Police named the suspect as 42-year-old Scott Evans Dekraai of nearby Huntington Beach, the ex-husband of a stylist of the salon, who was expected to face multiple counts of murder in a rampage that has been called the worst in Orange County history. Mourners laid flowers at a hair salon in Seal Beach on Thursday, one day after a gunman, identified as the ex-husband of a stylist there, killed eight people in a shooting rampage.

A woman wipes away a tear during a prayer session, one day after a gunman killed eight people in a shooting rampage at a hair salon, at the Center for Spiritual Living in Seal Beach, California
A woman wipes away a tear during a prayer session, one day after a gunman killed eight people in a shooting rampage at a hair salon, at the Center for Spiritual Living in Seal Beach, California October 13, 2011. Reuters
Mourners hold a candlelight vigil at the Salon Meritage hair salon in Seal Beach
Mourners hold a candlelight vigil at the Salon Meritage hair salon in Seal Beach October 13, 2011. Mourners laid flowers at a hair salon in Seal Beach on Thursday, one day after a gunman, identified as the ex-husband of a stylist there, killed eight people in a shooting rampage. Reuters
Kelsei Allan and Kaitlin Sallade of Seal Beach attend a candlelight vigil, one day after a gunman killed eight people in a shooting rampage at Salon Meritage, in Seal Beach, California
Kelsei Allan and Kaitlin Sallade of Seal Beach attend a candlelight vigil, one day after a gunman killed eight people in a shooting rampage at Salon Meritage, in Seal Beach, California October 13, 2011. Reuters