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The '''2014 Isla Vista killings''' were a series of ] attacks in ]. On the evening of May 23, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger<ref name=SydMornHerald.Manifesto/><ref name=USAToday.Identify/><ref name=NYTimes.Rampage/><ref name=ABC.Stabbing/><ref name=Telegraph.Shooting/> Two ] attacks occurred in ], United States on the evening of May 23, 2014. 22-year-old ] killed six people and injured fourteen others by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle-ramming near the campus of the ] (UCSB) before fatally shooting himself.
killed six people and injured fourteen others—by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle ramming—near the campus of the ] (UCSB), and then killed himself.


Rodger stabbed three men to death in his apartment, apparently one by one on their arrival. About three hours later, he drove to a ] and, after failing to get inside, shot three women outside, two of whom died. He next drove past a nearby deli and shot a male student inside to death. He then began to drive through Isla Vista, ] and ]. He exchanged gunfire with police twice, and he was injured in the hip. After his car crashed into a parked vehicle, he was found dead inside with a ]. In Rodger's apartment, he ambushed and stabbed to death his two roommates and their friend, killing them separately as they arrived. About two hours later, he drove to a ] and, after failing to gain entry, he shot three women walking near the sorority house, two of whom died. He then drove past a nearby delicatessen, and shot and killed a man who was inside. Following this, he drove around Isla Vista, shooting and wounding several pedestrians from his car, and striking others with his car. He twice exchanged gunfire with police and was injured in the hip. After Rodger's car crashed into a parked vehicle, he was found dead inside with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.


Before driving to the sorority house, Rodger uploaded a video to ] titled "Elliot Rodger's Retribution", in which he outlined his planned attack and his motives. He explained that he wanted to punish women for rejecting him, and sexually active men because he envied them. He also emailed a lengthy autobiographical manuscript to friends, his ] and family members; the document appeared on the Internet and became widely known as his ]. In it, he described his childhood, family conflicts, frustration over his ], his ], his contempt for couples (particularly interracial couples) and his plans for what he described as "retribution". In February 2020, the ] at ] retroactively described the killings as an act of ].<ref name=ICCT.Misogyny /> The ] describes it as "misogynistic extremism."<ref>{{cite report |author=United States Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center |date=March 2022 |title=Hot Yoga Tallahassee: a Case Study of Misogynistic Extremism |url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21417518-secret-service-2018-yoga-class-shooting-case-study |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |page=4 }}</ref> Before driving to the sorority house, Rodger uploaded a video titled "Elliot Rodger's Retribution", in which he outlined his planned attack and his motives, to the video-sharing platform ]. In the video, Rodger said he wanted to punish women for rejecting him, and sexually active men because he envied them. He also emailed a lengthy, autobiographical manuscript to friends, family members and his therapist; the document appeared on the Internet and became widely known as his manifesto. In the document, Rodger described his childhood, family conflicts, frustration over his ], his ], his contempt for couples, and his plans for "retribution".


== Attacks == == Background ==
{{Main|Elliot Rodger}}
Elliot Rodger began his attacks at his apartment on Seville Road, where he killed three men by stabbing them multiple times. Bloodstains later found in the building's hallway suggest that Rodger had attacked one or more of his victims as they entered; a bloody bath towel and paper towels in the bathroom suggest Rodger had attempted to clean the hallway.<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /> The men's positions suggested that each was killed separately as he entered.<ref name="DailyNexus.Report" /> Two of the victims were confirmed to be Rodger's roommates according to an apartment lease, while police were investigating whether the third was also a resident or visiting the apartment on the night of the killings.<ref name="USAToday.Identify" /><ref name="CNN.Father" /><ref name="Yahoo.Sheriff" /><ref name="NYDailyNews.Roommate" />{{efn|group=lower-alpha|A law enforcement source stated that Weihan Wang was visiting the apartment at the time of the killings,<ref name=CNN.Roommates/> but other sources say that Wang shared the same apartment as Cheng Yuan Hong and George Chen, who were his friends. They said he had made plans to move into another apartment prior to his death due to Rodger playing loud music in the middle of the night.<ref name=NYDailyNews.Roommate/><ref name=NatPost.Chamber/> Hong also made similar plans to move out of the apartment, telling friends he was worried for his safety.<ref name=Mirror.Roommates/>}}
]
] was born on July 24, 1991, in London, England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/elliot-rodger-manifesto-outlines-plans-for-santa-barbara-attack-20140525-38wkc.html |title=Elliot Rodger manifesto outlines plans for Santa Barbara attack |work=] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140527190942/http://www.smh.com.au/world/elliot-rodger-manifesto-outlines-plans-for-santa-barbara-attack-20140525-38wkc.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-document-20140524-story.html |title=Isla Vista shooting: Read Elliot Rodger's graphic, elaborate attack plan |work=] |last1=Winton |first1=Richard |last2=Xia |first2=Rosanna |last3=Lin II |first3=Rong-Gong |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320004819/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-document-20140524-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Rodger faced mental health problems as a child; he struggled in social situations, often cried in crowds, and displayed repetitive behaviors. He repeatedly talked about killing himself but had no history of violence. In 2007, he was diagnosed with ]. As an adult, he showed anger toward couples and had difficulties socializing.<ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref name="Serna-2015"/><ref name="Mineiro-2015"/>


Rodger wrote a 137-page manifesto titled ''My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger'' about his life and frustrations at having never had sexual intercourse,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/05/25/us/shooting-document.html |title=The Manifesto of Elliot Rodger |work=] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/05/25/us/shooting-document.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elliot-rodger-s-manifesto-and-youtube-video-describe-plans-for-rampage-in-horrifying-detail-i-ll-take-great-pleasure-in-slaughtering-you-all-9432770.html|title=Elliot Rodger's 'manifesto' and YouTube video describe plans for rampage in horrifying detail: 'I'll take great pleasure in slaughtering you all'|work=]|last=Withnall|first=Adam|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-date=April 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406132035/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elliot-rodger-s-manifesto-and-youtube-video-describe-plans-for-rampage-in-horrifying-detail-i-ll-take-great-pleasure-in-slaughtering-you-all-9432770.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/in-disturbing-my-twisted-world-manifesto-elliot-rodger-says-massacre-could-have-been-avoided-with-loss-of-his-virginity.html|title=In Disturbing 'My Twisted World' Manifesto, Elliot Rodger Says Massacre Could Have Been Avoided With Loss of His Virginity|work=]|last=Blair|first=Leonardo|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-date=May 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519071204/https://www.christianpost.com/news/in-disturbing-my-twisted-world-manifesto-elliot-rodger-says-massacre-could-have-been-avoided-with-loss-of-his-virginity.html|url-status=live}}</ref> a situation for which he blamed women.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/keeping-kids-safe/201405/elliot-rodger-psychotic-psychopath |title=Elliot Rodger: A Psychotic Psychopath? |work=] |last=Langman |first=Peter |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=May 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504105155/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/keeping-kids-safe/201405/elliot-rodger-psychotic-psychopath |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/05/25/elliot-rodgers-manifesto-reveals-a-long-struggle-to-fit-in/|title=Elliot Rodger's manifesto reveals a long struggle to fit in|work=]|last=Gazzar|first=Brenda|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-date=February 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112822/https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/05/25/elliot-rodgers-manifesto-reveals-a-long-struggle-to-fit-in/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/elliot-rodgers-manifesto-2014-5|title=Alleged Santa Barbara Shooter Wrote A Deranged Misogynistic Manifesto|work=]|last=Sterbenz|first=Christina|date=May 24, 2014|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816102009/https://www.businessinsider.com/elliot-rodgers-manifesto-2014-5|url-status=live}}</ref> In his manifesto, Rodger wrote about his plan to carry out an attack, calling it a "Day of Retribution".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/26/elliot-rodger-wrote-manifesto-on-his-hate-for-women-and-his-vindictive-scheme-prior-to-deadly-rampage/ |title=Elliot Rodger wrote manifesto on his hate for women and his vindictive scheme prior to deadly rampage |work=] |last1=Beekman |first1=Daniel |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070453/https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/26/elliot-rodger-wrote-manifesto-on-his-hate-for-women-and-his-vindictive-scheme-prior-to-deadly-rampage/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/us/california-shooting-suspect/index.html|title=Inside the gunman's head: Rejection, jealousy and vow to kill 'beautiful girls'|work=]|last1=Yann|first1=Holly|last2=Brumfield|first2=Ben|last3=J. Carter|first3=Chelsea|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-date=February 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112822/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/us/california-shooting-suspect/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/2014/05/29/california-rampage-haunts-those-familiar-with-the-areas-involved/|title=California rampage haunts those familiar with the areas involved|work=]|date=May 24, 2014|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007095829/https://www.mcall.com/2014/05/29/california-rampage-haunts-those-familiar-with-the-areas-involved/|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, Rodger was unsure whether to target ] or ] for his attacks, but ultimately chose Isla Vista.<ref name="Brugger-2015"/> He had planned to drive to his father's home where he intended to kill his stepmother ] and half-brother.<ref name="news124">{{cite web |url=https://www.news24.com/life/archive/Summary-of-Elliot-Rodgers-mannifesto-part-6-20140527-2 |title=Summary of Elliot Rodger's manifesto - Part 6 |work=] |last1=Shortridge |first1=Laura |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303154322/https://www.news24.com/life/archive/Summary-of-Elliot-Rodgers-mannifesto-part-6-20140527-2 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/chilling-video-mass-murderer-killed-6-injured-13-girls-refused-sexual-advances/ |title=Chilling final video emerges of Santa Barbara student killer who planned to kill stepmother and brother |magazine=] |last=Hooper |first=Ellie |date=May 27, 2014 |accessdate=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601033819/https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/chilling-video-mass-murderer-killed-6-injured-13-girls-refused-sexual-advances/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insideedition.com/8351-last-video-taken-of-santa-barbara-shooter-elliot-rodger-surfaces |title=Last Video Taken of Santa Barbara Shooter Elliot Rodger Surfaces |work=] |date=May 27, 2014 |accessdate=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=November 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130111017/https://www.insideedition.com/8351-last-video-taken-of-santa-barbara-shooter-elliot-rodger-surfaces |url-status=live}}</ref> He intended to steal their car and drive it back to Isla Vista, targeting the ] sorority house with plans to kill its occupants before setting it on fire. Rodger then planned to shoot and run over as many people with the car as possible in Isla Vista.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/justice/california-shooting-revelations/index.html |title=Five revelations from the 'twisted world' of a 'kissless virgin' |work=] |last=Duke |first=Alan |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070459/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/justice/california-shooting-revelations/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dalrymple II-2014">{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimdalrympleii/the-bizarre-and-horrifying-autobiography-of-a-mass-shooter |title=The Bizarre And Horrifying Autobiography Of A Mass Shooter |last=Dalrymple II |first=Jim |work=] |date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimdalrympleii/the-bizarre-and-horrifying-autobiography-of-a-mass-shooter |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-santa-barbara-killers-manifesto/story?id=23860511 |title=Inside Santa Barbara Killer's Manifesto |publisher=] |date=May 24, 2014 |accessdate=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070453/https://abcnews.go.com/US/inside-santa-barbara-killers-manifesto/story?id=23860511 |url-status=live}}</ref>
After the stabbings, Rodger purchased coffee at a coffee shop.<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /> At around 8:30&nbsp;p.m., he was seen working on his laptop in his car in the parking lot of his apartment building.<ref name="SBarbInd.Residents" /> He uploaded his "Retribution" video at 9:17 and sent his manifesto e-mail at 9:18.<ref name="SBarbInd.CheckUp" /> After receiving a copy of the manifesto, Rodger's therapist phoned his mother, who{{snd}}finding the "Retribution" video on Rodger's YouTube channel{{snd}}contacted Rodger's father. In separate cars, his parents left Los Angeles for ], calling Isla Vista police en{{nbs}}route.<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /><ref name="LATimes.Parents" />
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Rodger posted videos to YouTube describing his views on life and frustrations at his romantic failures.<ref name="new">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/us/elliot-rodger-killings-in-california-followed-years-of-withdrawal.html |title=Before Brief, Deadly Spree, Trouble Since Age 8 |work=] |last1=Nagourney |first1=Adam |last2=Cieply |first2=Michael |last3=Feuer |first3=Alan |last4=Lovett |first4=Ian |date=June 1, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=June 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603000541/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/us/elliot-rodger-killings-in-california-followed-years-of-withdrawal.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/112597/santa-barbara-shooting-youtube-video/|title=Police Believe YouTube Video Tied to Shooting That Left 7 Dead|magazine=]|last1=Feeney|first1=Nolan|date=May 24, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215062748/https://time.com/112597/santa-barbara-shooting-youtube-video/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elliot-rodger-videos-police-admit-being-warned-about-killers-youtube-channel-but-not-watching-it-9458006.html|title=Elliot Rodger videos: Police admit being warned about killer's YouTube channel but not watching it|work=]|last1=Saul|first1=Heather|date=May 30, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2024|archive-date=February 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219211948/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elliot-rodger-videos-police-admit-being-warned-about-killers-youtube-channel-but-not-watching-it-9458006.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2014, he uploaded to YouTube videos expressing his deep loneliness and frustration at his unsuccessful attempts to attracting a girlfriend.<ref name="ukborn">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/elliot-rodger-suspect-california-mass-murder-shooting-stabbing |title=California killings: UK-born Elliot Rodger blamed for deaths |work=] |last1=Pengelly |first1=Martin |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114215927/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/elliot-rodger-suspect-california-mass-murder-shooting-stabbing |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="thought">{{cite web |url=https://thoughtcatalog.com/denise-noe/2015/12/the-enraged-virgin-who-terrorized-isla-vista-in-revenge-for-his-sexual-and-social-rejection/ |title=The Enraged Virgin Who Terrorized Isla Vista In Revenge For His Sexual And Social Rejection |work=] |last1=Noe |first1=Denise |date=December 14, 2015 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112822/https://thoughtcatalog.com/denise-noe/2015/12/the-enraged-virgin-who-terrorized-isla-vista-in-revenge-for-his-sexual-and-social-rejection/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-mysteries-love/201406/elliot-rodger-s-narcissism |title=Elliot Rodger's Narcissism |work=] |last=Brogaard |first=Berit |date=June 4, 2014 |accessdate=May 23, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070942/https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-mysteries-love/201406/elliot-rodger-s-narcissism |url-status=live}}</ref> He also posted on misogynistic and anti-feminism online forums like PUAHate.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/27/inside-the-manosphere-that-inspired-santa-barbara-shooter-elliot-rodger/ |title=Inside the 'manosphere' that inspired Santa Barbara shooter Elliot Rodger |newspaper=] |last1=Dewey |first1=Caitlin |date=May 27, 2014 |accessdate=May 6, 2024 |archive-date=October 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029034533/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/27/inside-the-manosphere-that-inspired-santa-barbara-shooter-elliot-rodger/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-puahate-forever-alone-reddit-forums |title='PUAhate' and 'ForeverAlone': inside Elliot Rodger's online life |work=] |last1=Woolf |first1=Nicky |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=April 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425162908/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-puahate-forever-alone-reddit-forums |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2014/0528/Santa-Barbara-killings-Did-misogynist-hate-groups-play-a-role |title=Santa Barbara killings: Did misogynist hate groups play a role? |work=] |last1=Paulson |first1=Amanda |date=May 28, 2014 |accessdate=May 6, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310200157/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2014/0528/Santa-Barbara-killings-Did-misogynist-hate-groups-play-a-role |url-status=live}}</ref> Denizens of these forums, including Rodger, identified themselves as "involuntary celibates" or "]s"; they discussed their difficulties with finding a romantic or sexual partner, and expressed disdain towards women and ]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/10/07/incels-4chan-and-the-beta-uprising-making-sense-of-one-of-the-internets-most-reviled-subcultures/ |title=Incels, 4chan and the Beta Uprising: making sense of one of the Internet's most-reviled subcultures |newspaper=] |last1=Dewey |first1=Caitlin |date=October 7, 2015 |accessdate=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=November 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110225334/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/10/07/incels-4chan-and-the-beta-uprising-making-sense-of-one-of-the-internets-most-reviled-subcultures/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/incel-andrew-tate-jake-davison-b1054003.html |title=What is an incel? Online term linked to Andrew Tate |work=] |last1=Morris |first1=Seren |last2=Knibbs |first2=Jessica |last3=Bulbul |first3=Nuray |date=September 28, 2023 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117015152/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/incel-andrew-tate-jake-davison-b1054003.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://observer.com/2014/05/hating-the-players-elliot-rodger/ |title=Hating Women Was His Disease |work=] |last1=Burleigh |first1=Nina |date=May 28, 2014 |accessdate=May 6, 2024 |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005143258/https://observer.com/2014/05/hating-the-players-elliot-rodger/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


