Suspect Scott Dekraai indicted in Seal Beach salon massacre

(CBS/KCBS) LOS ANGELES - A grand jury has indicted Scott Dekraai, the suspect in the Oct. 12 Seal Beach salon shooting rampage that left eight people dead and one critically wounded.

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Dekraai, 42, pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in November to eight counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in the largest mass killing in Orange County history, CBS Los Angeles reports.

Due to his recent indictment, Dekraai will not have to go through a preliminary hearing thus speeding the legal process, according to the station.

A pretrial hearing was set for Jan. 27.

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said previously that he would be seeking the death penalty for Dekraai.

"There are some cases that are so depraved, so callous and so malignant that there is only one punishment that might have any chance of fitting the crime," Rackauckas said.

The beauty parlor was packed with customers just after lunch on Oct. 12 when Dekraai, clad in a bulletproof vest, opened fire with at least two handguns, killing his ex-wife Michelle Fournier and seven others, including a man in his car outside the shop, authorities said. An elderly woman having her hair styled by her daughter, who died in the carnage, was seriously injured.

According to police, Dekraai was stopped by officers about a half-mile away from the shooting scene at Salon Meritage. He surrendered without incident.

Rackauckas said the suspect had wanted revenge against his ex-wife with whom he fought over the custody of their son shortly before the massacre. Dekraai, who was in court with his ex-wife the day before the shooting, had been seeking sole custody of the 8-year-old boy. The court denied his request, CBS Los Angeles reports.

Dekraai is being held without bail.

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