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Victims Remembered In Deadly Seal Beach Shooting
SEAL BEACH (CBS) — One day after the deadly shooting rampage at a Seal Beach salon, the worst mass-shooting in Orange County history, victims were being remembered with flowers, photos and tears....
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Neighbors Of Salon Owner Stunned By Deadly Shooting
By KCAL9’s Greg Mills MURRIETA (CBS) — The deadly Seal Beach shooting rampage has a strong connection to the Inland Empire’s city of Murrieta, where Salon Meritage owner Randy Fannin owned a home with...
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District Attorney To Seek Death Penalty For Alleged Salon Shooter
SANTA ANA (CBS) — Scott Dekraai, the suspect in the Seal Beach salon massacre, made his first appearance in Orange County Superior Court on Friday, but his arraignment on eight counts of murder and...
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Niece Of Murdered Salon Owner Speaks Out
SEAL BEACH (CBS) — For the first time, we are hearing from the family of slain salon owner Randy Fannin. He was killed, along with seven others, during the rampage Wednesday at Salon Meritage in Seal...
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911 Tape Reveals Frantic Moments After Seal Beach ‘2-Minute Massacre’
SEAL BEACH (CBS) — The tight-knit community of Seal Beach continues to come together in the wake of a deadly rampage at a salon this week. Seconds before the massacre unfolded Wednesday afternoon, the...
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Salon Massacre Victims Honored During Church Services
SEAL BEACH (CBS) — Grace Community Church in Seal Beach dedicated time during services Sunday to honor the victims who lost their lives in the salon shooting rampage. The massacre unfolded last...
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Anaheim Restaurant Donating Money To Seal Beach Victims’ Families
ANAHEIM (CBS) — The owners of La Casa Garcia Restaurant were touched by the tragedy in Seal Beach and have decided to help the victims’ families and the 8-year-old boy left without parents. Owner...
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Police Release 911 Tapes In Seal Beach Salon Massacre
SEAL BEACH (CBS) — According to 911 calls, several of the witnesses to last week’s massacre at an Orange County hair salon recognized the shooter — Scott Dekraai was the ex-husband of one of the...
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Mother Of 3, Victim In Salon Rampage Laid To Rest
HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBS) — Family and friends gathered in Huntington Beach Saturday to remember a mother of three, one of eight people slain in the massacre inside a Seal Beach salon on Oct. 12. Christy...
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Accused Gunman In Seal Beach Massacre In Court Monday
SANTA ANA (CBS) — The man accused of killing eight people and injuring another during a shooting rampage in Seal Beach made a court appearance Monday. Scott Dekraai, 41, was appointed a public...
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Court Docs Detail Suspect’s Confession In Salon Massacre
SEAL BEACH (CBS) — The man accused of shooting and killing eight people in a Seal Beach beauty salon argued with his ex-wife on the phone that morning, and after he killed her, he turned his gun on...
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Witnesses Recount Deadly Seal Beach Salon Shooting
SEAL BEACH (CBS) — A group of people, who aided and comforted victims inside Salon Meritage during a gunman’s deadly rampage last month, said that they do not want to be called heroes during an...
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Family Of Seal Beach Shooting Victim File Suit Against Alleged Gunman
SEAL BEACH (KNX 1070) — The family of a hair stylist killed in a shooting rampage at a Seal Beach salon has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the alleged gunman, Scott Dekraai. The parents of the...
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More Than $400K Raised To Help Families Of Those Killed In Salon Massacre
SEAL BEACH (CBS) — More than $400,000 has been collected to help families of those killed in last year’s salon massacre in Seal Beach. Eight people were killed and a 73-year-old woman was seriously...
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Grand Jury Transcript Describes Terrifying Scene At Salon Meritage Massacre
SANTA ANA (CBS) — It took just three terrifying minutes for gunman Scott DeKraai to kill 8 people inside of Seal Beach’s Salon Meritage, a witness said in a grand jury transcript that was released...
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Seal Beach Tragedy Unites Newlywed Couple
SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — They played “We Found Love In A Hopeless Place” at the wedding. And for Tammy Hetzel and Doug Childers, no song, Rihanna’s or any other artist’s, might have been more...
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Plans Underway For Memorial Honoring Salon Massacre Victims
SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Loved ones and relatives have planned a candlelight vigil to mark the first anniversary of the salon massacre that claimed the lives of eight people in Seal Beach. Meanwhile,...