In February 2012, after being unable to find a girlfriend, Rodger wrote his manifesto that his attack had become a possibility.<ref name="Duke-2014">{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/26/justice/california-elliot-rodger-timeline/index.html |title=Timeline to 'Retribution': Isla Vista attacks planned over years |work=] |last=Duke |first=Alan |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070500/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/26/justice/california-elliot-rodger-timeline/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/three-bodies-taken-from-elliot-rodgers-apartment-20140525-zrniv.html |title=Three bodies taken from Elliot Rodger's apartment |work=] |last=Idato |first=Michael |date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601081134/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/three-bodies-taken-from-elliot-rodgers-apartment-20140525-zrniv.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/18/men-entitled-women-friendzone |title=Men aren't entitled to women's time or affection. But it's a hard lesson to learn |work=] |last1=Jefferson |first1=Cord |date=July 18, 2014 |accessdate=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814065717/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/18/men-entitled-women-friendzone |url-status=live}}</ref> He became fixated on winning a lottery, believing gaining wealth was the only way for him to attain a sexual experience.<ref name="cnn2">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/justice/california-elliot-rodger-wealth/index.html|title=California killer's family struggled with money, court documents show|work=]|last=Duke|first=Alan|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2024|archive-date=February 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070458/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/justice/california-elliot-rodger-wealth/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sheriff-calif-shooter-rodger-flew-under-the-radar-when-deputies-visited-him-in-april/2014/05/25/88123026-e3b4-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html |title=In Elliot Rodger, authorities in Calif. saw warning signs but didn't see a tipping point |magazine=] |last1=Rucker |first1=Phillip |last2=Costa |first2=Robert |date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205235519/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sheriff-calif-shooter-rodger-flew-under-the-radar-when-deputies-visited-him-in-april/2014/05/25/88123026-e3b4-11e3-8dcc-d6b7fede081a_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/drone/8-in-the-air/investigators-how-the-california-shooting-suspect-spent-2-years-planning-the-attack/526-c208fa2d-1916-4830-8b7a-9c865fbea7a5 |title=Investigators: How the California shooting suspect spent 2 years planning the attack |publisher=] |last1=Nelson |first1=Shellie |date=May 27, 2014 |accessdate=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601012959/https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/drone/8-in-the-air/investigators-how-the-california-shooting-suspect-spent-2-years-planning-the-attack/526-c208fa2d-1916-4830-8b7a-9c865fbea7a5 |url-status=live}}</ref> By June 2012, Rodger wrote he would not carry out his attacks if he won the ] jackpot. When he did not win the jackpot in September 2012, he visited a gun range in ]. In November 2012, he bought ] lottery tickets, but after failing to win, he began to actively plan his attack.<ref name="Duke-2014"/> He purchased firearms between December 2012 and 2014.<ref name="Duke-2014"/> From February through April 2014, Rodger visited gun ranges and purchased ammunition.<ref name="cnn2"/> In August 2013, Rodger, having rejected ] 2013 as the attack date due to concerns over the police presence,<ref name="los12">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/parents-nightmare-failed-race-to-stop-killings.html|title=Parents' Nightmare: Futile Race to Stop Killings|work=]|last=Nagourney|first=Adam|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2024|archive-date=May 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526035653/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/parents-nightmare-failed-race-to-stop-killings.html|url-status=live}}</ref> decided to delay his attack until early 2014, eventually selecting April 26, 2014, as the new date for his attack.<ref name="Duke-2014"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/25/elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-shooting_n_5388367.html|title=Elliot Rodger Santa Barbara Shooting Timeline|magazine=]|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601181538/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/25/elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-shooting_n_5388367.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 24, due to illness, he postponed his attack to May 24, 2014.<ref name="Duke-2014"/><ref name="los12"/>
Rodger drove to the ] sorority house at Embarcadero del Norte and Segovia Road near UCSB,{{efn|group=lower-alpha|In his "Retribution" video, Rodger said he would enter the "hottest sorority house of UCSB" and kill every woman inside.<ref name=NYDailyNews.Retribution/> In his manifesto, he had identified that sorority as ].<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|132}}}} where he knocked on the front door for a few minutes.<ref name="Sheriff.Details" /> After no one answered the door,<!--<ref name=Sheriff.Details/>--> he then began shooting people nearby. Two women were killed<ref name="DailyNexus.InMemory" /> and a third was injured.<ref name="NYTimes.Rampage" /><ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /><ref name="Yahoo.Aloof" /><ref name="ABC.Lonely" /> Rodger began driving again. He fired into an unoccupied coffee shop on Pardall Road, then several times into a delicatessen; a man was struck seven times and killed.<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" />


==Attacks==
Rodger drove south on Embarcadero del Norte on the wrong side of the street, striking a pedestrian and firing at two people on the sidewalk, missing them. He shot a couple exiting a pizzeria and a female cyclist.<ref name="ABC.Stabbing" /><ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /><ref name="Yahoo.Gunman" /><ref name="NBC.Deli" /><ref name="KEYT.Shootings" /><ref name="NYDailyNews.Slaughter" /> He drove south on El Embarcadero and shot at and missed a woman,<ref name="KEYT.Survivor" /> turned east on ], and made a U-turn to drive west. He then exchanged fire with a sheriff's deputy responding to a telephone report, and struck two pedestrians.<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /><ref name="KEYT.Shootings" /><ref name="CBS.Improvised" /><ref name="Yahoo.Improvised" /><ref name="IVChurch.Ours" />
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===Apartment stabbings===
Turning north on Camino del Sur, Rodger shot and wounded three people at Sabado Tarde Street, and struck a skateboarder and two cyclists with his car. Turning east on Sabado Tarde, he struck another skateboarder with his car and shot two other men at the intersection with Camino Pescadero.<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /> On Sabado Tarde near Little Acorn Park, Rodger exchanged gunfire with three sheriff's deputies, and was shot in the hip.<ref name="Yahoo.Aloof" /><ref name="CBS.Improvised" /><ref name="Yahoo.Improvised" /><ref name="Standard.Shooting" /><ref name="MarinIndJ.TeenInjured" /> Pursued by police,<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /> he turned south a second time onto El Embarcadero, then west again on Del Playa. He struck a cyclist, then crashed on the north sidewalk just east of the intersection of Del Playa and Camino Pescadero.<ref name="DailyNexus.Map" /><ref name="SBarbInd.Map" />
Despite initially selecting May 24 as the date for his attacks, Rodger unexpectedly initiated his attacks a day earlier.<ref name="Duke-2014"/> Rodger, carrying a {{convert|6|inch|adj=on|spell=in}} "SRK" knife and a {{convert|9|inch|spell=in|adj=on}} ], ambushed his 20-year-old roommate Weihan "David" Wang upon his return to their apartment. Wang tried to defend himself but was stabbed 15 times, suffering 23 slashes.<ref name="Brugger-2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2015/02/20/elliot-rodger-report-details-long-struggle-mental-illness/ |title=Elliot Rodger Report Details Long Struggle with Mental Illness |work=] |last1=Brugger |first1=Kelsey |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070453/https://www.independent.com/2015/02/20/elliot-rodger-report-details-long-struggle-mental-illness/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Serna-2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-isla-vista-rampage-20150220-story.html |title=Elliot Rodger, a quiet, troubled loner, plotted rampage for months |work=] |last1=Serna |first1=Joseph |last2=Mather |first2=Kate |last3=Covarrubias |first3=Amanda |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070453/https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-isla-vista-rampage-20150220-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Mineiro-2015">{{cite web |last1=Mineiro |first1=Megan |last2=Yelimeli |first2=Supriya |date=February 20, 2015 |title=Sheriff Releases Report Detailing Events, Investigation of 2014 I.V. Mass Murder |url=https://dailynexus.com/2015-02-20/sheriff-releases-report-detailing-events-of-2014-i-v-mass-murder/ |work=] |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043022/https://dailynexus.com/2015-02-20/sheriff-releases-report-detailing-events-of-2014-i-v-mass-murder/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Rodger moved Wang's body to the corner of a bedroom, threw it face-down on the floor, and partially covering it with blankets, towels, and clothing.<ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref name="Serna-2015"/><ref name="Mineiro-2015"/> Soon after, Rodger attacked his other roommate, 20-year-old Cheng Yuan "James" Hong, after he entered the apartment. Despite his attempts to defend himself, Hong was overwhelmed, receiving 25 stab wounds and 12 slashes.<ref name="Serna-2015"/><ref name="Mineiro-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/isla-vista-gunman-planned-attack-for-years-researched-killin |title=Isla Vista Gunman Planned Attack For Years, Researched Killing Methods |last=Flores |first=Adolfo |work=] |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830235718/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/isla-vista-gunman-planned-attack-for-years-researched-killin |url-status=live}}</ref> Five of the stab wounds were inflicted on Hong's back after he died.<ref name="Serna-2015"/><ref name="Noozhawk">{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/da_office_clears_officers_who_fired_guns_during_isla_vista_massacre/ |title=DA Clears Deputies Who Fired Guns at Elliot Rodger During Isla Vista Massacre |publisher=] |last1=Cooper |first1=Lara |date=September 8, 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829212610/https://www.noozhawk.com/da_office_clears_officers_who_fired_guns_during_isla_vista_massacre/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Rodger dragged Hong's body to the same bedroom, throwing it face down and half-on-top of Wang's body, and concealed it with blankets and clothing.<ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref name="Serna-2015"/><ref name="Mineiro-2015"/>


19-year-old George Chen, a friend of Hong and Wang, arrived at the apartment to visit them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/05/31/santa-barbara-killings-roommates-didnt-know-of-danger/ |title=Santa Barbara killings: Roommates didn't know of danger |work=] |last1=Salonga |first1=Robert |last2=Kurhi |first2=Eric |last3=Nelson |first3=Katie |date=May 31, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=May 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509112200/http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/05/31/santa-barbara-killings-roommates-didnt-know-of-danger/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/us/santa-barbara-shooting-victims/index.html |title=Roommates, 'a really great kid' among victims |work=] |last1=Leopold |first1=Todd |last2=Fantz |first2=Ashley |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231032733/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/us/santa-barbara-shooting-victims/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynexus.com/2016-05-23/a-victims-mothers-open-plea/|title=A Victim's Mother's Open Plea|work=]|last1=Wang|first1=Kelly|date=May 23, 2016|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=May 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530214433/https://dailynexus.com/2016-05-23/a-victims-mothers-open-plea/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7news.com/memorial-service-south-bay-george-chen-parents/176025/ |title=Memorial service held in South Bay for Isla Vista stabbing victim |publisher=] |last1=Lee |first1=Vic |date=July 10, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221021113/https://abc7news.com/memorial-service-south-bay-george-chen-parents/176025/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Upon entering, Rodger ambushed Chen, inflicting 94 stab wounds and 11 slashes as Chen attempted to defend himself.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/02/elliot-rodger-police-santa-barbara-shooter-stabbed-pillows/ |title=Cops: Virgin Killer Elliot Rodger Practiced Stabbing Pillows, One Victim Stabbed 94 Times |publisher=] |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205192940/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2015/02/elliot-rodger-police-santa-barbara-shooter-stabbed-pillows/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-isle-vista-massacre-alt-right-20180206-story.html |title=Killer who committed massacre in Isla Vista was part of alt-right, new research shows |magazine=] |last1=Poston |first1=Ben |date=February 6, 2018 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=November 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111070044/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-isle-vista-massacre-alt-right-20180206-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://calcoastnews.com/2015/03/could-sheriffs-deputies-have-prevented-isla-vista-killings/ |title=Could sheriff's deputies have prevented Isla Vista killings? |work=] |date=March 3, 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828172610/https://calcoastnews.com/2015/03/could-sheriffs-deputies-have-prevented-isla-vista-killings/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Rodger left Chen's bleeding body in a bathroom. He attempted to clean the apartment and hide evidence of the earlier stabbings as each victim entered using bathroom towels and paper towels, which quickly became soaked in blood. Despite his efforts, blood remained splattered on the hallways and walls.<ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref name="Serna-2015"/><ref name="Mineiro-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2015/02/20/uc-santa-barbara-shooter-planned-killings-for-months/ |title=UC Santa Barbara shooter planned killings for months |work=] |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://www.dailynews.com/2015/02/20/uc-santa-barbara-shooter-planned-killings-for-months/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
At 9:35, police found Rodger dead inside his car from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /> In the car were three pistols, knives, six empty ten-round magazines, and 548 rounds of unspent ammunition.<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" />


] hours before his shooting rampage]]
== Victims ==
]
All six murder victims were students at UCSB.<ref name="DailyNexus.InMemory" /><ref name="CBS.Improvised" /> The men killed at Rodger's apartment were George Chen ({{zh|c=陳喬治|p=Chén Qiáozhì}}),&nbsp;19; Chengyuan "James" Hong ({{zh|c=洪晟元 |p=Hóng Chéngyuán}}),&nbsp;20; and Weihan "David" Wang ({{zh|c=王偉漢 |p=Wáng Wěihàn}}),&nbsp;20.<ref name="ABC.Identified" /><ref name="SFChron.Victims" /><ref>{{cite web |date=May 27, 2014 |title=【動新聞】加州校園血案7死 2台生遇害 |url=http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20140527/404899/ |access-date=June 14, 2016 |publisher=]}}</ref> The three who died from gunshot wounds were Katherine Breann Cooper,&nbsp;22; Christopher Ross Michaels-Martinez,&nbsp;20; and Veronika Elizabeth Weiss,&nbsp;19.<ref name="DailyNexus.InMemory" /> Cooper and Weiss were the women killed outside the Alpha Phi sorority house, while Michaels-Martinez was the victim inside the Isla Vista Deli Mart.<ref name="NYTimes.Rampage" /><ref name="CNN.Details">{{cite news |last1=Yan |first1=Holly |last2=Brown |first2=Pamela |last3=Duke |first3=Alan |date=May 27, 2014 |title=New details emerge about California killer and his victims |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/26/justice/california-killing-spree/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531104906/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/26/justice/california-killing-spree/ |archive-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref>
After failing to clean up the blood, Rodger changed out of his blood-drenched clothes and entangled them with his bed sheets. He showered, put on new clothes, and went to a ] coffee house around 7:38&nbsp;p.m.<ref name="Follman-2024">{{cite web |title=Lessons From a Mass Shooter's Mother |url=https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/05/threat-assessment-mass-shooting-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-mother/ |last=Follman |first=Mark |work=] |date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517035151/https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/05/threat-assessment-mass-shooting-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-mother/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fugardi |first=Rachael |title=Nine Years After Deadly 'Incel' Attack, Threat of Male Supremacism Is Growing |url=https://www.splcenter.org/news/2023/05/23/after-incel-attack-male-supremacism-growing |publisher=] |date=May 23, 2023 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507233902/https://www.splcenter.org/news/2023/05/23/after-incel-attack-male-supremacism-growing |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2021/september/1630418400/bri-lee/desire-s-conspiracies-right-sex |title=Desire's conspiracies: 'The Right to Sex' |work=] |last1=Lee |first1=Bri |date=September 1, 2021 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603042436/https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2021/september/1630418400/bri-lee/desire-s-conspiracies-right-sex |url-status=live}}</ref> He purchased a triple-vanilla latte while texting his mother saying he was done with school and would call her later.<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref name="Woolfe-2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/20/mass-shooter-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-killings-report |title=Chilling report details how Elliot Rodger executed murderous rampage |work=] |last=Woolfe |first=Nicky |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240414180918/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/20/mass-shooter-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-killings-report |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-significant-events-before-and-during-2014-2015feb19-story.html |title=Significant events before and during 2014 California rampage |work=] |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603042436/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-significant-events-before-and-during-2014-2015feb19-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He returned to his apartment and wrote in his journal:
{{blockquote |I had to tear some pages out because I feared my intentions would be discovered. I taped them back together as fast as I could. This is it. In one hour I will have my revenge on this cruel world. I HATE YOU ALLLL! DIE.<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elliot-rodger-practiced-silent-kill-before-santa-barbara-rampage/ |title=Man practiced 'silent kill' before Santa Barbara rampage |publisher=] |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329023615/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elliot-rodger-practiced-silent-kill-before-santa-barbara-rampage/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
Rodger emailed his 137-page manifesto to 34 people, including his parents, therapists, former teachers, and childhood friends, with the message:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/inside-dark-incel-cult-radicalised-24479573 |title=Inside dark Incel cult that radicalised teen into killing 2 sisters in Satanic murder |work=] |last=Bucktin |first=Christopher |date=July 7, 2021 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116153352/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/inside-dark-incel-cult-radicalised-24479573 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-d46b47b1cd534a21ba6b162584a62505 |title=Man in Santa Barbara rampage sought ways to silently kill |publisher=] |last=Abdollah |first=Tami |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070453/https://apnews.com/general-news-d46b47b1cd534a21ba6b162584a62505 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/elliot-rodger-rehearsed-killing-roommates-before-ucsb-rampage/ |title=Elliot Rodger Rehearsed Killing Roommates Before UCSB Rampage |publisher=] |last=Naranjo |first=Candice |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515110434/https://www.kron4.com/news/elliot-rodger-rehearsed-killing-roommates-before-ucsb-rampage/ |url-status=live}}</ref> "Attached is Elliot Rodger's life story, which explains how I came to be the way I am".<ref name="Follman-2024"/>


Minutes before his planned attack on the Alpha Phi sorority house, Rodger uploaded a seven-minute video called "Elliot Rodger's Retribution" to the video-sharing platform YouTube.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://time.com/114210/elliot-rodger-ucsb-youtube-video/ |title=Watch: Elliot Rodger Videotaped a Chilling Hate Manifesto |magazine=] |date=May 25, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=December 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221041424/https://time.com/114210/elliot-rodger-ucsb-youtube-video/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://psmag.com/news/who-are-the-incels-of-4chan-and-why-are-they-so-angry |title=Who Are the 'Incels' of 4chan, and Why Are They So Angry? |work=] |last=Beran |first=Dale |date=May 3, 2018 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812022039/https://psmag.com/news/who-are-the-incels-of-4chan-and-why-are-they-so-angry |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://reason.com/2014/05/25/suspected-mass-shooter-elliot-rodgers-fi/ |title=Suspected Mass Shooter Elliot Rodger's Final Video is Chilling, Deeply Disturbed |magazine=] |last=Gillespie |first=Nick |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816095938/https://reason.com/2014/05/25/suspected-mass-shooter-elliot-rodgers-fi/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2014/05/24/watch-elliot-rogers-retribution-video-surfaces-after-deadly-southern/15795281007/ |title=Watch: 'Elliot Rodger's Retribution' video surfaces after deadly Southern California shootings |work=] |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=May 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519060040/https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2014/05/24/watch-elliot-rogers-retribution-video-surfaces-after-deadly-southern/15795281007/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/walnutcreek/elliot-rodger-on-youtube-i-will-slaughter--all-those-girls-i-desired-so-much |title=Elliot Rodger on YouTube: 'I Will Slaughter ... All Those Girls I Desired So Much' |publisher=] |last=Robaugh |first=Dennis |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608201727/https://patch.com/california/walnutcreek/elliot-rodger-on-youtube-i-will-slaughter--all-those-girls-i-desired-so-much |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Rodger recorded two takes of his "Retribution" video in his car, the first attempt at which was interrupted by a passing jogger.<ref name="Follman-2024"/> In the second take he uploaded, Rodger is seen sitting in his car at sunset reciting scripted lines and emitting fake laughter.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/son-of-hunger-games-assistant-director-suspected-in-uc-santa-barbara-mass-shooting-after-posting-chilling-video/ |title=Son Of 'Hunger Games' Assistant Director Suspected Of Mass Murder At UC Santa Barbara, Posted Most Chilling Video Ever Just Hours Earlier |publisher=] |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508011552/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/son-of-hunger-games-assistant-director-suspected-in-uc-santa-barbara-mass-shooting-after-posting-chilling-video/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/05/22/we_fostered_something_chaotic_and_irresponsible_elliot_rodger_isla_vista_the_echoes_of_a_tragedy/ |title='We fostered something chaotic and irresponsible': Elliot Rodger, Isla Vista & the echoes of a tragedy |work=] |last=O'Connell |first=Ellen |date=May 22, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610122758/https://www.salon.com/2015/05/22/we_fostered_something_chaotic_and_irresponsible_elliot_rodger_isla_vista_the_echoes_of_a_tragedy/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 27, 2014 |title=Transcript of video linked to Santa Barbara mass shooting |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/us/elliot-rodger-video-transcript/index.html |work=] |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624034649/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/us/elliot-rodger-video-transcript/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Glasstetter |first=Josh |title=Elliot Rodger, Isla Vista Shooting Suspect, Posted Misogynistic Video Before Attack |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014/05/24/elliot-rodger-isla-vista-shooting-suspect-posted-misogynistic-video-attack |publisher=] |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327200054/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014/05/24/elliot-rodger-isla-vista-shooting-suspect-posted-misogynistic-video-attack |url-status=live}}</ref>}} In the video, Rodger said he was frustrated at remaining a virgin at 22, that he would "punish" women for rejecting him despite being an "]" and a "Supreme Gentleman", and expressed his hatred for sexually active men.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mozingo |first1=Joe |last2=Covarrubias |first2=Amanda |last3=Winton |first3=Richard |date=May 25, 2014 |title=Isla Vista shooting suspect's videos reflect cold rage |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-isla-vista-suspect-20140525-story.html#page=1 |work=] |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043027/https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-isla-vista-suspect-20140525-story.html#page=1 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/14/game-over-why-havent-dating-guides-woken-up-to-new-sexual-politics |title=Game over: why haven't dating guides woken up to new sexual politics? |work=] |last1=Cain |first1=Sian |date=February 14, 2019 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828172609/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/14/game-over-why-havent-dating-guides-woken-up-to-new-sexual-politics |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Theriault |first=Anne |date=May 25, 2014 |title=The Men's Rights Movement Taught Elliot Rodger Everything He Needed to Know |url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/elliot-rodger-shooting_b_5386818 |work=] |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070457/https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/elliot-rodger-shooting_b_5386818 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mic.com/articles/89905/what-elliot-rodger-said-about-women-reveals-why-we-need-to-stamp-out-misogyny |title=What Elliot Rodger Said About Women Reveals Why We Need to Stamp Out Misogyny |publisher=] |last=Plank |first=Elizabeth |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226200316/https://www.mic.com/articles/89905/what-elliot-rodger-said-about-women-reveals-why-we-need-to-stamp-out-misogyny |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/santacruz/retribution-manifesto-video-of-suspected-santa-barbara-shooter |title=Suspected Santa Barbara Shooter Posted Many Videos Lamenting His Loneliness |publisher=] |last=Schena |first=Susan C. |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608201726/https://patch.com/california/santacruz/retribution-manifesto-video-of-suspected-santa-barbara-shooter |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
Fourteen other people were injured; seven from gunshot wounds and seven by ] sustained when Rodger struck them with his vehicle.<ref name="Sheriff.Summary" /><ref name="ChiTrib.Suspect" /> Eleven of the injured were taken to hospitals. Seven went to ], where two were admitted in serious condition, one in fair condition, and two others in good condition, and one patient was released on the same day. The remaining four injured were taken to Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, where they were all treated and released.<ref name="CNN.Roommates" /><ref name="ABC.Lonely" />


