and your thought of a joke is not funny. It’s a sick comment.
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