An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Robert A. Heinlein



A gunman apparently enraged over a custody dispute walked into a crowded Seal Beach hair salon where his former wife worked and opened fire, killing eight people and critically wounding another person in the deadliest shooting in Orange County history.

The attacker sprayed Salon Meritage with gunfire Wednesday afternoon as victims fell to the floor and those who could escape ran onto the street or hid in neighboring businesses in the bustling area of trendy restaurants and shops along Pacific Coast Highway, authorities and witnesses said. The gunman continued firing outside, where he shot one man who apparently tried to flee in a Range Rover.

Photos: Seal Beach shooting

"He just didn't stop. Anybody he saw he was shooting," said an Anaheim woman who was in a stylist's chair when the gunman began firing. "It went boom, boom, boom. I was afraid he was going to shoot everybody."

An officer saw the suspect leaving the area as police responded to reports of the gunfire. The man was arrested about half a mile away and was the sole suspect in the rampage, authorities said.

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