===Shootings and vehicle attacks===
== Aftermath ==
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], May&nbsp;27]]
At around 9:15&nbsp;p.m., Rodger arrived at the Alpha Phi sorority house with three semi-automatic pistols, additional ammunition strapped to his waist, and a full ].<ref name="Follman-2024"/> The sorority house had a heavy, wooden, double door with an electronic keypad.<ref name="Mendoza-2014">{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/general-news-37d8186fc733425b91c48be883909172 |title=Denied again by people he hated, gunman improvised |publisher=] |last1=Mendoza |first1=Martha |last2=Pritchard |first2=Justin |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://apnews.com/general-news-37d8186fc733425b91c48be883909172 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7news.com/uc-santa-barbara-university-of-california-shooting-isla-vista/77427/ |title=Isla Vista stabbing victims were from the Bay Area |publisher=] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007103717/https://abc7news.com/uc-santa-barbara-university-of-california-shooting-isla-vista/77427/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Rodger tried to open the house's door, pulling on the handle then typing on the keypad numerous times. He then aggressively knocked on the door for over three minutes. Approximately 40 residents of the sorority house were visiting ] while those remaining felt too tired to answer the door.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/june/kate-manne/future-misogyny#mtr |title=The future of misogyny |work=] |last1=Manne |first1=Kate |date=June 1, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601082247/https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/june/kate-manne/future-misogyny#mtr |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yourtango.com/2021342935/i-posed-online-male-incel-disturbing |title=I Posed Online As A Male Incel—And Yes, It Was Disturbing |work=] |last1=Beccia |first1=Carlyn |date=July 1, 2021 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603042436/https://www.yourtango.com/2021342935/i-posed-online-male-incel-disturbing |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2014/05/29/elliot-rodger-alphi-phi-knocked-killed-six-isla-vista/ |title=UCSB Shooting: Why Sorority Didn't Open The Door For Elliot Rodger |publisher=] |last1=Longeretta |first1=Emily |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=August 10, 2024 |archive-date=August 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810220345/https://hollywoodlife.com/2014/05/29/elliot-rodger-alphi-phi-knocked-killed-six-isla-vista/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Rodger became frustrated at the unanswered door and set down the gas can.<ref name="Follman-2024"/> Rodger returned to his car and, around 9:27&nbsp;p.m., noticed three women walking near the sorority house; these were 19-year-old Veronika Weiss, 22-year-old Katherine "Katie" Cooper, and a 20-year-old woman, all of whom were members of the sorority ].{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2014/06/15/parents-of-santa-barbara-shooting-victim-katie-cooper-reflect-on-daughters-life/ |title=Parents of Santa Barbara shooting victim Katie Cooper reflect on daughter's life |work=] |last=Wong |first=Grace |date=June 15, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616044910/https://www.dailybulletin.com/2014/06/15/parents-of-santa-barbara-shooting-victim-katie-cooper-reflect-on-daughters-life/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2014/05/27/chino-hills-community-mourns-ucsb-shooting-victim-katie-cooper/ |title=Chino Hills community mourns UCSB shooting victim Katie Cooper |work=] |last=Pimentel |first=Joseph |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601071402/https://www.ocregister.com/2014/05/27/chino-hills-community-mourns-ucsb-shooting-victim-katie-cooper/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Lavender-2019">{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-secret-world-incels-who-17796603 |title=Inside secret world of Incels who turn to murder because they've never had sex |work=] |last=Lavender |first=Jane |date=July 11, 2019 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601071403/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-secret-world-incels-who-17796603 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/remember_them_exhibit_helps_isla_vista_grieve_for_massacre_victims_20150614/ |title='We Remember Them' Exhibit Helps Isla Vista Grieve for Victims of 2014 Massacre |publisher=] |last1=Potthoff |first1=Gian |date=June 14, 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816091136/https://www.noozhawk.com/remember_them_exhibit_helps_isla_vista_grieve_for_massacre_victims_20150614/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} As the women were walking back to their Delta Delta Delta sorority house, Rodger slowly approached them in his car and fired multiple shots at them through an open window.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ucsb-shooting-survivor-elliot-rodger-smiles-as-he-fired-video/ |title=UCSB Shooting Survivor: Elliot Rodger Smiled as He Opened Fire |work=] |last=Molloy |first=Tim |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816095937/https://www.thewrap.com/ucsb-shooting-survivor-elliot-rodger-smiles-as-he-fired-video/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/santa-barbara-killer-elliot-rodger-smiled-shooting-survivor/story?id=23923970 |title=Exclusive: Santa Barbara Killer Smiled Before Shooting, Survivor Says |publisher=] |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://abcnews.go.com/US/santa-barbara-killer-elliot-rodger-smiled-shooting-survivor/story?id=23923970 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2024/05/22/ten-years-later-sheriff-bill-brown-reflects-on-the-isla-vista-killings-that-took-six-lives/ |title=Ten years later, Sheriff Bill Brown reflects on the Isla Vista killings that took six lives |publisher=] |last1=Palminteri |first1=John |date=May 22, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814064839/https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2024/05/22/ten-years-later-sheriff-bill-brown-reflects-on-the-isla-vista-killings-that-took-six-lives/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/isla_vista_vigil_remembers_victims_of_2014_massacre/ |title=Isla Vista Vigil Remembers Victims of 2014 Massacre |publisher=] |last1=Magnoli |first1=Giana |date=May 24, 2019 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816084428/https://www.noozhawk.com/isla_vista_vigil_remembers_victims_of_2014_massacre/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} As Rodger sped away, the 20-year-old woman managed to call her mother, repeatedly crying she was going to die.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-secret-world-incels-who-17796603 |title=Isla Vista attack survivor says smirking Elliot Rodger looked 'happy' |work=] |last1=Serna |first1=Joseph |last2=Flores |first2=Adolfo |last3=Mather |first3=Kate |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601071403/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/inside-secret-world-incels-who-17796603 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/05/30/ucsb-shooting-survivor-elliot-rodger-smiled-as-he-opened-fire/ |title=UCSB Shooting Survivor: Elliot Rodger Smiled as He Opened Fire |work=] |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601071411/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/05/30/ucsb-shooting-survivor-elliot-rodger-smiled-as-he-opened-fire/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7.com/isla-vista-survivor-bianca-de-kock-shooting-elliot-rodger/86502/ |title=Isla Vista survivor says killer was smiling when he opened fire |publisher=] |last1=Sullivan |first1=Coleen |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601071412/https://abc7.com/isla-vista-survivor-bianca-de-kock-shooting-elliot-rodger/86502/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
Students and community members gathered at Anisq'Oyo Park in Isla Vista on the evening of May&nbsp;24 for a candlelight memorial to remember the victims.<ref name="ChiTrib.Suspect" /><ref name="LADailyNews.Gather" /> 20,000 people attended a memorial service at UCSB's ] on May 27.<ref name="USAToday.Mourning" /> On May 23, 2015, the first anniversary of the attacks, hundreds of people gathered at UCSB for a candlelight vigil commemorating the six slain victims. The mother of George Chen made a speech at the event.<ref name="LATimes.Remembered" />
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People heard screaming and saw the three women bleeding on the grass, and rushed to a sheriff's deputy for help. The deputy quickly arrived and applied pressure to the 20-year-old woman's wounds. One person began administering ] (CPR) to Cooper, and another tried to comfort Weiss by holding her head and speaking to her. More bystanders arrived, and the deputy told them to check if the women had a pulse and to start chest compressions. Additional sheriff's deputies arrived and started helping, while another bystander used a sweatshirt to apply pressure to one of Cooper's gunshot wounds. Despite their efforts, Cooper and Weiss died from their injuries.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Mineiro-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/agourahills/first-isla-vista-victim-idd-as-westlake-village-resident |title=First Isla Vista Victim ID'd as Westlake Village Resident |publisher=] |last=Arévalo |first=Penny |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608201727/https://patch.com/california/agourahills/first-isla-vista-victim-idd-as-westlake-village-resident |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/elliot-rodger-smile-murder-killings-evil-bianca-de-kock/ |title=The Face Of Evil: Elliot Rodger Smiled As He Gunned Down Peers |publisher=] |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006150025/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/elliot-rodger-smile-murder-killings-evil-bianca-de-kock/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/santa-barbara-sorority-girl-killing-spree-lone-survivor/story?id=23934345 |title=Santa Barbara Shooting Survivor Didn't Know Sorority Sisters Were Killed |publisher=] |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601071413/https://abcnews.go.com/US/santa-barbara-sorority-girl-killing-spree-lone-survivor/story?id=23934345 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Weiss was shot seven times, with six bullets striking between her legs, buttocks, and groin. The fatal shot pierced her heart and both lungs. Cooper was shot eight times and suffered multiple fatal injuries, including gunshots to her lungs and the side of her head.<ref name="Lavender-2019"/><ref name="Los Angeles Times-2015">{{cite web |url=https://documents.latimes.com/isla-vista-investigative-summary/ |title=Isla Vista investigative summary |work=] |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=April 4, 2024 |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405051930/https://documents.latimes.com/isla-vista-investigative-summary/ |url-status=live}}</ref> A bystander then took over the aid of the 20-year-old woman while deputies chased down Rodger. Bystanders told the 20-year-old woman's mother on her phone her daughter would survive.<ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref name="Mineiro-2015"/><ref name="Woolfe-2015"/>
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After driving away from the sorority house, Rodger executed a three-point turn in a driveway along Pardall Road and discharged a shot toward a closed coffee shop.<ref name="Woolfe-2015"/> He drove to a store called IV Deli Mart, where he fired a barrage at nearby individuals.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/isla-vista-uc-santa-barbara-mass-shooting-rampage-gunman-witnesses/70321/ |title=Witness: Gunman Fired Into Deli Crowd in Drive-By Rampage |publisher=] |last1=Lloyd |first1=Jonathan |last2=Yamamoto |first2=Jane |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043038/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/isla-vista-uc-santa-barbara-mass-shooting-rampage-gunman-witnesses/70321/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7.com/isla-vista-shooting-elliot-rodger-ucsb-shooter-christopher-michaels-ross-michaels-martinez/78158/ |title=Deli manager in Isla Vista shooting speaks out |publisher=] |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601042342/https://abc7.com/isla-vista-shooting-elliot-rodger-ucsb-shooter-christopher-michaels-ross-michaels-martinez/78158/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/california/danville/pleasanton-man-in-inside-deli-during-ucsb-shooting-called-his-mom-to-say-goodbye-danville |title=Tri-Valley Man Inside Deli During UCSB Shooting Called His Mom to Say Goodbye |publisher=] |last=Johnson |first=Autumn |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601051623/https://patch.com/california/danville/pleasanton-man-in-inside-deli-during-ucsb-shooting-called-his-mom-to-say-goodbye-danville |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-shootings-video-deli-20140525-story.html |title=Isla Vista shootings: Video at deli captures portion of rampage |work=] |last1=Rocha |first1=Veronica |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221193723/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-shootings-video-deli-20140525-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/06/20/my_son_was_murdered_in_the_isla_vista_shooting_im_spending_this_fathers_day_telling_his_story/ |title=My son was murdered in the Isla Vista shooting. I'm spending this Father's Day telling his story |work=] |last=Martinez |first=Richard |date=June 20, 2015 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817005147/https://www.salon.com/2015/06/20/my_son_was_murdered_in_the_isla_vista_shooting_im_spending_this_fathers_day_telling_his_story/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} 20-year-old Christopher "Chris" Michaels-Martinez, who was at the deli's entrance, was shot once in the chest when he turned around to look at Rodger's car, resulting in injuries to his liver and the right ventricle of his heart.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Giana-2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/timeline_of_isla_vista_massacre_investigation_report/ |title=Timeline of Isla Vista Massacre Reconstructs a Murderous Sequence |publisher=] |last1=Giana |first1=Nicky |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112824/https://www.noozhawk.com/timeline_of_isla_vista_massacre_investigation_report/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Solnit-2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/23/one-year-isla-vista-massacre-victim-father-gun-control |title=One year after the Isla Vista massacre, a father's gun control mission is personal |work=] |last=Solnit |first=Rebecca |date=May 23, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=March 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320161730/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/23/one-year-isla-vista-massacre-victim-father-gun-control |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Abcarian-2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-0515-abcarian-dad-guns-20150515-column.html |title=For Isla Vista victim's father, advocating stricter gun laws 'not a choice' |work=] |last=Abcarian |first=Robin |date=May 15, 2015 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815165424/https://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-0515-abcarian-dad-guns-20150515-column.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/students_gather_in_iv_to_declare_hopes_not_dead_20140527/ |title=Worship, Prayer Service Brings Message of Hope to Isla Vista |publisher=] |last1=Monroe |first1=Megan |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816084428/https://www.noozhawk.com/students_gather_in_iv_to_declare_hopes_not_dead_20140527/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://calcoastnews.com/2014/05/los-osos-man-among-santa-barbara-murder-victims/ |title=Los Osos man among Santa Barbara murder victims |work=] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817003637/https://calcoastnews.com/2014/05/los-osos-man-among-santa-barbara-murder-victims/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Michaels-Martinez entered the store but fell to the ground. People inside took cover as Rodger continued to fire shots into the store, shattering windows.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref name="Woolfe-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/11/donald-trump-gun-violence-talk-father-mass-attack-victim-isla-vista-california |title=My son was murdered in a mass attack. Trump's talk of gun violence horrifies me |work=] |last=Martinez |first=Richard |date=August 11, 2016 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828172719/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/11/donald-trump-gun-violence-talk-father-mass-attack-victim-isla-vista-california |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/25/see-it-victims-flee-from-santa-barbara-killer-elliot-rodger-inside-deli/ |title=See It: Victims flee from Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger inside deli |work=] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/25/see-it-victims-flee-from-santa-barbara-killer-elliot-rodger-inside-deli/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/02/my-nephew-isla-vista-christopher-michaels-martinez |title=My nephew was killed in Isla Vista. Are you going to remember this time? |work=] |last=Martinez |first=Alan |date=June 2, 2014 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828172613/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/02/my-nephew-isla-vista-christopher-michaels-martinez |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Rodger then drove away. Despite CPR attempts from five bystanders and sheriff's deputies, Michaels-Martinez died.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Solnit-2015"/><ref name="Abcarian-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://heavy.com/news/2014/05/christopher-ross-michaels-martinez-elliot-rodger-victim-gun-control/ |title= Christopher Ross Michaels-Martinez: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |publisher=] |last=Guariglia |first=Matthew |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128173408/https://heavy.com/news/2014/05/christopher-ross-michaels-martinez-elliot-rodger-victim-gun-control/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/faced_with_tragedy_local_good_samaritans_stepped_up/ |title=Faced with Tragedy, Good Samaritans Stepped Up to Help During Isla Vista Rampage |publisher=] |last1=Potthoff |first1=Gina |date=May 21, 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816084428/https://www.noozhawk.com/faced_with_tragedy_local_good_samaritans_stepped_up/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://extratv.com/2014/05/26/elliot-rodger-s-alleged-santa-barbara-shooting-victim-christopher-martinez-s-father-speaks-video/ |title=Santa Barbara Shooting: Heartbreaking Interview with Victim's Father |work=] |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608201726/https://extratv.com/2014/05/26/elliot-rodger-s-alleged-santa-barbara-shooting-victim-christopher-martinez-s-father-speaks-video/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}


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Following the attacks, some on Twitter used the #] hashtag to express that not all men are misogynistic and not all men commit murder. Others criticized use of this hashtag, as it was considered to derail from discussion of the issue of violence against women.<ref name="Slate.YesAllWomen" /><ref name="CNN.Twitter" /><ref name="TorStar.Hashtag" /> Someone created the Twitter hashtag #] on May&nbsp;24 to express the idea that all women experience misogyny and ].<ref name="CNN.Twitter" /><ref name="Twitter.Hashtag" /><ref name="Guardian.Sexism" />


