Man dressed as Santa kills at least 9 people

THE bloodbath began when an 8-year-old girl attending a Christmas Eve party answered a knock at the door.

A man dressed as Santa and carrying what appeared to a present pulled out a handgun and shot her in the face, then began shooting indiscriminately as partygoers tried to flee.

By the time it was over, at least nine people at the party were dead and the house was torched. The gunman killed himself hours after exacting revenge against his ex-wife by going on a massacre at his former in-laws’ home.