Seven Dead, Seven Injured in Isla Vista ‘Mass Murder’ Shooting

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A lone gunman killed six people and injured seven more during a shooting rampage Friday night in Isla Vista that Sheriff Bill Brown called “the work of a madman.” The suspect was killed after firing on responding deputies, but it’s not clear if the fatal wound to his head was self-inflicted or the result of return fire.

The seven injured victims are being treated at Santa Barbara Cottage hospital — some for gunshot wounds, others for trauma sustained when the suspect crashed his car as he was pursued — and one recently underwent surgery for life-threatening injuries.

Initial reports suggested that two suspects were involved in the shooting, but Brown said during a 2:30 a.m. press conference Saturday morning that the gunman acted alone. Brown said the man was armed with a semi-automatic handgun and that investigators are working to determine if other weapons were involved.

The names of the victims and the suspect have not been released. Brown, however, confirmed that written and video material left by 22-year-old Elliot Rodger of Calabasas in the hours and days leading up to the shooting is being reviewed as evidence in the massacre. “It appears to be connected,” he said.

In a YouTube video titled “Elliot Rodger’s Retribution” and posted the day before the shooting, Rodger — a Santa Barbara City College Student and Isla Vista resident, according to his social media accounts — laments his life of “loneliness, rejection, and unfulfilled desires.” He blames women for throwing themselves at “obnoxious brutes” but rejecting him, “the supreme gentlemen.”

In graphic and unsettling detail, he describes how he plans to launch an assault on the streets of Isla Vista the next day and become a God who “exacts my retribution on all those who deserve it.” Photographs taken by The Santa Barbara Independent of the suspect’s crashed vehicle on Del Playa Drive show a license plate number that matches the one on the car featured on Rodger’s Facebook page.

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At the press conference, Sheriff Brown said dispatchers received calls at 9:27 p.m. of multiple shots fired near the UCSB college town’s central loop. Deputies on foot also heard the gunfire, Brown said, and responded to the area. They immediately came across several victims and started performing first aid as they received description reports of the suspect and his car.

Soon after, several more shots were fired, and at 9:33 p.m. the suspect engaged deputies in a brief but violent firefight. Brown explained there were nine separate crime scenes in the incident, which lasted only around 10 minutes but covered much of downtown Isla Vista. Dozens of rounds were fired, he said. No deputies were injured.

Seconds after the first confrontation, another exchange of gunfire took place, Brown said. The suspect fled in his car down Del Playa Drive and crashed into a parked vehicle. A mangled bike was visible at the scene. When deputies approached the vehicle, they discovered the suspect dead with gunshot wound to his head. The handgun was found in the car, Brown said.

Brown commended the deputies “who engaged very resolutely with the suspect” shortly after they were notified of the initial shootings, and said their actions likely prevented further death or injury during what he termed the "mass murder." He said his heart goes out to the families of the victims, and he encouraged anyone with information on the suspect or the shootings to contact authorities.

When asked by reporters about the repeated violence that has plagued Isla Vista in recent months and years, and what can be done to stop it, Brown said that while the incident was “obviously a heartbreaking situation in a community that is adjacent to a world class university,” the shooting was “obviously the work of a mad man. … It’s unfortunate this kind of things occurs,” he said, but there are very limited ways to prevent it.

In the days and weeks to come, Brown went on, a clearer picture will soon emerge of “how disturbed this individual was.” While Isla Vista is a unique environment with unique law enforcement challenges, Brown said, “this kind of incident could have occurred anywhere.”

Brown explained that the investigation is still in its early stages, and that more information will soon be released. Brown's office is being assisted in its investigation by the UCSB Police Department, the California Highway Patrol, the Santa Barbara Police Department, investigators from the District Attorney’s Office, officials from California State Parks, and criminalists from the Department of Justice crime lab.

The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating other witnesses to interview. Anyone who witnessed the events is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office Tip Line at 805-681-4171.

Congressmember Lois Capps issued the following statement at approximately 7 a.m. on Saturday morning. "My heart is broken over the shooting in Isla Vista last night and the lives it claimed. Our community is grieving and many people are hurting from this senseless tragedy. Isla Vista is a special place, and an important part of our Central Coast community. We all join you in mourning and our prayers are with you.

"We've endured too many tragedies as a nation over the past few years," Capps continued. "But now is a time for us to pray and to come together as a community. May God bless the memory of these victims, give strength to those who were injured, and support all who are touched by this unconscionable act."

 

I could picture Mark Cuban and black teen wearing a hoodie, on the other side of the street.

 

I know and understand what he was going through. I went through it all. I have been rejected, humiliated and treated like a lower class citizen. I understand his jealousy. I sympathize with him up to this point. But, I would not entertain the notion of turning my pain into a weapon to be used against the world. He was a very narcissistic individual. If he was a true "Alpha Male," he would pick himself up and create a better life for himself and he would find a woman worthy of himself. But he had to take seven lives because he gave into his anger and insecurities. He saw life as it applied to him and that he was a the star and all eyes should be on him and to the women(blondes), it is an honor and a privilege to be in his company. He was a very weak man. Rest In Peace to those seven who were killed by his hands. I will pray for their families.

 

you hit it on the head. this guy didnt see that he should improve....its everyone else who is fucked up.

a friend of mine gave me that tuff love one day and "I" looked at me to improve...when that happened ...things changed. The problem was i had to learn thru trial and error.

This kid didnt use his parents. Yes he went to therapy but parents must be constantly on him with support

 

Even though I could understand what he had been through but,he was a privileged White male who could had people to help him. A Black male of his age don't have the money is much worse off then him. In fact if it was a brother he would be king villian.

 

That is true. This guy is the son of the assistant director of The Hunger Games. Growing up in Hollywood, young, rich and white, you would think that they have it made. But that is only on the surface. It is the common complaint among single women in Los Angeles alone that everybody is something they are not and try to play the part as convincingly as possible. I met a priviledged kid from Connecticut and he was at a bar in Pompano Beach and was shot down by many women. One of the women threw a beer in his face. Priviledge. It is a badge of honor and a burden.

 

The victims

 

This is so sad! May God take them into His Kingdom.

 

People of privilege are sometimes shocked when people don't stop to marvel in their majesty. There are some humble, great, wealthy people, but there are also a LOT of them that believe their own press materials.

 

I have met a couple of the humble, great wealthy people in my youth. I once served an heir to the M&M/Mars family, his wife and two children. They all seemed like any normal family. I think that the heir knew that he was privileged and that his family had made candy fans all over the world happy with their product. And that people who were not in his shoes also worked for the company and corporation. It is people who make their products who are the driving force behind their wealth. Some folks need their press to show that they are proud and confident and that their family name is the gold standard amongst their wealthy peers.

 

hahahahahaha

 

Not surprised our resident Vaudeville act Paniro isn't here.

He would have started this thread if the shooter where a BM.

 

Fuck this kid.

 

The ones like this usually come from families with a great tradition of philanthropy and community service and are known for more than just making money.

 

Generosity. Philanthropy: The REAL WEALTH.

 

True, true.