Rodger continued driving, struck a man with his vehicle, and knocked him into the air.<ref name="Woolfe-2015"/><ref name="map">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2014/05/29/map-mayhem/ |title=Map of the Mayhem |work=] |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043021/https://www.independent.com/2014/05/29/map-mayhem/ |url-status=live}}</ref> While driving on Trigo Road, Rodger arrived at a pizza restaurant called Pizza My Heart and opened fire on a couple exiting it.<ref name="Los Angeles Times-2015"/> The man was shot in the left arm and the woman was shot in her upper-right forearm.<ref name="Mineiro-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/isla-vista-shooting-witness-i-looked-into-his-eyes/|title=Isla Vista shooting witness: 'I looked into his eyes'|publisher=]|date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=October 29, 2024}}</ref> The man ran in the opposite direction while the woman ran back into the restaurant. Rodger fired shots into the restaurant before speeding away.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2014/05/24/witnesses-recall-isla-vista-shooting-rampage/ |title=Witnesses Recall Isla Vista Shooting Rampage |work=] |last1=Brugger |first1=Kelsey |last2=Hoffman |first2=Lyz |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324114332/https://www.independent.com/2014/05/24/witnesses-recall-isla-vista-shooting-rampage/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/beachside-isla-vista-rocked-by-mass-shooting/70272/ |title=Beachside Isla Vista Rocked by Mass Shooting |publisher=] |last=Goff |first=Kelly |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528061423/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/beachside-isla-vista-rocked-by-mass-shooting/70272/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Driving on the wrong side of the road in Embarcadero del Norte, Rodger shot a female cyclist in the right thigh.<ref name="Mineiro-2015"/><ref name="Los Angeles Times-2015"/><ref name="map"/> He then encountered a woman walking alone. Rodger called out: "Hey, what’s up?", making the woman acknowledge him as she continued walking.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Serna-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-student-target-gunman-eliot-rodger-isla-vista-2014may27-story.html |title=Student from SD was a target of Isla Vista gunman |magazine=] |last1=Shroder |first1=Susan |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531205040/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-student-target-gunman-eliot-rodger-isla-vista-2014may27-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ajr.org/2014/08/13/interviews-santa-barbara-shooting/ |title=Point/Counterpoint: Do the Media Hurt or Help During Tragedy? |magazine=] |last1=Shastry |first1=Anjali |date=August 13, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2024 |archive-date=May 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529105651/https://www.ajr.org/2014/08/13/interviews-santa-barbara-shooting/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/27/santa-barbara-killer-elliot-rodger-son-of-hollywood-director-vowed-to-slaughter-women-who-rejected-him/ |title=Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger, son of Hollywood director, vowed to 'slaughter' women who rejected him |magazine=] |last1=McShane |first1=Larry |last2=Hensley |first2=Nicole |last3=Schapiro |first3=Rich |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=August 30, 2024 |archive-date=August 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830005743/https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/27/santa-barbara-killer-elliot-rodger-son-of-hollywood-director-vowed-to-slaughter-women-who-rejected-him/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-25/witnesses-share-accounts-of-tragedy-in-isla-vista/ |title=Witnesses Share Accounts of Tragedy in Isla Vista |work=] |last1=Wenzke |first1=Marissa |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229222936/https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-25/witnesses-share-accounts-of-tragedy-in-isla-vista/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} He raised a gun from his car window, leading the woman to initially believe it was an ], then shot at her numerous times, narrowly missing her head, and prompting her to run away and scream for help.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/cody-simpson-sierra-swartz-isla-vista-killer-inside-scoop-7356779/ |title=Cody Simpson's New Girlfriend Escaped Isla Vista Killer, Chris Martin Still Seeing Gwyneth's New Age Guru & More Inside Scoop |magazine=] |last1=Fonseca |first1=Selma |date=May 3, 2016 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130051656/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/cody-simpson-sierra-swartz-isla-vista-killer-inside-scoop-7356779/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/cody-simpson-dating-sierra-swartz-who-almost-lost-her-life-in-uc-santa-barbara-schooting-101210/ |title=OMG: Cody Simpson's New Girlfriend Has a Shocking Past That Will Break Your Heart |work=] |last1=Hiramine |first1=Brie |date=May 5, 2016 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021174059/https://www.j-14.com/posts/cody-simpson-dating-sierra-swartz-who-almost-lost-her-life-in-uc-santa-barbara-schooting-101210/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/gold-coast-singer-cody-simpson-snapped-with-new-girlfriend-a-year-after-gigi-hadid-split/news-story/eee55e0bbc55fc74066acc1e2b56143f |title=Gold Coast singer Cody Simpson snapped with new girlfriend a year after Gigi Hadid split |work=] |last1=Cartwright |first1=Lexie |date=May 3, 2016 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030102710/http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/gold-coast-singer-cody-simpson-snapped-with-new-girlfriend-a-year-after-gigi-hadid-split/news-story/eee55e0bbc55fc74066acc1e2b56143f |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/alleged-target-of-california-gunman-says-its-an-absolute-miracle-shes-alive |title=Alleged target of California gunman says 'it's an absolute miracle' she's alive |publisher=] |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810152007/https://www.foxnews.com/us/alleged-target-of-california-gunman-says-its-an-absolute-miracle-shes-alive |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
== Perpetrator ==
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| name = Elliot Rodger
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| image = ElliotRodgerDriverLicense.jpg
| perrow = 2
| caption = ] photo of Rodger
| total_width = 250
| birth_name = Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger
| image1 = Elliot Rodger knife.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1991|7|24}}
| image2 = Elliot Rodger knifes.png
| birth_place = London, England
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* The Supreme Gentleman<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bootle |first=Emily |date=2022-10-14 |title=Are the 1975 geniuses, or simply mediocre? |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2022/10/the-1975-being-funny-in-a-foreign-language-review-lyrics |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US |quote=Healy turns his attention to a “supreme gentleman” – the nickname for the so-called incel Elliot Rodger}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-24 |title=Toronto van attack: What is an 'incel'? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-43881931 |access-date=2022-11-19 |quote=Facebook confirmed to the BBC that Minassian was the author of a post which read in part: "The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!"}}</ref>
* Saint Elliot<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-26 |title=How Elliot Rodger went from misfit mass murderer to 'saint' for group of misogynists — and suspected Toronto killer |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elliot-rodger-incel-20180426-story.html |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |quote=In November, Reddit banned the discussion board r/incels for promoting violence against women. On the subreddit, Rodger was often called “Saint Elliot.”}}</ref> (by ]s)
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Rodger then drove to Del Playa Drive, where he saw a sheriff's deputy and fired shots. As he sped away, the deputy returned fire, discharging a single round.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-deputies-20140603-story.html |title=Deputies who fired at Isla Vista shooter Elliot Rodger return to duty |work=] |last1=Mather |first1=Kate |last2=Winton |first2=Richard |date=June 3, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=February 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224110234/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-deputies-20140603-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/deputies_who_shot_at_elliot_rodger_isla_vista_back_on_duty/ |title=Deputies Who Shot at Elliot Rodger in Isla Vista Back on Duty |publisher=] |last1=Magnoli |first1=Giana |date=June 2, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531205042/https://www.noozhawk.com/deputies_who_shot_at_elliot_rodger_isla_vista_back_on_duty/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Moffitt-2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Isla-Vista-killer-researched-Hitler-practiced-6092117.php |title=Isla Vista killer practiced stabbing pillows, researched Nazis |publisher=] |last=Moffitt |first=Mike |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Isla-Vista-killer-researched-Hitler-practiced-6092117.php |url-status=live}}</ref> Rodger then struck two men with his car,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/crime/2014/05/28/pacific-athlete-among-rampage-survivors/36684317007/|title=Pacific athlete among rampage survivors|work=]|last1=Parrish|first1=Kevin|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7news.com/danville-man-encounter-isla-vista/85801/|title=Danville man describes encounter with Isla Vista killer|publisher=]|last1=Marzullo|first1=Katie|date=May 30, 2014|access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/05/santa-barbara-rampage-survivor-shares-one-wish|title=Santa Barbara Rampage Survivor Shares One Wish|publisher=]|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/uc-santa-barbara-elliot-rodgers-shooting-stabbing-alamo-man-recovering-after-being-run-down-by-suspect-in-isla-vista-rampage/|title=Alamo Man Recovering After Being Run Down By Suspect In Isla Vista Rampage|publisher=]|date=May 26, 2014|access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref> driving to Camino Del Sur where he shot a man in the right forearm and right buttocks. Rodger proceeded to Sabado Tarde Road, hitting a male cyclist and two male skateboarders. He encountered two men in a driveway and shot them several times.<ref name="Mineiro-2015"/><ref name="Los Angeles Times-2015"/><ref name="Moffitt-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/university-alberta-isla-vista-shooting-1.4605492|title='Intimate and personal': U of A alumni create documentary on 2014 California rampage|publisher=]|date=April 4, 2018|access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref> Near Little Acorn Park, Rodger saw four sheriff's deputies, engaged three of them in a shootout, and received a gunshot wound to his hip.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://lamag.com/news/the-isla-vista-shooting-what-we-know |title=The Isla Vista Shooting: What We Know |magazine=] |last1=Hensley |first1=Mellinda |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531205041/https://lamag.com/news/the-isla-vista-shooting-what-we-know |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/report-sheriffs-officials-acted-in-self-defense-in-2014-isla-vista-shooting/article_069dd2fc-c33c-5e44-8ca0-e3a5c3655bc0.html |title=Report: Sheriff's officials acted in self-defense in 2014 Isla Vista shooting |work=] |date=September 8, 2015 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531205042/https://lompocrecord.com/news/local/report-sheriffs-officials-acted-in-self-defense-in-2014-isla-vista-shooting/article_069dd2fc-c33c-5e44-8ca0-e3a5c3655bc0.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/justice/california-shooting-deaths/index.html |title=Deadly California rampage: Chilling video, but no match for reality |work=] |last1=Ellis |first1=Ralph |last2=Sidner |first2=Sara |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070457/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/justice/california-shooting-deaths/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> At around 9:35&nbsp;p.m., Rodger turned onto several streets, put the gun to his head, and pulled the trigger,<ref name="Follman-2024" /> causing his car to veer and hit a male cyclist, who tumbled on the vehicle and damaged the car's windshield. Rodger's car eventually crashed into a parked vehicle.<ref name="Mendoza-2014"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/06/last-hospitalized-santa-barbara-rampage-victims-family-hopes-he-will-walk-in-graduation-ceremony|title=Last Hospitalized Santa Barbara Rampage Victim's Family Hopes He Will Walk in Graduation Ceremony|publisher=]|last=Chen|first=Tina|date=June 6, 2014|accessdate=October 9, 2024|archive-date=July 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705153045/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/06/last-hospitalized-santa-barbara-rampage-victims-family-hopes-he-will-walk-in-graduation-ceremony/|url-status=live}}</ref> As police officers surrounded Rodger's car, they mistakenly handcuffed the injured cyclist, initially suspecting him to be a second assailant. Realizing their error, they gave him medical attention, acknowledging him as a victim.<ref name="Brugger2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2015/06/30/ucsb-student-files-lawsuit-over-may-23-attack/ |title=UCSB Student Files Lawsuit Over May 23 Attack |work=] |last1=Brugger |first1=Kelsey |date=June 30, 2015 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070454/https://www.independent.com/2015/06/30/ucsb-student-files-lawsuit-over-may-23-attack/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Welsh">{{cite web |url=https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2015/06/26/santa-barbara-rampage-victim-sues-killers-parents/ |title=Santa Barbara rampage victim sues killer's parents |work=] |last=Welsh |first=Nick |date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311014827/https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2015/06/26/santa-barbara-rampage-victim-sues-killers-parents/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reynolds">{{cite web |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/victim-sues-rampage-killers-parents/ |title=Victim Sues Rampage Killer's Parents |publisher=] |last=Reynolds |first=Matt |date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311014828/https://www.courthousenews.com/victim-sues-rampage-killers-parents/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Upon searching Rodger's vehicle, police discovered his body and found a gunshot wound to his head.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Mendoza-2014"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2014/05/29/isla-vista-killings-shock-suffering-survival/ |title=Isla Vista Killings: Shock. Suffering. Survival. |work=] |last=Hoffman |first=Lyz |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224060937/https://www.independent.com/2014/05/29/isla-vista-killings-shock-suffering-survival/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2014/05/25/three-more-isla-vista-victims-names-released/ |title=Three More Isla Vista Victims' Names Released |work=] |last=Hoffman |first=Lyz |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328114848/https://www.independent.com/2014/05/25/three-more-isla-vista-victims-names-released/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/santa-barbara-identify-isla-vista-shooter-as-elliot-rodger/a-17660860 |title=Police ID Isla Vista shooter |work=] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2024 |archive-date=June 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614195850/https://www.dw.com/en/santa-barbara-identify-isla-vista-shooter-as-elliot-rodger/a-17660860 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}


===Vehicle search===
'''Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger''' (July 24, 1991 – May 23, 2014) was an English-American former college student, and the sole perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings.
Inside Rodger's car, police found a Glock 34 Long Slide handgun with seven loaded, ten-round magazines; two SIG Sauer P226 handguns with 34 loaded, ten-round magazines; over 500 rounds of live ammunition; and the two knives he used to kill his two roommates and their friend. The shootings lasted eight minutes, during which Rodger discharged approximately 55 9mm rounds.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Woolfe-2015"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/ucsb-mass-murderer-stabbed-three-to-death-before-shooting-sorority-sisters/|title=Tragic Faces Of Death: The Sorority Sister Victims Of Mass Murderer Elliot Rodger|publisher=]|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=May 2, 2024|archive-date=November 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128205514/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/ucsb-mass-murderer-stabbed-three-to-death-before-shooting-sorority-sisters/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/california-killings-elliot-rodger-posted-chilling-youtube-video-before-deadly-rampage-9432536.html|title=California killings: Elliot Rodger posted chilling YouTube video before deadly rampage|work=]|last=de Peyer|first=Robin|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=May 6, 2024|archive-date=May 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527234003/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/california-killings-elliot-rodger-posted-chilling-youtube-video-before-deadly-rampage-9432536.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noozhawk.com/ucsb_community_marks_third_anniversary_of_isla_vista_massacre/|title=UCSB Community Marks Third Anniversary of Isla Vista Massacre|publisher=]|last1=Holland|first1=Brooke|date=May 23, 2017|access-date=August 16, 2024|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816084428/https://www.noozhawk.com/ucsb_community_marks_third_anniversary_of_isla_vista_massacre/|url-status=live}}</ref>}} During the shootings, Rodger used one Sig Sauer P226 pistol, which was discovered on the driver's seat of his car.<ref name="Giana-2015"/>


=== Early life === ===Victims killed===
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Born in London, England, he moved to the United States with his parents at age five.<ref name=Independent.Parents/> He was raised in ]. His father is British filmmaker ], his paternal grandfather photo-journalist ].<ref name=Telegraph.Shooting/><ref name=CoveredGlobe.Shootings/> His mother is a ] research assistant for a film company.<ref name=CNN.Parents/><ref name=CNN.Family/><ref name=StarMalaysia.Adored/> A younger sister was born before his parents divorced. After Peter remarried, he and his second wife ],<ref name=ABC.Manifesto/> a Moroccan actress with whom Elliot had a strained relationship,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Nick |title='Virgin killer' Elliot Rodger planned to murder his family |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10858971/Virgin-killer-Elliot-Rodger-planned-to-murder-his-family.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10858971/Virgin-killer-Elliot-Rodger-planned-to-murder-his-family.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=14 November 2020 |work=] |date=27 May 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> had a son together; Elliot's half-brother.
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During his attack, Rodger killed six people, all of whom were University of California, Santa Barbara, students, and injured fourteen others—seven by gunfire and seven whom he hit with his vehicle.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/crime/5-years-later-remembering-the-6-student-victims-of-the-isla-vista-killings/ |title=Remembering the 6 Student Victims of the 2014 Isla Vista Killings |work=] |last1=Sokmensuer |first1=Harriet |date=June 13, 2023 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326192343/https://people.com/crime/5-years-later-remembering-the-6-student-victims-of-the-isla-vista-killings/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/04/24/toronto-van-attack-suspect-alek-minassian-referenced-elliot-rodgers-uc-santa-barbara-killing-spree-in-facebook-post/ |title=Toronto van attack suspect Alek Minassian referenced Elliot Rodger's UC Santa Barbara killing spree in Facebook post |work=] |last1=Dillion |first1=Nancy |last2=Cullen |first2=Terence |date=April 24, 2018 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523203805/https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/04/24/toronto-van-attack-suspect-alek-minassian-referenced-elliot-rodgers-uc-santa-barbara-killing-spree-in-facebook-post/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2024/05/23/ucsb-alumni-reflect-on-the-isla-vista-killings-10-years-later/ |title=UCSB alumni reflect on the Isla Vista killings, 10 years later |publisher=] |last1=Montes |first1=Ivania |date=May 23, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=September 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902001829/https://keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/2024/05/23/ucsb-alumni-reflect-on-the-isla-vista-killings-10-years-later/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/love-remembrance-of-victims-bring-isla-vista-community-together-10-years-after-shooting/ |title=With 'Love and Remembrance,' Isla Vista Gathers to Honor Victims 10 Years After Massacre |publisher=] |last1=Caraway |first1=Rebecca |date=May 23, 2024 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524033802/https://www.noozhawk.com/love-remembrance-of-victims-bring-isla-vista-community-together-10-years-after-shooting/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/isla_vista_remembers_shooting_a_year_later/ |title=One Year Later, Lasting Grief and Renewed Resolve for Father of Victim of Isla Vista Rampage |publisher=] |last1=Potthoff |first1=Gina |date=May 22, 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816091136/https://www.noozhawk.com/isla_vista_remembers_shooting_a_year_later/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/three-ucsb-students-among-the-rampage-victims/ |title=All six rampage victims were UCSB students |publisher=] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 6, 2024 |archive-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308214941/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/three-ucsb-students-among-the-rampage-victims/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
Rodger attended ], an all-boys Catholic school in ], and then ] in ], which he attended for only a week due to severe ].<ref name=NYTimes.Spree/> He last attended Independence Continuation High School in ] from where he graduated in 2009.<ref name=NYTimes.Spree/> Rodger then briefly enrolled in ] and ] before ultimately transferring to ] in 2011.<ref name=Sheriff.Summary/> Thereafter, he resided in ].<ref name=CNN.Planned/> After his attack, the school said he had not taken any classes since 2012.<ref name=Yahoo.Aloof/>


