The man accused of a deadly shooting rampage at a Southern California hairdressing salon that killed eight people has faced enraged relatives of the victims at a court appearance.

A gunman opened fire in a busy hairdressing salon, killing eight people and critically wounding another in a quiet Southern California beach community.

A GUNMAN shot dead six people and critically wounded three others yesterday at a Southern California hair salon in the coastal town of Seal Beach, an Orange County fire official said.