(NewsCore) - Police say the gunman who shot dead six members of his family before turning the gun on himself in Grapevine, Texas, on Christmas Day may have planted a handgun in the hand of one of his victims, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Police documents released Wednesday showed that handguns were retrieved from the hands of both the gunman -- Azizolah Yazdanpanah -- and his 59-year-old brother-in-law Mohamad Hossein Zarei.
"We think Aziz [Yazdanpanah] tried to stage the scene by putting the gun in Mohamad's hand," Grapevine police Lt. Todd Dearing told the Morning News. "The man was shot four times by both guns. He didn't shoot himself like that. He was a victim in all of this."
Yazdanpanah, 56, was a real estate agent who had been dealing with money problems and the breakup of his marriage when he killed his family after they unwrapped their Christmas presents Sunday, according to myFOXdfw.com.
He was reportedly dressed as Santa Claus as he carried out the murder-suicide.
His 55-year-old estranged wife Fatemeh Rahmati, their 19-year-old daughter Nona Yazdanpanah and 14-year-old son Ali Yazdanpanah were among his victims. Rahmati's sister Zohreh Rahmati, 58, her husband Zarei and their 22-year-old daughter Sara Fatemeh Zarei were the other three killed.
The police documents released Wednesday also provided details of the 911 call that was received at 11:30am on Christmas Day.
"On the recording, we discovered that the caller, whom we believe to be Aziz, ... [said] 'I am shooting people,' after he said 'Help ... Help,'" Dearing said in a statement.
"The newly discovered audio was not heard on the original audio software over many playbacks, and was not heard/understood by the dispatcher who took the call on Sunday."
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