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Santa Monica, Calif.

Murderous rampage: A gunman armed with an assault rifle and carrying 40 large-capacity ammunition magazines killed five people last week before being shot dead by police. John Zawahri, 23, who had a history of mental illness, murdered his father, Samir, 55, and brother Chris, 25, at their home before leaving the house and shooting and injuring a woman driving by. He then carjacked a car and forced the driver to drive to Santa Monica College, where he shot and killed three others: college groundskeeper Carlos Franco, 68, his daughter Marcela, 26, and Margarita Gomez, 68. Police eventually killed Zawahri in the campus library. The gunman had previously been held in UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute in 2006, after high school teachers and students reported concerns over his mental well-being. “We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragedy that once again shatters our nation’s confidence,” said school superintendent Sandra Lyon.

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