The Orange County district attorney said victims of the Seal Beach salon shooting were shot in the head and chest, while others tried to hide or play dead.
When alleged gunman Scott Dekraai, 41, walked into Salon Meritage, he was "prepared to commit murder" and armed with a bulletproof vest and three firearms, Tony Rackauckas said in a news conference in Santa Ana.
There were about 20 people in the salon, and many who were "just trying to stay out of the way," Rackauckas said.
Officials said Dekraai used at least two handguns in the shooting and did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Rackauckas called the circumstances of Wednesday's massacre in which eight people were killed and one critically wounded "terrible and incomprehensible."
"The people of our community were made victims of a bloody massacre by a methodical, merciless killer," he said.
In a rampage that lasted two minutes, his ex-wife, Michelle Fournier, was among the first two shot, said Acting Seal Beach Police Chief Tim Olson. Dekraai and Fournier were locked in a vicious custody battle over their 8-year-old son.
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