*20-year-old Weihan "David" Wang (July 6, 1993, ], ] - May 23, 2014), ] majoring in computer engineering, stabbed to death{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Smith-2014">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/weihan-david-wang-wanted-to-move-out-of-isla-vista-apartment-with-elliot-rodger-parents/86585/ |title=Weihan 'David' Wang Wanted to Move Out of Isla Vista Apartment With Elliot Rodger: Parents |publisher=] |last1=Smith |first1=Christie |last2=Fernandez |first2=Lisa |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224060939/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/weihan-david-wang-wanted-to-move-out-of-isla-vista-apartment-with-elliot-rodger-parents/86585/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Avila-2014">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/investigation-continues-into-isla-vista-mass-shooting/70234/ |title=6 Victims of Isla Vista Killings Were UC Santa Barbara Students |publisher=] |last1=Avila |first1=Willian |last2=Lopez |first2=Andrew |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816072715/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/investigation-continues-into-isla-vista-mass-shooting/70234/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fox-2017">{{cite web |url=https://dailynexus.com/2017-05-25/legacies-not-lost-memorial-scholarships-carry-on-dreams-of-i-v-shooting-victims/ |title=Legacies Not Lost: Memorial Scholarships Carry on Dreams of I.V. Shooting Victims |work=] |last1=Fox |first1=Maura |date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816072715/https://dailynexus.com/2017-05-25/legacies-not-lost-memorial-scholarships-carry-on-dreams-of-i-v-shooting-victims/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fastman-2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2014/05/29/portraits-isla-vistas-victims/|title=Portraits of Isla Vista's Victims|work=]|last1=Fastman|first1=Brandon|last2=Brugger|first2=Kelsey|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=November 11, 2024|archive-date=July 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704013724/https://www.independent.com/2014/05/29/portraits-isla-vistas-victims/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/06/01/santa-barbara-rampage-somber-memorial-in-fremont-for-david-wang/ |title=Santa Barbara rampage: Somber memorial in Fremont for David Wang |work=] |last=Rodriguez |first=Joe |date=June 1, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816205353/https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/06/01/santa-barbara-rampage-somber-memorial-in-fremont-for-david-wang/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/elliot-rodgers-roommates-fatally-stabbed-planned-move/37751.htm |title=Elliot Rodger's roommates, fatally stabbed, planned to move out next semester |work=] |last1=Marie |first1=Brownie |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822052027/https://www.christiantoday.com/article/elliot-rodgers-roommates-fatally-stabbed-planned-move/37751.htm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nwasianweekly.com/2014/05/3-chinese-students-among-ucsb-gunmans-victims/ |title=3 Chinese students among UCSB gunman's victims |work=] |date=May 31, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816205354/https://nwasianweekly.com/2014/05/3-chinese-students-among-ucsb-gunmans-victims/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
=== Mental health and social problems ===
*20-year-old Cheng Yuan "James" Hong (April 15, 1994, ], ] - May 23, 2014), ] majoring in computer engineering, stabbed to death{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Avila-2014" /><ref name="Fox-2017"/><ref name="Fastman-2014"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2014/05/25/three-fatal-stabbing-victims-in-santa-barbara-hailed-from-bay-area/ |title=Three fatal stabbing victims in Santa Barbara hailed from Bay Area |work=] |last1=Newman |first1=Bruce |last2=Burgarino |first2=Paul |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822052027/https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2014/05/25/three-fatal-stabbing-victims-in-santa-barbara-hailed-from-bay-area/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/shooting-victims-drawn-to-california-campus-from-near-and-from-far.html |title=Rampage Victims Drawn to California Campus From Near and From Far |work=] |last1=Lovett |first1=Ian |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526041920/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/shooting-victims-drawn-to-california-campus-from-near-and-from-far.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27593514 |title=Tributes to six Santa Barbara victims |publisher=] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816072715/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27593514 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cheng Yuan Hong |url=https://www.facebook.com/james.hong.737 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |via=] |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814211640/https://www.facebook.com/james.hong.737 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
According to his family's attorney and a family friend, Rodger had seen multiple therapists since he was eight years old,<ref name=Yahoo.Aloof/> but the attorney said he had never been formally diagnosed with a mental illness.<ref name=ABC.Secret/> He was diagnosed with ], an ], in 2007.<ref name=Sheriff.Summary/>
*19-year-old George Chen (September 14, 1994, ], ] - May 23, 2014), ] majoring in computer science, stabbed to death{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Avila-2014" /><ref name="Fox-2017"/><ref name="Fastman-2014"/><ref name="Nexus-2014">{{cite web |url=https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-29/in-memory-of-our-fellow-gauchos/ |title=In Memory of Our Fellow Gauchos |magazine=] |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629224743/https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-29/in-memory-of-our-fellow-gauchos/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/how-the-paths-of-2-students-seeking-a-better-life-fatally-intersected/article18872219/ |title=How the paths of 2 students seeking a better life fatally intersected |work=] |last1=Thanh Ha |first1=Tu |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822052026/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/how-the-paths-of-2-students-seeking-a-better-life-fatally-intersected/article18872219/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/elliot-rodger-s-victim-identified-as-canadian-george-chen-in-california-rampage-1.2655221 |title=Elliot Rodger's victim identified as Canadian George Chen in California rampage |publisher=] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822052026/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/elliot-rodger-s-victim-identified-as-canadian-george-chen-in-california-rampage-1.2655221 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/remembering-victims-santa-barbara-rampage/story?id=24298581 |title=Remembering the Victims of the Santa Barbara Rampage |publisher=] |date=June 26, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816072715/https://abcnews.go.com/US/remembering-victims-santa-barbara-rampage/story?id=24298581 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
*19-year-old Veronika Elizabeth Weiss (February 24, 1995, ] - May 23, 2014), freshman majoring in financial mathematics and statistics, shot to death{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Fox-2017"/><ref name="Fastman-2014"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/commentary-a-second-chance-to-do-right-by-shooting-victims/ |title=Commentary: A second chance to do right by shooting victims |magazine=] |last1=Weiss |first1=Jane |date=March 1, 2020 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402001927/https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/commentary-a-second-chance-to-do-right-by-shooting-victims/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/father-of-veronika-weiss-shooting-victim-speaks-20140526-zrnyz.html |title=Father of Veronika Weiss, shooting victim, speaks |magazine=] |last1=Covarrubias |first1=Amanda |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822052026/https://www.smh.com.au/world/father-of-veronika-weiss-shooting-victim-speaks-20140526-zrnyz.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/college/a40294/alexis-hage-veronika-weiss-ucsb-shootings/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR16mL-iNIEZwt26MQnvVxObA0lqL1-1fegYbBrKx1fP0mblYNxjFRkUuVE_aem_AQh3HK36VQnuWHNdMTYql3PtDZGKpkuFwExiH9nWAM0-9Yb3zFOWtxJx_R1UVQA_n-MqTolWHr0A2frc4ZcCyF8S |title=My Sorority Little Sister Was Killed in the UCSB Shootings |magazine=] |last1=Mickle |first1=Kelly |date=May 14, 2015 |access-date=August 10, 2024 |archive-date=August 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810220548/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/college/a40294/alexis-hage-veronika-weiss-ucsb-shootings/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR16mL-iNIEZwt26MQnvVxObA0lqL1-1fegYbBrKx1fP0mblYNxjFRkUuVE_aem_AQh3HK36VQnuWHNdMTYql3PtDZGKpkuFwExiH9nWAM0-9Yb3zFOWtxJx_R1UVQA_n-MqTolWHr0A2frc4ZcCyF8S |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://graphics.latimes.com/towergraphic-santa-barbara-shooting/#card-6 |title=Who they were: Isla Vista rampage victims |work=] |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816072716/https://graphics.latimes.com/towergraphic-santa-barbara-shooting/#card-6 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7.com/isla-vista-shooting-victims-identified/76775/ |title=Isla Vista killing spree: All victims identified |publisher=] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526044356/https://abc7.com/isla-vista-shooting-victims-identified/76775/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
*22-year-old Katherine "Katie" Breann Cooper (December 26, 1991, ] - May 23, 2014), senior double majoring in art history and classics and archeology, shot to death{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Fox-2017"/><ref name="Fastman-2014"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-shootings-friends-recall-victim-katherine-breann-cooper-20140526-story.html |title=Isla Vista slayings: Friends recall victim Katherine Cooper |work=] |last1=Sahagún |first1=Louis |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829023742/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-shootings-friends-recall-victim-katherine-breann-cooper-20140526-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2014/06/11/memorial-service-for-santa-barbara-shooting-victim-to-be-held-monday/l |title=Memorial service for Santa Barbara shooting victim to be held Monday |work=] |last1=Wilson |first1=Larry |date=June 11, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829023606/https://www.dailybulletin.com/2022/04/10/l-a-28-when-the-olympics-slink-back-to-town/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/crime/santa-barbara-victims-two-sorority-sisters-an-aspiring-lawyer/ |title=Santa Barbara Victims: Two Sorority Sisters, an Aspiring Lawyer |magazine=] |last1=Breuer |first1=Howard |last2=Chiu |first2=Melody |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829023602/https://people.com/crime/santa-barbara-victims-two-sorority-sisters-an-aspiring-lawyer/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abc7.com/isla-vista-shootings-ucsb-katie-cooper/118153/ |title=Katie Cooper memorial held; Isla Vista victim remembered as 'generous' |publisher=] |date=June 17, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822052026/https://abc7.com/isla-vista-shootings-ucsb-katie-cooper/118153/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/chino-ca/katherine-cooper-5990966 |title=Katherine Breann Cooper obituary |publisher=] |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814211640/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/chino-ca/katherine-cooper-5990966 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
*20-year-old Christopher "Chris" Ross Michaels-Martinez (December 23, 1993, ] - May 23, 2014), ] majoring in English, shot to death{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Fox-2017"/><ref name="Fastman-2014"/><ref name="Nexus-2014"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-shooting-chris-michaels-martinez-20140525-story.html |title=Isla Vista shooting: Former roommate recalls shooting victim |work=] |last1=Mather |first1=Kate |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828165537/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-shooting-chris-michaels-martinez-20140525-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kclu.org/local-news/2024-05-22/a-decade-after-isla-vista-rampage-leaves-six-dead-father-remembers-his-son-with-love-and-activism |title=A decade after Isla Vista rampage leaves six dead, father remembers his son with love, and activism |publisher=] |last1=Orozco |first1=Lance |date=May 22, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525193007/https://www.kclu.org/local-news/2024-05-22/a-decade-after-isla-vista-rampage-leaves-six-dead-father-remembers-his-son-with-love-and-activism |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/ucsb_student_chris_michaels_martinez_dream_destroyed_20140525/ |title=In a Flash of Gunfire, UCSB Student Chris Michaels-Martinez's Dream Destroyed |publisher=] |last1=Lavelle |first1=Janet |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816072716/https://www.noozhawk.com/ucsb_student_chris_michaels_martinez_dream_destroyed_20140525/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/santa-barbara-shooting-victims-father-richard-martinez-gun/story?id=23881925 |title=Santa Barbara Shooting Victim's Father Richard Martinez Shares His Grief, Takes Stand on Gun Violence |publisher=] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828165537/https://abcnews.go.com/US/santa-barbara-shooting-victims-father-richard-martinez-gun/story?id=23881925 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}


==Aftermath==
By the ninth grade, Rodger was "increasingly bullied", and wrote later that he "cried by at school every day";<ref name=LATimes.Videos/> at this time he developed an obsession with the multiplayer-online game '']'', which dominated his life for most of his teenage years, and briefly into his 20s. At Crespi Carmelite High he was bullied; in one incident his head was taped to a desk while he was asleep.<ref name=NYTimes.Rampage/><ref name=USAToday.Parents/> According to Rodger, in 2012, "the one friend had in the whole world who truly understood {{nbsp}}... said he didn't want to be friends anymore" without offering any reason.<ref name=LATimes.Videos/> Rodger had a YouTube account, and a blog titled "Elliot Rodger's Official Blog", through which he expressed ] and rejection. He wrote that he had been prescribed ] but refused to take it, stating, "After researching this medication, I found that it was the absolute wrong thing for me to take."<ref name=CBS.Spotlight/>
Around 10 p.m., Rodger's mother, Ong Li Chin Tye, received a ] from Rodger's life coach Gavin Linderman that she initially ignored. Linderman then called her, told her Rodger had sent an email, and advised her to check it. Li Chin accessed the email, which contained his manifesto.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-frantic-parents-isla-vista-shootings-20140525-story.html |title=Frantic parents of shooting suspect raced to Isla Vista during rampage |magazine=] |last1=Mozingo |first1=Joe |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043200/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-frantic-parents-isla-vista-shootings-20140525-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://time.com/136764/elliot-rodger-parents/ |title=Elliot Rodger's Parents Break Silence on Shooting |magazine=] |last1=Luscombe |first1=Belinda |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216013138/https://time.com/136764/elliot-rodger-parents/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killer-students-parents-rushed-in-vain-to-stop-california-massacre-dpxkp97vgtl |title=Killer student's parents rushed in vain to stop California massacre |magazine=] |last1=Pavia |first1=Will |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601025010/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killer-students-parents-rushed-in-vain-to-stop-california-massacre-dpxkp97vgtl |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/santa-barbara-shooting-suspects-parents-707077/ |title=Santa Barbara Shooting Suspect's Parents Tried to Find Him During Killing Spree (Report) |work=] |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816093520/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/santa-barbara-shooting-suspects-parents-707077/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} She also discovered her son's "Retribution" video online and immediately called his cellphone, which went to voicemail. Rodger's mother then called Santa Barbara police, telling them she needed to locate Rodger.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref name="cbcnews">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/elliot-rodger-s-parents-raced-to-stop-california-shootings-but-were-too-late-1.2653985 |title=Elliot Rodger's parents raced to stop California shootings but were too late |publisher=] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070507/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/elliot-rodger-s-parents-raced-to-stop-california-shootings-but-were-too-late-1.2653985 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-elliot-rodger-s-parents-heard-about-massacre-on-radio-as-they-raced-to-stop-their-son-9435197.html |title=California killings: Elliot Rodger's parents heard news of massacre on radio as they raced to stop their son |magazine=] |last1=Molloy |first1=Antonia |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508155208/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-elliot-rodger-s-parents-heard-about-massacre-on-radio-as-they-raced-to-stop-their-son-9435197.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/05/27/Elliot-Rodgers-parents-tried-to-stop-shooting-after-seeing-manifesto/8311401205361/ |title=Elliot Rodger's parents tried to stop shooting after seeing manifesto |publisher=] |last1=Graef |first1=Aileen |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126155855/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/05/27/Elliot-Rodgers-parents-tried-to-stop-shooting-after-seeing-manifesto/8311401205361/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Li Chin then called Rodger's father, ], who was dining with friends, and told him what she had found. Li Chin, alone, drove toward Isla Vista while his father, stepmother, and their friends traveled in another car.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27579128 |title=Gunman's parents 'raced to stop him' |publisher=] |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223081725/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27579128 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/parents-santa-barbara-killer-rushed-intervene-late/story?id=23865823 |title=Parents of Santa Barbara Killer Rushed to Intervene, But Too Late |publisher=] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://abcnews.go.com/US/parents-santa-barbara-killer-rushed-intervene-late/story?id=23865823 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/05/26/316092467/parents-of-elliot-rodger-heard-of-attack-as-they-tried-to-stop-him |title=Parents Of Elliot Rodger Heard Of Attack As They Tried To Stop Him |publisher=] |last=Chappell |first=Bill |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 23, 2014 |archive-date=August 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802044903/http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/05/26/316092467/parents-of-elliot-rodger-heard-of-attack-as-they-tried-to-stop-him |url-status=live}}</ref> As they separately approached Isla Vista, Li Chin called Rodger's apartment building manager, asking them to check if her son was in his room. The manager told her there had been a shooting and car chase, and they would have to wait until morning to check.<ref name="Follman-2024"/>


Rodger's father kept hitting redial on his phone trying to contact his son. As they neared Isla Vista, they heard reports on the radio that an active shooter in a black BMW was near UCSB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/elliot-rodgers-parents-are-mourning-victims-ucsb-shooting-more-son-2d79730882|title=Elliot Rodger's parents 'are mourning the victims' of UCSB shooting more than son, friend says|work=]|last1=Stump|first1=Scott|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601024842/https://www.today.com/news/elliot-rodgers-parents-are-mourning-victims-ucsb-shooting-more-son-2d79730882|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/california-shooting-elliot-rodgers-parents-3606772|title=California shooting: Elliot Rodger's parents heard about shootings on car radio while searching for him|work=]|last1=Bond|first1=Anthony|date=May 26, 2014|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601012928/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/california-shooting-elliot-rodgers-parents-3606772|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="abcnews">{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/secret-life-elliot-rodger-24322227 |title=The Secret Life of Elliot Rodger |publisher=] |last1=Springer |first1=Andrew |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722233422/https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/secret-life-elliot-rodger-24322227 |url-status=live}}</ref> Both of Rodger's parents then received a call from a sheriff's detective, who asked them whether their son had ever owned any guns. Li Chin was shocked by the inquiry because Rodger had never shown any interest in guns.<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref name="abcnews"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2014/05/26/the-woman-the-killer-blamed-his-misogyny-on/ |title=The woman the UCSB killer blamed for his misogyny |work=] |last1=Massarella |first1=Linda |last2=K. Li |first2=David |last3=Golding |first3=Bruce |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112821/https://nypost.com/2014/05/26/the-woman-the-killer-blamed-his-misogyny-on/ |url-status=live}}</ref> She told police Rodger had social problems and saw a therapist and that she had been unable to contact him. The detective instructed Rodger's parents to meet them at a parking lot near Isla Vista. Li Chin arrived there first, and was followed by Peter, Akaaboune, and their friends.<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref name="abcnews"/> When a sheriff arrived around 1 a.m., Li Chin demanded to know her son's whereabouts. The sheriff said Rodger had been found dead and that his driver's license confirmed his identity. Devastated by the news of Rodger's death, his parents believed he was a victim of the incidents until hours later, when they saw reports on the internet.<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref name="abcnews"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reuter |first1=Thomson |date=June 28, 2014 |title=Peter Rodger, father of Elliot Rodger, never knew 'the monster' in son |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/peter-rodger-father-of-elliot-rodger-never-knew-the-monster-in-son-1.2690720 |publisher=] |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/peter-rodger-father-of-elliot-rodger-never-knew-the-monster-in-son-1.2690720 |url-status=live}}</ref>
After turning 18, Rodger began rejecting mental health care and became increasingly isolated. He said that he was unable to make friends, although acquaintances said that he rebuffed their attempts to be friendly.<ref name=LATimes.Allowed/> Family friend ] said that he counseled Rodger on approaching women, but that Rodger did not follow the advice; Launer also commented that when he met Rodger at eight or nine, "I could see then that there was something wrong with him{{nbsp}}... looking back now he strikes me as someone who was broken from the moment of conception."<ref name=BBC.Tried/>


