Police confirm what family friends said Monday, that Azizolah Bob Yazdanpanah, 56, fired the fatal shots in the murder-suicide.
Grapevine police identified the victims as his wife, Fatemah Nasrin Rahmati, 55; their daughter, Nargis Nona Yazdanpanah, 19; and their son, Ali Yazdanpanah, 14. Nasrin s sister, Zohreh Rahmati, 58; her husband, Mohamad Hossein Zarei, 59; and their daughter, Sahra Fatemah Zarei, 22; were also killed, police confirmed.
Police received a 911 call from an apartment in the 2500 block of Hall Johnson Road on Christmas morning. When officers arrived, they found the door locked from the inside.
Investigators recovered two weapons on the scene a Smith and Wesson 915 model 9 mm pistol with a 15-round magazine and a Glock 23 .40-caliber pistol with a 10-round clip, Eberling said.
New details have emerged in the brutal 2011 Christmas day attack that shook the Grapevine, Texas, community after a father dressed as Santa gunned down his entire family over reported financial struggles and a drift from his wife and children.
Police believe 56-year-old Aziz Yazdanpanah was dressed up as Santa Claus when he fatally shot his wife, their two teenage children and three other family members inside an apartment in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine at a Christmas party nearly nine years ago.
A friend of the family told Fox Nation host Nancy Grace this week that Yazdanpanah s house had entered into foreclosure prior to the incident, which came shortly after he separated from his wife.