Seal Beach, Calif. salon shooting suspect identified

Police officers stand with a man who was being held in a patrol car at the scene of the arrest of a suspect near the Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Calif., where a shooting left six people dead and three critically injured Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.

Police officers stand with a man who was being held in a patrol car at the scene of the arrest of a suspect near the Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Calif., where a shooting left eight people dead and one critically injured Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.

Investigators stand near the site where six people were killed and three were wounded in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The six deaths were confirmed and the other three victims were taken to a hospital in critical condition, police Sgt. Steve Bowles told The Associated Press.

Police investigate a truck, left, believed to belong to the suspect arrested in the shootings at the Salon Meritage that left eight people dead and one critically wounded in Seal Beach, Caif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.

Police collect evidence, including a bulletproof vest, retrieved from the vehicle believed to belong to the suspect arrested in the shootings at the Salon Meritage that left eight people dead and one critically wounded in Seal Beach, Caif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.

Friends and acquaintances huddle near the Salon Meritage where nine people were shot in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Eight people were killed and one critically wounded when a gunman opened fire in the busy hair salon, leaving victims' bodies scattered throughout the business in this normally sedate Southern California beach community.

An onlooker reacts near the site where six people were killed and three were wounded in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The six deaths were confirmed and the other three victims were taken to a hospital in critical condition, police Sgt. Steve Bowles told The Associated Press.

A police officer talks to onlookers near the site where six people were killed and three were wounded in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The six deaths were confirmed and the other three victims were taken to a hospital in critical condition, police Sgt. Steve Bowles told The Associated Press.

Onlookers react near the site where six people were killed and three were wounded in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The six deaths were confirmed and the other three victims were taken to a hospital in critical condition, police Sgt. Steve Bowles told The Associated Press.

Seal Beach Police Department Public Information Officer, Sgt. Steve Bowles speaks during a news conference near the site were nine people were shot at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Eight people were killed and one critically wounded when a gunman opened fire in the busy hair salon, leaving victims' bodies scattered throughout the business in this normally sedate Southern California beach community.

Investigators stand near the site where six people were killed and three were wounded in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The six deaths were confirmed and the other three victims were taken to a hospital in critical condition, police Sgt. Steve Bowles told The Associated Press.

Bystanders observe the scene outside the Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Calif., where police say six people were killed and three critically wounded in a shooting Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The gunman was stopped by officers about a half-mile away and surrendered without incident, said police Sgt. Steve Bowles.

Investigators work iside the shop were six people were killed and three were wounded in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.

Women hug near the Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Calif. where nine people were shot, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Eight people were killed and one critically wounded when a gunman opened fire in the busy hair salon, leaving victims' bodies scattered throughout the business in this normally sedate Southern California beach community.

Friends and acquaintances react near the Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Calif. where nine people were shot, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Eight people were killed and one critically wounded when a gunman opened fire in the busy hair salon, leaving victims' bodies scattered throughout the business in this normally sedate Southern California beach community.

Onlookers react near the site were six people were killed and three were wounded in a shooting at a hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. The six deaths were confirmed and the other three victims were taken to a hospital in critical condition, police Sgt. Steve Bowles told The Associated Press.

A police officer leaves the Huntington Beach, Calif. home on Melody Lane of Scott Evans Dekraai, 42, the suspected gunman who killed eight people and critically wounded another at the Salon Meritage hair salon in Seal Beach Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.

Police officers gather around the home on Melody Lane in Huntington Beach, Calif. of Scott Evans Dekraai, 42, Wednesday Oct. 12, 2011 the shooter who is suspected of killing 8 people at the Salon Meritage hair salon in Seal Beach.

Police officers put up crime scene tape Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 at the home of Scott Evans Dekraai, 42, the suspected shooter who killed 8 people at the Salon Meritage hair salon in Seal Beach. The home is on Melody Lane in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Candles and flowers adorn a sidewalk memorial to the victims of a shooting rampage at Salon Meritage, that left eight dead and one wounded, outside the mall that housed the salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011.