===Searches and questioning===
=== Early incidents ===
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Rodger claims in his manifesto that in 2011 he threw coffee on a couple he was jealous of;<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|87}} he claims in another incident, he splashed coffee on two girls for not smiling at him.<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|100}} In 2012, Rodger used a ] filled with orange juice to spray a group playing ] at Girsh Park.<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|106–107}}<ref name=Yahoo.Previous/>
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Police obtained a search warrant and conducted a protective sweep of Rodger's apartment around midnight on May 24. They had grown concerned for the safety of Rodger's two roommates and feared he might have set booby traps in the apartment. After removing a window screen, police found Chen's body lying in a fetal position on the bathroom floor.<ref name="Los Angeles Times-2015"/><ref name="Giana-2015"/><ref name="Bolton-20142">{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/elliot_rodger_apartment_yields_clues_to_isla_vista_massacre_20150219/ |title=Clues from Elliot Rodger's Apartment Include Evidence of Stabbing Rehearsal, Nazi Obsession |publisher=] |last1=Tom |first1=Bolton |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329181759/https://www.noozhawk.com/elliot_rodger_apartment_yields_clues_to_isla_vista_massacre_20150219/ |url-status=live}}</ref> They breached the apartment and also found the bodies of Hong and Wang in their bedroom.<ref name="Los Angeles Times-2015"/><ref name="Bolton-20142"/> In Rodger's room, which was messy, police found pharmacy documents for prescriptions, two gun cleaning kits, empty ammunition boxes and magazines, energy drinks, lottery tickets, a copy of '']'' by ], video games, and a Starbucks coffee cup.<ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref name="Mineiro-2015"/> Police also found a folding knife, a "zombie killer" knife with a {{convert|10|inch|adj=on|spell=in}} blade, an {{convert|18|inch|adj=on|spell=in}}-blade machete, a sledgehammer, and other knives. Police discovered a long-sleeve shirt and jeans that were soaked in dried blood and entangled in Rodger's bedsheets. They found multiple stab marks on his bedsheets and pillows, indicating that Rodger was practicing how to stab before attacking his roommates and their friend. Police also discovered two journals in which Rodger expressed his growing frustration at his inability to form relationships with women, a hand-drawn illustration of a stabbing, and a printed version of his 137-page manifesto. Rodger's laptop was found displaying the YouTube "Retribution" video, which showed that it had just finished uploading.<ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref name="Mineiro-2015"/><ref name="Bolton-20142"/>
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Police and the ] (BATFE) executed search warrants at the homes of Rodger's parents, first at his father's home in Woodland Hills and then at his mother's house in West Hills.<ref name="Haye-2014">{{cite web |url=https://abc7.com/isla-vista-shootings-killings-elliot-rodger/77726/ |title=Isla Vista shootings: Search warrants served at homes of Elliot Rodger's parents |publisher=] |last=Hayes |first=Rob |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112824/https://abc7.com/isla-vista-shootings-killings-elliot-rodger/77726/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2014/05/25/santa-barbara-sheriffs-department-atf-search-homes-of-suspect-elliot-rodgers-parents/ |title=Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department, ATF search homes of suspect Elliot Rodger's parents |work=] |last1=Gazzar |first1=Brenda |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310012147/https://www.dailybreeze.com/2014/05/25/santa-barbara-sheriffs-department-atf-search-homes-of-suspect-elliot-rodgers-parents/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Police also obtained search warrants for the cellphone records of Rodger and his roommates. Upon examining Rodger's cellphone, they found over 492 images and videos, including over 200 selfies.<ref name="Brugger-2015"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ucsb-shooter-elliot-rodger-acted-alone-sheriff-investigation-report/ |title=UCSB Shooter Elliot Rodger Acted Alone, Researched Nazis Before Rampage |work=] |last=Nededog |first=Jethro |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=August 12, 2024 |archive-date=August 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812045856/https://www.thewrap.com/ucsb-shooter-elliot-rodger-acted-alone-sheriff-investigation-report/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Due to his attacks, media swarmed Rodger's family, who received death threats, forcing them to move every two days.<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref name="Radar Online">{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/elliot-rodger-parents-death-threats-ucsb-shooter/ |title=Sexually Frustrated Killer Elliot Rodger's Parents & Siblings Slammed With Death Threats—Forced To Move Every Two Days |publisher=] |last1=Heger |first1=Jen |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/elliot-rodger-parents-death-threats-ucsb-shooter/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Li Chin became worried about her daughter's safety and sent her to live with family abroad temporarily. Li Chin and Peter stayed at a hotel, and met with friends at a restaurant to discuss their situation.<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref name="Radar Online"/><ref name="Radar2014">{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/ucsb-mass-shooter-refused-psychiatric-medicines-parents-in-hiding/ |title=UCSB Shooter Elliot Rodger Refused His Psychiatric Medicines, His Parents Now In Hiding |publisher=] |last1=Heger |first1=Jen |date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070502/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/05/ucsb-mass-shooter-refused-psychiatric-medicines-parents-in-hiding/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kcbx.org/central-coast-news/2024-05-23/mother-jones-reporter-speaks-on-2014-isla-vista-attacks-amid-10th-anniversary |title=Mother Jones reporter speaks on 2014 Isla Vista attacks amid 10th anniversary |publisher=] |last1=Toledo |first1=Alyssa |date=May 23, 2024 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829212633/https://www.kcbx.org/central-coast-news/2024-05-23/mother-jones-reporter-speaks-on-2014-isla-vista-attacks-amid-10th-anniversary |url-status=live}}</ref>
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An autopsy of Rodger's body concluded he died by suicide from a gunshot wound to the head.<ref name="Noozhawk"/><ref name="Bolton-2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/new_report_reveals_details_of_isla_vista_massacre/ |title=Isla Vista Massacre Report Reveals Chilling Details of Killer Elliot Rodger's Plans, Actions |publisher=] |last1=Bolton |first1=Tom |date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=August 12, 2024 |archive-date=August 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812112837/https://www.noozhawk.com/new_report_reveals_details_of_isla_vista_massacre/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2014, his body was cremated and released from the coroner's office to his family, who held a private ceremony and planned to hold a funeral in England later that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/06/elliot-rodger-cremated/ |title=UCSB Killer's Parents Say Goodbye: Elliot Rodger Cremated, Mourned By Family In Private Ceremony |publisher=] |last=Heger |first=Jen |date=June 29, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517084658/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/06/elliot-rodger-cremated/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Rodger's aunt described him as a "loner" and a "sick, disturbed young man" who was "very dark" and "very depressed".<ref name="Sherwell20141">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10854992/California-mass-shooting-British-born-gunman-very-disturbed-say-family.html|title=California mass shooting: British-born gunman 'very disturbed', say family|work=]|last=Sherwell|first=Philip|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2024|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030451/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10854992/California-mass-shooting-British-born-gunman-very-disturbed-say-family.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/california-shooting-elliot-rodgers-bitter-3607840|title=Exclusive: California shooting: Elliot Rodger's bitter obsession with model he went to school with|work=]|last1=Bucktin|first1=Christopher|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/im-going-to-slaughter-every-blonde-i-see-r8m0hzrdxtn|title=I'm going to slaughter every blonde I see|work=]|last1=Harlow|first1=John|last2=Arbuthnott|first2=George|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref> She questioned how Rodger was allowed to access firearms despite showing signs of mental decline and criticized the United States and its gun laws.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/elliot-rodger-planned-on-turning-his-apartment-into-a-torture-and-killing-chamber-according-to-manifesto|title=Elliot Rodger planned on turning his apartment into a 'torture and killing chamber,' according to manifesto|work=]|date=May 26, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-05-25/elliot-rodgers-aunt-shocking-that-he-could-get-a-gun/|title=Elliot Rodger's aunt: 'Shocking' that he could get a gun|publisher=]|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2024|archive-date=April 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411233656/https://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-05-25/elliot-rodgers-aunt-shocking-that-he-could-get-a-gun/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/elliot-rodgers-father-lives-reverse-nightmare-10399031|title=Elliot Rodger's Father Lives 'Reverse Nightmare'|publisher=]|date=June 27, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2024|archive-date=October 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012161813/https://news.sky.com/story/elliot-rodgers-father-lives-reverse-nightmare-10399031|url-status=live}}</ref> She also offered her condolences to the victims and their families.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-elliot-rodger-was-described-as-polite-and-courteous-during-welfare-check-by-police-9432530.html |title=California killings: Elliot Rodger's family warned police about killer's disturbing online videos before shootings and stabbings |magazine=] |last=Molloy |first=Antonia |date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925182257/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-elliot-rodger-was-described-as-polite-and-courteous-during-welfare-check-by-police-9432530.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/parents-searched-for-rampage-gunman/30302549.html|title=Parents searched for rampage gunman|work=]|date=May 24, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/elliot-rodger-shooting-family-in-shock-10403899 |title=Elliot Rodger Shooting: Family 'In Shock' |publisher=]|date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523175937/https://news.sky.com/story/elliot-rodger-shooting-family-in-shock-10403899 |url-status=live}}</ref> In interviews with the '']'' and ], Rodger's paternal grandmother described him as "very sick" and a "disturbed boy", mentioning that if her husband was still alive, he would be in "terrible shock".<ref name="Sherwell20141"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/ashford-grandmother-says-california-shoooter-17737/|title=Elliot Rodger who carried out a drive-by shooting in California was a 'very sick boy' according to his Smarden grandmother Lois Rodger|publisher=]|last=Jamieson|first=Tricia|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=April 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406073357/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/ashford-grandmother-says-california-shoooter-17737/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/elliot-rodger-father-interview-19334/|title=Maidstone-educated Peter Rodger describes nightmare of son Elliot Rodger's mass killing spree in California in Barbara Walters interview on ABC|publisher=]|date=June 27, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=September 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914120513/https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/elliot-rodger-father-interview-19334/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/world/california-shooter-elliot-rodgers-father-was-assistant-director-of-the-hunger-games/news-story/eaabd768cc7f3c0308295324332c02e9|title=California shooter Elliot Rodger's father was assistant director of The Hunger Games|publisher=]|date=May 26, 2014|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref>


In June 2014, Rodger's father met with Richard Martinez, the father of Michaels-Martinez, to discuss Michaels-Martinez and his life.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/santa-barbara-shooters-father-victims-708727/ |title=Santa Barbara Shooter's Father and Victim's Dad Meet to Grieve (Photos) |work=] |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |date=June 2, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816093517/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/santa-barbara-shooters-father-victims-708727/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/elliot-rodgers-family-the-tragedy-of-raising-adam-lanza-seung-hui-cho-and-other-mass-rampage-killers.html |title=What Did the Families Know? |work=] |last1=Newman |first1=Katherine |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=August 12, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814044254/https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/elliot-rodgers-family-the-tragedy-of-raising-adam-lanza-seung-hui-cho-and-other-mass-rampage-killers.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/2807495/santa-barbara-massacre-victim-dad-meets-perpetrator-dad/ |title=Dad of Santa Barbara Massacre Victim Meets With Killer's Dad |magazine=] |last1=Liljas |first1=Per |date=June 2, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216121112/https://time.com/2807495/santa-barbara-massacre-victim-dad-meets-perpetrator-dad/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/father-of-santa-barbara-shooter-meets-victims-dad-24153836 |title=Father of Santa Barbara Shooter Meets With Victim's Dad |work=] |date=June 16, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508011757/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/father-of-santa-barbara-shooter-meets-victims-dad-24153836 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/06/16/322592320/photos-father-of-santa-barbara-killer-meets-victims-dad |title=Photos: Father Of Santa Barbara Killer Meets Victim's Dad |publisher=] |last1=Peralta |first1=Eyder |date=June 16, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=January 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130080913/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/06/16/322592320/photos-father-of-santa-barbara-killer-meets-victims-dad |url-status=live}}</ref>}} During an interview, Peter told ] despite his son's long history of social problems and years of therapy, he never thought his son was capable of murder. Peter said his son was good at hiding his true emotions, expressed sorrow for the pain caused to the victims' families, and said he would help prevent future mass killings.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/elliot-rodgers-dad-my-son-was-a-mass-murderer-20140627-zsnkc.html |title=Elliot Rodger's dad: 'My son was a mass murderer' |work=] |last1=Panzar |first1=Javier |date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814070858/https://www.smh.com.au/world/elliot-rodgers-dad-my-son-was-a-mass-murderer-20140627-zsnkc.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/santa-barbara-shooting-suspects-father-715077/ |title=Santa Barbara Shooting Suspect's Father: 'We Didn't See This Coming at All' (Video) |work=] |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |date=June 26, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814070859/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/santa-barbara-shooting-suspects-father-715077/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elliot-rodger-s-father-this-is-the-american-horror-story-9568097.html |title=Elliot Rodger's father: 'This is the American horror story' |work=] |last1=Moodley |first1=Kiran |date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814070858/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elliot-rodger-s-father-this-is-the-american-horror-story-9568097.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/2933821/elliot-rodger-peter-isla-vista-shooting/ |title=Father of California Shooter: 'We Didn't See This Coming' |magazine=] |last1=Gidda |first1=Mirren |date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223085848/https://time.com/2933821/elliot-rodger-peter-isla-vista-shooting/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Five years after Rodger’s attack, his mother searched mass shootings online and found ]. She later began participating in threat assessment training sessions, sharing her experiences and hoping people will find warning signs of individuals in mental distress.<ref name="Follman-2024"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/luigi-mangione-parents-of-school-shooter-cope-2024-12|title=What if your child grows up to do the unthinkable?|magazine=]|last1=Pugachevsky|first1=Julia|date=December 20, 2024|access-date=December 23, 2024|archive-date=December 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241221201129/https://www.businessinsider.com/luigi-mangione-parents-of-school-shooter-cope-2024-12|url-status=live}}</ref>
Referring to an incident in July 2013,<ref name=Yahoo.Previous/> Rodger wrote that after being mocked at a party, he tried but failed to shove some girls over a ten-foot ledge; instead, other boys pushed him over and his ankle was injured. When he went back for his sunglasses he was again mocked and beaten. A neighbor saw Rodger come home crying and vowing to kill the men involved and then himself.<ref name=LATimes.Videos/> He wrote in his manifesto that the incident was the final trigger for his planning the attack.<ref name=Yahoo.Previous/>


===Memorials===
In January 2014, Rodger accused Cheng Yuan Hong, one of his roommates, of stealing some candles; Hong pleaded guilty to petty theft.<ref name=LATimes.AllStudents/><ref name=NYDailyNews.Victim/> On April&nbsp;30,<ref name=CNN.Deputies/> Rodger's parents contacted police after becoming alarmed by his behavior and YouTube videos.<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|134}}<ref name=ABC.Stabbing/><ref name=ChiTrib.Parents/> Sheriff's deputies who visited Rodger determined that he did not meet the criteria for an ]; Rodger had told them he had a "misunderstanding" with his parents.<ref name=CNN.Shooter/>
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On May 24, 2014, at Anisq'Oyo Park in Isla Vista, students and the wider community attended a candlelight gathering to remember the victims.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2014/05/25/hundreds-gather-saturday-night-to-remember-santa-barbara-shooting-victims/|title=Hundreds gather Saturday night to remember Santa Barbara shooting victims|work=]|last1=Himes|first1=Thomas|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2024|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043126/https://www.dailynews.com/2014/05/25/hundreds-gather-saturday-night-to-remember-santa-barbara-shooting-victims/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isla-vista-rampage/thousands-attend-prayer-vigil-victims-isla-vista-killings-n114096|title=Thousands Attend Prayer Vigil for Victims of Isla Vista Killings|publisher=]|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2024|archive-date=February 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224060937/https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isla-vista-rampage/thousands-attend-prayer-vigil-victims-isla-vista-killings-n114096|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-25/isla-vista-community-gathers-to-mourn-share-memories-of-those-lost/|title=Isla Vista Community Gathers to Mourn, Share Memories of Those Lost|work=]|last=Mounteer|first=Peter|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=July 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703213302/https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-25/isla-vista-community-gathers-to-mourn-share-memories-of-those-lost/|url-status=live}}</ref> Three days later, on May 27, UCSB canceled classes and held a "day of mourning and reflection" at the university's ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-santa-barbara-resumes-classes-20140528-story.html|title=UC Santa Barbara resumes classes after deadly Elliot Rodger rampage|work=]|last=Flores|first=Adolfo|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=December 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223082603/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-santa-barbara-resumes-classes-20140528-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usanow/2014/05/26/elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-university-isla-vista/9594107/|title=Day of mourning planned in Santa Barbara after rampage|work=]|last=Jones|first=Charisse|date=May 26, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=July 2, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230702191122/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usanow/2014/05/26/elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-university-isla-vista/9594107/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/sv/article/i-survived-the-isla-vista-shooting/|title=I Survived the Isla Vista Shooting|work=]|last=Skerge|first=Sky|date=June 2, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=October 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008104826/https://www.vice.com/sv/article/i-survived-the-isla-vista-shooting/|url-status=live}}</ref> More than 20,000 people attended the memorial, where Michaels-Martinez's father read statements from the families of Hong and Wang.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/121631/memorial-uc-santa-barbara-shooting-elliot-rodger/|title=Thousands Mourn Victims of Isla Vista Slayings|magazine=]|last=Rayman|first=Noah|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2024|archive-date=February 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224060937/https://time.com/121631/memorial-uc-santa-barbara-shooting-elliot-rodger/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2014/05/27/isla-vista-shootings-thousands-turn-out-to-mourn-students-killed-in-rampage/|title=Isla Vista shootings: Thousands turn out to mourn students killed in rampage|magazine=]|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=September 15, 2024|archive-date=September 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914120505/https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2014/05/27/isla-vista-shootings-thousands-turn-out-to-mourn-students-killed-in-rampage/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/memorial-service-isla-vista-uc-santa-barbara-day-of-mourning-students-shooting/70016/|title=Victim's Father Speaks at Memorial During 'Day of Mourning and Reflection'|publisher=]|last1=Lloyd|first1=Jonathan|last2=Kandel|first2=Jason|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=September 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928122428/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/memorial-service-isla-vista-uc-santa-barbara-day-of-mourning-students-shooting/70016/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also spoke about his son and repeatedly yelled "not one more" to the crowd.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2014/05/29/isla-vista-killings-shock-suffering-survival/|title=Isla Vista Killings: Shock. Suffering. Survival.|work=]|last=Hoffman|first=Lyz|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2024|archive-date=February 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224060937/https://www.independent.com/2014/05/29/isla-vista-killings-shock-suffering-survival/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thewrap.com/father-of-ussb-not-one-more/|title=UCSB Shooting Memorial: Richard Martinez Lashes Out at Congress, Demands 'Not One More' Shooting|magazine=]|last=Bennett|first=Anita|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=September 14, 2024|archive-date=August 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829042617/https://www.thewrap.com/father-of-ussb-not-one-more/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://lompocrecord.com/not-one-more-says-father-of-isla-vista-shooting-victim/article_d2fb6570-e6f3-11e3-8452-001a4bcf887a.html|title='Not one more' says father of Isla Vista shooting victim|magazine=]|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=September 14, 2024|archive-date=September 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914120513/https://lompocrecord.com/not-one-more-says-father-of-isla-vista-shooting-victim/article_d2fb6570-e6f3-11e3-8452-001a4bcf887a.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 29, over 2,000 people gathered for a paddle-out memorial, where students chanted, sang, and threw flowers into the ocean.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucsb-students-paddle-out-isla-vista-victims-20140529-story.html|title=UC Santa Barbara students paddle out to honor Isla Vista victims|work=]|last=Wells|first=Jason|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=September 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913020647/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucsb-students-paddle-out-isla-vista-victims-20140529-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-29/thousands-attend-paddle-out/|title=Thousands Attend Paddle-Out|work=]|last=Fernbacher|first=Max|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=April 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418134550/https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-29/thousands-attend-paddle-out/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/thousands-of-surfers-honor-ucsb-victims-with-memorial-paddle|title=Thousands Of Surfers Honor UCSB Victims With Memorial 'Paddle-Out'|publisher=]|last=Hayes|first=Mike|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=July 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704110013/https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/thousands-of-surfers-honor-ucsb-victims-with-memorial-paddle|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Reactions==
=== Manifesto and online posts ===
===On social media===
Rodger emailed his 107,000-word manifesto, ''My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger'',<ref name=CNN.Revelations/> to 34 people,<ref name=Sheriff.Summary/>{{rp|7}} including his therapist, ],<ref name=NYTimes.Amassed/><ref name=LATimes.Parents/> his parents and other family,<ref name=NYTimes.Nightmare/> former teachers, and childhood friends.<ref name=Yahoo.Father/> In it he said he had originally sought to carry out an attack on ] of 2013, but reconsidered because he thought there would be too many police present.<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|110}}
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After the attacks, PUAHate closed its forums, causing its members to go to other chatrooms and forums.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/05/elliot-rodger-the-pick-up-artist-communitys-predictable-horrible-response-to-a-mass-murder.html |title=The Pick-Up Artist Community's Predictable, Horrible Response to a Mass Murder |work=] |last1=Hess |first1=Amanda |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=May 6, 2024 |archive-date=April 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421234933/https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/05/elliot-rodger-the-pick-up-artist-communitys-predictable-horrible-response-to-a-mass-murder.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/znwz53/elliot-rodgers-online-life-provides-a-glimpse-at-a-hateful-group-of-pick-up-artists |title=Elliot Rodger's Online Life Provides a Glimpse at a Hateful Group of 'Anti-Pick-up Artists' |work=] |last1=McGuire |first1=Patrick |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 6, 2024 |archive-date=April 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421092600/https://www.vice.com/en/article/znwz53/elliot-rodgers-online-life-provides-a-glimpse-at-a-hateful-group-of-pick-up-artists |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/118036/sexist-pseudoscience-alpha-male-pick-artists |title=The Sexist Pseudoscience of Pick-Up Artists: The Dangers of 'Alpha Male' Thinking |magazine=] |last1=Steadman |first1=Ian |date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=May 6, 2024 |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502191611/https://newrepublic.com/article/118036/sexist-pseudoscience-alpha-male-pick-artists |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-27640474 |title=The extreme misogyny of 'pick-up artist' hate |publisher=] |date=May 31, 2014 |access-date=May 6, 2024 |archive-date=June 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606152636/https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-27640474 |url-status=live}}</ref> On social media and in the comments on Rodger's YouTube videos, some men empathized with Rodger's views and difficulties; some said being ignored by women was a valid reason for murdering women.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/elliot-rodger-mens-rights-activists/ |title=Why Elliot Rodger is being linked to the men's rights movement |work=] |last1=Baker-Whitelaw |first1=Gavia |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309035808/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/elliot-rodger-mens-rights-activists/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a26084/ucsb-shooters-fans-on-rodgers-sister/ |title=Men's Rights Activists Discover Photo of Elliot Rodger's Sister — Their Reaction Will Haunt You |work=] |last1=Shrayber |first1=Mark |date=May 31, 2014 |access-date=August 10, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816093517/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a26084/ucsb-shooters-fans-on-rodgers-sister/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://msmagazine.com/2023/04/09/incel-violence-women-misogyny-white-supremacy-online/ |title=The Danger of Incels—and How We Shift the Thinking of Men Attracted to These Groups |work=] |last1=Emezue |first1=Chuka |date=April 9, 2023 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324190215/https://msmagazine.com/2023/04/09/incel-violence-women-misogyny-white-supremacy-online/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Some users on social media described Rodger as attractive and wondered how he failed to get a girlfriend. Other users acknowledged his physical appearance but contended that he failed to gain attention from women because he was mentally disturbed and had expectations that women should approach him instead.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/crime/elliot-rodger-so-hot-right-now-horrible/ |title=The Internet thinks alleged mass murderer Elliot Rodger was hot |work=] |last=McHugh |first=Molly |date=May 25, 2014 |accessdate=June 3, 2024 |archive-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323215910/http://www.dailydot.com/crime/elliot-rodger-so-hot-right-now-horrible/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/5/25/5749416/don-t-give-elliot-rodger-in-death-the-fame-he-wanted-in-life |title=Mass murderers want glory and fame. Somehow, we need to stop giving it to them. |work=] |last1=Klein |first1=Ezra |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209180051/https://www.vox.com/2014/5/25/5749416/don-t-give-elliot-rodger-in-death-the-fame-he-wanted-in-life |url-status=live}}</ref>