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Former Owner Of Seal Beach Salon Sues Insurance Company Over Massacre Handling
SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — One year after a gunman killed eight people at a Seal Beach hair salon, the former owner is suing her insurance company for allegedly acting in bad faith. Sandra “Sandi”...
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Salon Meritage Victims Remembered With Candlelight Vigil
SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — The Seal Beach community held a vigil Thursday night for eight people who were gunned down a year ago at Salon Meritage. In remembrance of the victims, organizers passed out...
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Husband Of Seal Beach Massacre Victim Pushes Gun Control Reform
An undated photo of Christy Wilson, one of eight people killed in the Oct. 12, 2011, shooting at Salon Meritage in Seal Beach in what was the worst mass slaying ever in Orange County. (courtesy Paul...
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Salon Meritage Opens 13 Months After Mass Shooting
SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — A hair salon that was the scene of Orange County’s deadliest mass shooting reopened on Sunday. Salon Meritage reopened at 2 p.m. after undergoing extensive remodeling, more...
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Husband Of Salon Meritage Shooting Victim Pushing For Gun Reform
SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — As news of the Connecticut school shooting reached Paul Wilson Friday the Seal Beach resident was immediately reminded of the salon massacre that changed his life forever....
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Trial Delayed Again For Man Accused Of Killing 8 At Seal Beach Hair Salon
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) — The trial of the man accused of killing eight people at a Seal Beach beauty salon nearly two years ago has been delayed to early next year. Scott Evans Dekraai, 43, was expected...
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Woman Who Lost Husband In Seal Beach Salon Massacre May Lose Home Next
SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — A woman who lost her husband in the massacre at a Seal Beach salon more than two years ago, is now in danger of losing her home. KCAL9′s Stacey Butler spoke with Paula...
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Trial Split In 2 For Man Accused Of Killing 8 At Seal Beach Salon
SANTA ANA (CBS/AP) — The man accused of killing eight people at a Seal Beach hair salon in 2011 will have his trial split into two parts. Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Goethals made the...
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DA Won’t Use Recordings In OC Salon Killings Case
SANTA ANA (AP) — Prosecutors said in a court hearing Tuesday that they will no longer use secretly recorded statements to a jailhouse informant from a man charged with killing eight people in a 2011...
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Lawyer: Dekraai Will Plead Guilty To Killing 8 In Salon Meritage Shooting
SANTA ANA (AP) — An Orange County man charged with shooting and killing his ex-wife and seven others at a hair salon has agreed to plead guilty, his defense attorney said Monday. Scott Dekraai, 44, had...
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Dekraai Pleads Guilty In Seal Beach Salon Murders
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) — Scott Dekraai, the man charged with the worst mass killing in Orange County’s history, pleaded guilty Friday to eight counts of murder. Dekraai, a 44-year-old former tugboat...
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Seal Beach Holds Fundraiser For Salon Meritage Memorial
SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — Profits from a fundraiser in Seal Beach Saturday will go towards constructing a memorial honoring the victims of the Salon Meritage tragedy. Scott Dekraai, a 44-year-old former...
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Judge: Prosecutors Can’t Use Statements Scott Dekraai Made In Jail For Salon...
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) — An Orange County judge ruled Monday that prosecutors could not use statements made in jail by convicted mass killer Scott Dekraai during the penalty phase of his trial. Dekraai,...
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OC District Attorney’s Office Removed From Seal Beach Mass Shooting Case
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com/AP) — A judge has removed the Orange County District Attorney’s Office from the case of convicted mass killer Scott Dekraai, saying the use of jailhouse informants violated his due...
View ArticleLone Survivor, Familes Of Salon Meritage Massacre Victims Make Plea To State...
SEAL BEACH (CBSLA.com) — The lone survivor and many family members of those killed in the 2011 Salon Meritage massacre in Seal Beach — the worst mass shooting in Orange County’s history — said...
View ArticleScott Dekraai Indicted In Seal Beach Salon Massacre
SEAL BEACH (CBS) — A grand jury Wednesday indicted a Huntington Beach man on charges of killing his ex-wife and seven others in a shooting spree at a Seal Beach salon. Scott Evans Dekraai, 42,...
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Salon Meritage To Reopen Later This Year Following Shooting Massacre
The site of Orange County’s deadliest shooting is scheduled to reopen later this year. The owner of Salon Meritage, Sandy Fannin, says she will be back in business this summer after extensive remodeling.
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