A ] page named "Elliot Rodger Is an American Hero" was created, calling on men to share their thoughts and pay tribute to Rodger for his "ultimate sacrifice in the struggle against feminazi ideology".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/26/facebook-removes-page-glorifying-isla-vista-killer |title=Facebook removes page glorifying Isla Vista killer |work=] |last1=Hern |first1=Alex |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310081139/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/26/facebook-removes-page-glorifying-isla-vista-killer |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://torontosun.com/2014/05/27/facebook-takes-down-elliot-rodger-fan-pages |title=Facebook fan pages for Elliot Rodger keep returning |newspaper=] |last=Goodyear |first=Sheena |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520062737/https://torontosun.com/2014/05/27/facebook-takes-down-elliot-rodger-fan-pages |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/local/facebook-takes-down-virgin-killer-fan-pages/73078/ |title=Facebook Takes Down 'Virgin Killer' Fan Pages |publisher=] |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914101052/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/local/facebook-takes-down-virgin-killer-fan-pages/73078/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The page also shared Rodger's "Retribution" video, and several users expressed support for his quest for vengeance against women.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/opinion/lindin-misogyny-rodger-killings/index.html |title=In killer's world, victims get blamed |work=] |last1=Lindin |first1=Emily |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310081139/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/opinion/lindin-misogyny-rodger-killings/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/facebook-removes-fan-pages-glorifying-ucsb-killer/63-282125465 |title=Facebook removes fan pages glorifying UCSB killer |publisher=] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914100729/https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/facebook-removes-fan-pages-glorifying-ucsb-killer/63-282125465 |url-status=live}}</ref> Activists reported the page for promoting hate speech, harassment, and violence, and initiated a campaign on ] encouraging others to report the page to Facebook.<ref name="theindep120">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/facebook-relents-to-remove-page-glorifying-isla-vista-killer-elliot-rodger-9435875.html |title=Elliot Rodger: Facebook removes page glorifying Isla Vista shooter |work=] |last1=Griffin |first1=Andrew |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310081140/https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/facebook-relents-to-remove-page-glorifying-isla-vista-killer-elliot-rodger-9435875.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/opinion/2014/06/03/opinion-can-american-culture-explain-the-santa-barbara-shootings/117157760/ |title=Opinion: Can American culture explain the Santa Barbara shootings? |work=] |last1=Mathis |first1=Joel |last2=Boychuk |first2=Ben |date=June 3, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526122018/https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/opinion/2014/06/03/opinion-can-american-culture-explain-the-santa-barbara-shootings/117157760/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Facebook said the page did not infringe upon its community standards, leading to widespread criticism on Twitter.<ref name="theindep120"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/facebook-page-glorifying-elliot-rodger-removed-20140528-zrq9j.html |title=Facebook page glorifying Elliot Rodger removed |work=] |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Salvador |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310081139/https://www.smh.com.au/world/facebook-page-glorifying-elliot-rodger-removed-20140528-zrq9j.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The page, along with several other fanpages, was later deactivated, with Facebook citing its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities as the rationale for the decision.<ref name="theindep120"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/05/27/eliot-rodger-facebook-youtube/9622951/ |title=Facebook removes fan pages glorifying California killer |work=] |last1=Lee |first1=Jolie |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310081139/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/05/27/eliot-rodger-facebook-youtube/9622951/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In his last YouTube video, "Elliot Rodger's Retribution", Rodger complained of being rejected by women and envying sexually active men, and described his planned attack<ref name=BBC.Gunman/> and the motives behind it.<ref name=CNN.Rampage/> In the video, he says:


Following Rodger's misogynistic attacks and the identification of his hatred of women as a motivating factor, some Twitter users employed the hashtag #] to express "not all men" act the same as Rodger or would commit similar attacks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jessie-thompson/elliot-rodger-not-all-men_b_5394396.html |title=Elliot Rodger: Not All Men Hate Women{{spd}}But If One Does, That's Enough |work=] |last1=Thompson |first1=Jessie |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226214202/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jessie-thompson/elliot-rodger-not-all-men_b_5394396.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/what-with-the-yesallwomen-and-notallmen-hashtags/HkLI9RKF0w5DDokbKBCM2H/|title=What's up with the #YesAllWomen and #NotAllMen hashtags?|work=]|last1=Bailey|first1=Jasmine|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005094405/https://www.ajc.com/news/what-with-the-yesallwomen-and-notallmen-hashtags/HkLI9RKF0w5DDokbKBCM2H/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/2809276/notallmen-dont-get-it/|title=#NotAllMen Don't Get It|magazine=]|last1=Bridges|first1=Jeff|date=June 2, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=March 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317032332/http://time.com/2809276/notallmen-dont-get-it/|url-status=live}}</ref> Other men on social media argued that his attacks were not misogynistic because Rodger killed more men than women, that he was mentally ill, and the lack of gun control in the United States was to blame for the attacks.<ref name="slate212">{{cite web |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/05/elliot-rodger-hated-men-because-he-hated-women.html?pay=1710055726879&support_journalism=please |title="If I Can't Have Them, No One Will": How Misogyny Kills Men |work=] |last1=Hess |first1=Amanda |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310081140/https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/05/elliot-rodger-hated-men-because-he-hated-women.html?pay=1710055726879&support_journalism=please |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.junkee.com/elliot-rodger-and-the-dark-heart-of-mens-rights-activism/34885|title=Elliot Rodger, And The Dark Heart Of Men's Rights Activism|publisher=] |last=Parkhill|first=Molly |date=May 26, 2014 |accessdate=June 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/6/7/elliot-rodger-wasnt-interested-in-women |title=Elliot Rodger wasn't interested in women |publisher=] |last1=Thomas |first1=Dexter |date=June 7, 2014 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310081139/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/6/7/elliot-rodger-wasnt-interested-in-women |url-status=live}}</ref> The hashtag faced criticism for diverting attention away from the broader issue of the dangers against women.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/living/california-killer-hashtag-yesallwomen/index.html |title=Why #YesAllWomen took off on Twitter |work=] |last1=Grinberg |first1=Emanuella |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-date=September 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032646/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/living/california-killer-hashtag-yesallwomen/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/not-all-men-how-discussing-womens-issues-gets-derailed.html |title=#YesAllWomen |work=] |last1= Plait |first1=Phil |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012115025/http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/05/27/not_all_men_how_discussing_women_s_issues_gets_derailed.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/yesallwomen-empowering-response-shooter-elliot-rodger/|title=#yesallwomen Is The Empowering Response On Social Media To Shooter Elliot Rodger|work=]|last1=Draper|first1=Lucy|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005094506/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/yesallwomen-empowering-response-shooter-elliot-rodger/|url-status=live}}</ref> In a bid to shift the focus back to the misogyny and sexism experienced by women, two Twitter users introduced the hashtag #], saying all women endure sexism and misogyny.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2014/05/28/powerful-twitter-response-to-elliot-rodgers-misogynistic-bile/ |title=Powerful Twitter response to Elliot Rodger's misogynistic bile |work=] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226214201/https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2014/05/28/powerful-twitter-response-to-elliot-rodgers-misogynistic-bile/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westword.com/arts/standing-in-the-way-of-control-elliot-rodger-yesallwomen-and-the-culture-of-misogyny-5789293|title=Standing in the way of control: Elliot Rodger, #YesAllWomen and the culture of misogyny|work=]|last1=Davies|first1=Bree|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005094405/https://www.westword.com/arts/standing-in-the-way-of-control-elliot-rodger-yesallwomen-and-the-culture-of-misogyny-5789293|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2014/5/25/5749480/why-yesallwomen-is-the-most-important-thing-youll-read-today|title=Why #yesallwomen is the most important thing you'll read today|work=]|last1=Abad-Santos|first1=Alex|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005100825/https://www.vox.com/2014/5/25/5749480/why-yesallwomen-is-the-most-important-thing-youll-read-today|url-status=live}}</ref> Within four days of its inception, the #YesAllWomen hashtag had been used 1.2 million times on Twitter, quickly eclipsing previous hashtags that aimed to highlight violence and sexism against women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/technology/2017/10/metoo-is-frustratingly-familiar.html|title=For Women, #MeToo Is Frustratingly Familiar|work=]|last1=Cummins|first1=Eleanor|date=October 16, 2017|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005100716/https://slate.com/technology/2017/10/metoo-is-frustratingly-familiar.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/10/27/me-too-metoo-social-media-harvey-weinstein-sexual-assault/|title=How #meToo Can Graduate from Moment to Movement|work=]|last1=Lennard|first1=Natasha|date=October 27, 2017|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005094505/https://theintercept.com/2017/10/27/me-too-metoo-social-media-harvey-weinstein-sexual-assault/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-27565815 |title=#YesAllWomen: California rampage sparks Twitter response |publisher=] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313055502/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-27565815 |url-status=live}}</ref>
{{blockquote|<!--Well, this is my last video, it all has to come to this. -->Tomorrow is the day of retribution, the day in which I will have my revenge against humanity, against all of you. For the last eight years of my life, ever since I hit puberty, I've been forced to endure an existence of loneliness, rejection, and unfulfilled desires all because girls have never been attracted to me. Girls gave their affection, and sex, and love to other men but never to me.<ref name=CNN.Transcript/>


Rodger and his attacks brought the ] community to mainstream attention and were praised by young men around the world who identified as incels.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news24.com/Life/twitter-responds-to-elliot-rodger-massacre-20140526 |title=Twitter responds to 'Virgin Killer', Elliot Rodger's massacre |work=] |last1=Radloff |first1=Lili |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=September 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914100833/https://www.news24.com/Life/twitter-responds-to-elliot-rodger-massacre-20140526 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/22/incels-rape-murder-study/ |title=The online incel movement is getting more violent and extreme, report says |newspaper=] |last1=Lorenz |first1=Taylor |date=September 23, 2022 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226211303/https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/david-kaufman-elliot-rodger-incel-stalker-b2058474.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/david-kaufman-elliot-rodger-incel-stalker-b2058474.html |title=Stalker who worshipped incel killer Elliot Rodger sentenced to 30 months prison |work=] |last=Hurley |first=Bevan |date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226211303/https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/david-kaufman-elliot-rodger-incel-stalker-b2058474.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Vice News-2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvnw3d/incels-elliot-rodger-misogyny-far-right |title=Killer Incels: How Misogynistic Men Sparked a New Terror Threat |publisher=] |date=May 31, 2022 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305155509/https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvnw3d/incels-elliot-rodger-misogyny-far-right |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2019/07/237264/inside-the-secret-world-of-incels-bbc-three |title=Inside The Secret World Of Incels – The Men Who Want To Punish Women |publisher=] |last1=Gil |first1=Natalie |date=July 19, 2015 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213190220/https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2019/07/237264/inside-the-secret-world-of-incels-bbc-three |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Incels post tribute songs, and others distributed t-shirts with Rodger's image.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/04/incel-meaning-rebellion-alex-minassian-elliot-rodger-reddit.html |title=When a Mass Murderer Has a Cult Following |work=] |last1=Futrelle |first1=David |date=April 27, 2018 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=May 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506145559/https://www.thecut.com/2018/04/incel-meaning-rebellion-alex-minassian-elliot-rodger-reddit.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elliot-rodger-incel-20180426-story.html|title=How Elliot Rodger went from misfit mass murderer to 'saint' for group of misogynists — and suspected Toronto killer|work=]|last1=Branson-Potts|first1=Hailey|last2=Winton|first2=Richard|date=April 26, 2018|access-date=March 8, 2024|archive-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822204434/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elliot-rodger-incel-20180426-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43892189|title=Elliot Rodger: How misogynist killer became 'incel hero'|publisher=]|date=April 25, 2018|access-date=March 8, 2024|archive-date=May 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512075225/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43892189|url-status=live}}</ref> Incels refer to Rodger as a "saint" and a "hero", celebrating "Saint Elliot Day" on every anniversary of his attacks.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chan |first=Esli |date=July 2023 |title=Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence, Hate Speech, and Terrorism: A Risk Assessment on the Rise of the Incel Rebellion in Canada |journal=Violence Against Women |language=en |volume=29 |issue=9 |pages=1687–1718 |doi=10.1177/10778012221125495 |issn=1077-8012 |pmc=10248308 |pmid=36226437 |quote=Saint Elliot is a description of Rodger as a martyr due to his violent actions (Squirrel, 2018). A word frequency search of Saint Elliot reveals 25 occurrences within incels.co; a word tree query on Saint Elliot reveals that conversations featured the adoration and justification of his actions. Incels.co members also celebrated a "Happy Saint Elliot's Day" on May 23, the date of his shooting, favoring Rodger's actions. As a result, the term "Saint Elliot" is assigned to VERA-2's Glorification of Violent Action risk factor as it is as a term of adoration of incel-inspired violence against women.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/16/us/incel-involuntary-celibate-explained-cec/index.html |title=What does the term 'incel' mean? |work=] |last1=Willingham |first1=AJ |date=March 16, 2023 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213103633/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/16/us/incel-involuntary-celibate-explained-cec/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/world-news/andrew-tate-incels-manosphere-how-25905500 |title=Andrew Tate, incels and the manosphere - how the internet is radicalising young men |work=] |last1=Mwamba |first1=Ramazani |date=January 8, 2023 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405102245/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/world-news/andrew-tate-incels-manosphere-how-25905500 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/now-elliot-rodger-called-hero-men-s-rights-activist-websites/ |title=Now Elliot Rodger Has Been Called A Hero On Men's Rights Activist Websites |work=] |last1=Wilkinson |first1=Sophie |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814064839/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/now-elliot-rodger-called-hero-men-s-rights-activist-websites/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://qz.com/1092037/the-alt-right-is-creating-its-own-dialect-heres-a-complete-guide |title=The alt-right is creating its own dialect. Here's the dictionary |work=] |last1=Sonnad |first1=Nikhil |last2=Squirrell |first2=Tim |date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828171734/https://qz.com/1092037/the-alt-right-is-creating-its-own-dialect-heres-a-complete-guide |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yourtango.com/2018313651/what-is-saint-elliots-day-former-ucsb-student-on-elliot-rodger-mass-shooting-how-incel-rebellion-spreads-ideology-male-supremacy|title=It's Been 4 Years Since I Was At UCSB When 'Incel' Elliot Rodger Killed 6 People — And Male Supremacy Is Still Killing Us|work=]|last1=Dumont|first1=Katana|date=May 23, 2018|access-date=November 12, 2024|archive-date=June 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621213844/https://www.yourtango.com/2018313651/what-is-saint-elliots-day-former-ucsb-student-on-elliot-rodger-mass-shooting-how-incel-rebellion-spreads-ideology-male-supremacy|url-status=live}}</ref>}} Incels also refer to Rodger as "E.R.", and his mass killings have inspired similar crimes.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Follman">{{cite web |title=Why I Spent Two Years Investigating a Notorious Mass Shooting |url=https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/05/investigating-elliot-rodger-incels-isla-vista-threat-assessment/ |last=Follman |first=Mark |work=] |date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516192227/https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/05/investigating-elliot-rodger-incels-isla-vista-threat-assessment/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Daily Beast">{{cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/should-tv-news-show-elliot-rodgers-video |title=Should TV News Show Elliot Rodger's Video? |work=] |last1=Grove |first1=Lloyd |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230701153258/https://www.thedailybeast.com/should-tv-news-show-elliot-rodgers-video |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Grazia">{{cite web |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/university-student-arrested-threats-copy-elliot-rodger-kill-women/ |title=A University Student Has Been Arrested After Threats To Copy Elliot Rodger's Massacre |work=] |last1=Wilkinson |first1=Sophie |date=September 3, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509034741/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/university-student-arrested-threats-copy-elliot-rodger-kill-women/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Daily Mirror">{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/california-shooting-police-investigating-elliot-3610929 |title=California shooting: Police investigating Elliot Rodger killing spree 'worried about copycat attacks' |work=] |last1=Bucktin |first1=Christopher |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207040234/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/california-shooting-police-investigating-elliot-3610929 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/videos/keshav-bhide-arrested-elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-university-washington/ |title='Everything Elliot Did Is Perfectly Justified': Disturbed UW College Student, Vocal In Fondness For Elliot Rodger, Arrested For Cyberstalking |publisher=] |date=June 17, 2014 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816191408/https://radaronline.com/videos/keshav-bhide-arrested-elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-university-washington/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Incels involved in or suspected of other mass killings have frequently cited Rodger as an influence, often referring to their attacks as "going E.R."{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unherd.com/newsroom/new-report-investigates-the-emotional-life-of-incels/ |title=New report investigates the emotional life of incels |work=] |last1=Billot |first1=James |date=February 9, 2023 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226054021/https://unherd.com/newsroom/new-report-investigates-the-emotional-life-of-incels/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/44126-alek-minassian-elliot-rodger-facebook-post |title=Who Was Elliot Rodger? Alek Minassian Referenced Killer In Facebook Post |work=] |last1=Lisa Scott |first1=Grace |date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814064839/https://www.inverse.com/article/44126-alek-minassian-elliot-rodger-facebook-post |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/05/femcel-meaning-female-incel-reddit/629836/ |title=What Do Female Incels Really Want? |work=] |last1=Tiffany |first1=Kaitlyn |date=May 12, 2022 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816101755/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/05/femcel-meaning-female-incel-reddit/629836/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/04/24/father-of-mass-shooter-elliot-rodger-very-sad-toronto-attacker-was-inspired-by-his-son/ |title=Father of mass shooter Elliot Rodger 'very sad' Toronto attacker was inspired by his son |work=] |last1=Dillon |first1=Nancy |last2=Cullen |first2=Terrence |date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816101755/https://www.nydailynews.com/2018/04/24/father-of-mass-shooter-elliot-rodger-very-sad-toronto-attacker-was-inspired-by-his-son/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newser.com/story/350613/what-the-mom-of-this-mass-shooter-can-teach-us.html |title=What the Mom of This Mass Shooter Can Teach Us |publisher=] |last1=Gastaldo |first1=Evann |date=June 1, 2024 |access-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828171129/https://www.newser.com/story/350613/what-the-mom-of-this-mass-shooter-can-teach-us.html |url-status=live}}</ref>}} On April 23, 2018, 25-year-old ] killed eleven people and injured fifteen others in Toronto, Canada, by driving a van into pedestrians.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jezebel.com/saint-elliot-rodger-and-the-incels-who-canonize-him-1825567815 |title=Saint Elliot Rodger and the 'Incels' Who Canonize Him |work=] |last1=Edwards |first1=Stassa |date=April 27, 2018 |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310091449/https://www.jezebel.com/saint-elliot-rodger-and-the-incels-who-canonize-him-1825567815 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/inside-the-secret-world-of-incels-misogyny-murder-and-cowardice-1.3973980 |title=Inside the Secret World of Incels: Misogyny, murder and cowardice |newspaper=] |last=Power |first=Ed |date=August 1, 2019 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408052843/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/inside-the-secret-world-of-incels-misogyny-murder-and-cowardice-1.3973980 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/04/27/news/van-attack-puts-spotlight-violent-sentiment-incel-communityexpert |title=Van attack puts spotlight on violent sentiment in 'incel' community:expert |work=] |last1=Bresge |first1=Adina |date=April 27, 2018 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520112116/https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/04/27/news/van-attack-puts-spotlight-violent-sentiment-incel-communityexpert |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/mass-shooting-1989-montreal-14-women-killed |title='Hate is infectious': how the 1989 mass shooting of 14 women echoes today |work=] |last1=Lindeman |first1=Tracey |date=December 4, 2019 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828171018/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/mass-shooting-1989-montreal-14-women-killed |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Before his attack, Minassian posted on his Facebook profile: "Private (Recruit) Minassian Infantry 00010, wishing to speak to Sgt 4chan please. C23249161. The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2024/05/30/ten-years-later-what-have-we-learned-from-the-violence-in-isla-vista/ |title=Ten Years Later, What Have We Learned from the Violence in Isla Vista? |work=] |last1=Ward |first1=Janes |date=May 30, 2024 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=June 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000228/https://www.independent.com/2024/05/30/ten-years-later-what-have-we-learned-from-the-violence-in-isla-vista/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/25/17279294/toronto-massacre-minassian-incels-internet-misogyny |title=The internet is enabling a community of men who want to kill women. They need to be stopped |work=] |last1=Hudson |first1=Laura |date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812052453/https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/25/17279294/toronto-massacre-minassian-incels-internet-misogyny |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/facebook-post-linked-to-alek-minassian-cites-incel-rebellion-mass-murderer/article_ce3cbac7-61cc-5910-b6e5-8222f44fa391.html |title=Facebook post linked to Alek Minassian cites 'incel rebellion,' mass murderer |work=] |last=Yang |first=Jennifer |date=April 24, 2018 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517090106/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/facebook-post-linked-to-alek-minassian-cites-incel-rebellion-mass-murderer/article_ce3cbac7-61cc-5910-b6e5-8222f44fa391.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/26/mass-killer-toronto-attack-man-men |title=Nearly every mass killer is a man. We should all be talking more about that |work=] |last1=Younge |first1=Gary |date=April 26, 2018 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828171133/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/26/mass-killer-toronto-attack-man-men |url-status=live}}</ref>
I'm 22 years old and I'm still a virgin. I've never even kissed a girl. I've been through college for two and a half years, more than that actually, and I'm still a virgin. It has been very torturous. College is the time when everyone experiences those things such as sex and fun and pleasure. Within those years, I've had to rot in loneliness. It's not fair. You girls have never been attracted to me. I don't know why you girls aren't attracted to me, but I will punish you all for it. It's an injustice, a crime, because{{nbsp}}... I don't know what you don't see in me. I'm the perfect guy and yet you throw yourselves at these obnoxious men instead of me, the supreme gentleman.<ref name=CNN.Transcript/>}}


=== In other media ===
He wrote in ''My Twisted World'' that being of ] made him "different from the normal fully ] kids".<ref name=NYTimes.Rampage/><ref name=LATimes.Videos/> On one online forum, he said that he opposed ] and made several racist posts regarding ], ] and ], stating that seeing men of these ethnic groups socializing with white women "makes you want to quit life".<ref name=LATimes.Videos/><ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|87}}<ref name=SPLC.Racist/> In one online post, Rodger wrote:
==== Controversy over publication of Rodger's videos and manifesto ====
Several news networks limited the use of Rodger's "Retribution" video for fear of triggering ]s.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref name="Follman"/><ref name="The Daily Beast"/><ref name="Grazia"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/5/25/5749416/don-t-give-elliot-rodger-in-death-the-fame-he-wanted-in-life |title=Mass murderers want glory and fame. Somehow, we need to stop giving it to them. |work=] |last1=Klein |first1=Ezra |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209180051/https://www.vox.com/2014/5/25/5749416/don-t-give-elliot-rodger-in-death-the-fame-he-wanted-in-life |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Daily Mirror"/>}} On May 24, 2014, YouTube took down Rodger's "Retribution" video, stating it broke the platform's rules by showing a threat of violence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/05/27/youtube-finally-takes-down-all-of-elliot-rodgers-videos/?sh=72376a6e779a |title=Elliot Rodger's Videos Were Removed From YouTube, But Only Temporarily |work=] |last1=McGuire |first1=Patrick |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223081721/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/05/27/youtube-finally-takes-down-all-of-elliot-rodgers-videos/?sh=72376a6e779a |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/elliot-rodger-video-removed-by-youtube/2014/05/25/8595173c-e42c-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html |title=Elliot Rodger video removed by YouTube |newspaper=] |last1=Farhi |first1=Paul |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607054829/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/elliot-rodger-video-removed-by-youtube/2014/05/25/8595173c-e42c-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/may/31/was-youtube-right-to-take-down-elliot-rodger-video |title=Was YouTube right to take down Elliot Rodger's video? |work=] |last1=Reidy |first1=Padraig |last2=Rozenberg |first2=Joshua |date=May 31, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509034655/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/may/31/was-youtube-right-to-take-down-elliot-rodger-video |url-status=live}}</ref> Experts noted taking down the video would cause it to be increasingly shared across the internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27588967 |title=Gunman Elliot Rodger's videos removed by YouTube|publisher=] |last1=Lee |first1=Dave |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223081721/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27588967 |url-status=live}}</ref> ] co-founder ] resigned after receiving negative media attention by adding annotations on the website to Rodger's manifesto, calling Rodger's sister "smokin hot", and describing the document as "beautifully written".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/tech/web/rap-genius-fired-shooting/index.html |title=Tech exec fired for comments about California killer |work=] |last1=Shaw |first1=Lucus |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=January 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230124175124/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/tech/web/rap-genius-fired-shooting/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/rap-genius-co-founder-resigns-after-crass-comments-about-ucsb-shooter/ |title=UCSB Shootings: Rap Genius Co-Founder Ousted Over Crass Comments About Elliot Rodger |work=] |last1=Reidy |first1=Padraig |date=May 31, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013546/https://www.thewrap.com/rap-genius-co-founder-resigns-after-crass-comments-about-ucsb-shooter/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/116717/rap-genius-dumps-co-founder-over-annotations-to-alleged-ucsb-shooter-manifesto/ |title=Rap Genius Dumps Co-Founder Over Annotations to Alleged UCSB Shooter Manifesto |magazine=] |last1=Dockterman |first1=Eliana |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215084947/https://time.com/116717/rap-genius-dumps-co-founder-over-annotations-to-alleged-ucsb-shooter-manifesto/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Genius CEO Tom Lehman said in a statement Moghadam's comments "went beyond that into gleeful insensitivity and misogyny".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/rap-genius-cofounder-mahbod-moghadam-forced-to-resign-over-gleeful-and-misogynistic-comments-on-elliot-rodger-manifesto-9437378.html |title=Rap Genius co-founder Mahbod Moghadam resigns over 'gleeful and misogynistic' comments on Elliot Rodger manifesto |work=] |last1=Withnall |first1=Adam |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708031607/http://www.independent.co.uk/tech/rap-genius-cofounder-mahbod-moghadam-forced-to-resign-over-gleeful-and-misogynistic-comments-on-elliot-rodger-manifesto-9437378.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2014/5/26/11627246/rap-genius-co-founder-moghadam-fired |title=Rap Genius Co-Founder Moghadam Fired Over Tasteless Comments on Santa Barbara Shooting |work=] |last1=Swisher |first1=Kara |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710050933/https://www.vox.com/2014/5/26/11627246/rap-genius-co-founder-moghadam-fired |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/rap-genius-drops-founder-comments-707108/ |title=Rap Genius Drops Co-Founder Over Comments on Santa Barbara Suspect's Manifesto (Report) |work=] |last1=Emery |first1=Debbie |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201070400/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/rap-genius-drops-founder-comments-707108/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


====Misogyny====
{{blockquote|Full Asian men are disgustingly ugly and white girls would never go for you. You're just butthurt that you were born as an Asian piece of shit, so you lash out by linking these fake pictures. You even admit that you wish you were half white. You'll never be half-white and you'll never fulfill your dream of marrying a white woman. I suggest you jump off a bridge.<ref name=SPLC.Racist/>}}
The attacks sparked discussion of broader issues of ] and misogyny.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/05/lets-call-isla-vista-killings-what-they-were-misogynist-extremism |title=Laurie Penny on misogynist extremism: Let's call the Isla Vista killings what they were |work=] |last=Penny |first=Laurie |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230701165505/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/05/lets-call-isla-vista-killings-what-they-were-misogynist-extremism |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/us/campus-killings-set-off-anguished-conversation-about-the-treatment-of-women.html |title=Campus Killings Set Off Anguished Conversation About the Treatment of Women |work=] |last=Medina |first=Jennifer |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527223031/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/us/campus-killings-set-off-anguished-conversation-about-the-treatment-of-women.html |url-status=live}}</ref> According to the ] at ], Rodger's attacks were an act of ].<ref name=ICCT.Misogyny>{{cite journal |url=https://icct.nl/publication/male-supremacist-terrorism-as-a-rising-threat/ |title=Male Supremacist Terrorism as a Rising Threat |first=Alex |last=DiBranco |date=February 10, 2020 |website=International Centre for Counter-Terrorism |publisher=] |quote=No misogynist killer articulated the terroristic intention behind his selected target more clearly than 22-year-old Elliot Rodger, who set out on his 'War on Women' to 'punish all females for the crime of depriving me of sex.' The autobiography he left behind—which has been taken as a manifesto for the incel ideology—spells this out. |access-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420024236/https://icct.nl/publication/male-supremacist-terrorism-as-a-rising-threat/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://macleans.ca/longforms/incel-terrorism/|title=The Incel Terrorist|work=]|last=Hall|first=Lana|date=April 3, 2024|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007144912/https://macleans.ca/longforms/incel-terrorism/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/sydney-attacks-misogyny-terrorism/ |title='We Need To Recognise Misogynistic Extremism For What It Really Is – Terrorism' |work=] |last1=Bates |first1=Laura |date=April 15, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515074709/https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/sydney-attacks-misogyny-terrorism/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The ] described it as "misogynistic extremism".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/16/involuntary-celibates-incels-threat-us-secret-service|title='Incels' are a rising threat in the US, Secret Service report finds|work=]|last=Yang|first=Maya|date=March 16, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009005506/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/16/involuntary-celibates-incels-threat-us-secret-service|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2022/03/15/secret-report-details-growing-of-incel-terrorism/|title=Secret Service report details growing threat of 'incel' terrorism|work=]|last=Skolnik|first=Jon|date=March 15, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=September 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905060526/https://www.salon.com/2022/03/15/secret-report-details-growing-of-incel-terrorism/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/incel-threat-secret-service-report/|title=New Secret Service report details growing incel terrorism threat|publisher=]|last=Sganga|first=Nicole|date=March 15, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=October 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009005526/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/incel-threat-secret-service-report/|url-status=live}}</ref> Writer ] objected to Rodger being labeled the "virgin killer", saying that implies "one possible cause of male aggression is a lack of female sexual acquiescence".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.salon.com/2014/05/27/the_media_scapegoating_of_rodgers_childhood_crush/ |title=The media scapegoating of Rodger's childhood crush |newspaper=] |last=Elizabeth Williams |first=Mary |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140529165122/http://www.salon.com/2014/05/27/the_media_scapegoating_of_rodgers_childhood_crush/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Amanda Hess, writing for '']'', said although Rodger killed more men than women, his motivations were misogynistic because his reason for hating the men he attacked was that he thought they stole the women he felt entitled to.<ref name="slate212"/> Writing for '']'', ] wrote that it seemed like a "good example of stretching the concept into meaninglessness&nbsp;– or turning it into unfalsifiable quasi-religious dogma", and that Rodger also wrote hateful messages about other men.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://reason.com/2014/05/29/elliot-rodgers-war-on-women-and-toxic-ge/ |title=Elliot Rodger's 'War on Women' and Toxic Gender Warfare |work=] |last=Young |first=Cathy |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210507152804/https://reason.com/2014/05/29/elliot-rodgers-war-on-women-and-toxic-ge/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


Film critic ] of '']'' attributed the attacks to Hollywood's "sexist movie monoculture", which she said is largely produced by white men.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/in-a-final-videotaped-message-a-sad-reflection-of-the-sexist-stories-we-so-often-see-on-screen/2014/05/25/dec7e7ea-e40d-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html |title=In a final videotaped message, a sad reflection of the sexist stories we so often see on screen |newspaper=] |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192649/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/in-a-final-videotaped-message-a-sad-reflection-of-the-sexist-stories-we-so-often-see-on-screen/2014/05/25/dec7e7ea-e40d-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/05/ann-hornaday-on-elliot-rodger-judd-apatow-seth-rogen-and-sexist-movies-aren-t-to-blame-for-the-ucsb-murders.html |title=If Hollywood Movies Inspire Real-Life Violence, Then Why Are Teens Less Violent Than Ever? |work=] |last=Grose |first=Jessica |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109014605/https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/05/ann-hornaday-on-elliot-rodger-judd-apatow-seth-rogen-and-sexist-movies-aren-t-to-blame-for-the-ucsb-murders.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2014/05/27/rogen-apatow-slam-critic-who-blamed-them-for-elliot-rodger-rampage/ |title=Killer virgin sparks a culture war |work=] |last=O'Neill |first=Natalie |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529154632/http://nypost.com/2014/05/27/rogen-apatow-slam-critic-who-blamed-them-for-elliot-rodger-rampage/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Hornaday criticized the Canadian actor ] and the American director ], stating Rogen's role in the 2014 movie '']'' and Apatow's directing encourage "outsized frat-boy fantasies", making people like Rodger feel "unjustly shut out of college life that should be full of 'sex and fun and pleasure'."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/seth-rogen-slams-film-critic-707117/ |title=Seth Rogen Slams Film Critic for Article About Santa Barbara Shooting Rampage |work=] |last=Emery |first=Debbie |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703035911/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/seth-rogen-slams-film-critic-707117/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/elliot-rodger-isla-vista-shooting-seth-rogen-horrified-at-critic-s-suggestion-his-work-inspired-mass-murderer-s-rampage-against-women-9437969.html |title=Elliot Rodger California shooting: Seth Rogen 'horrified' at suggestion his work inspired mass murderer's rampage against women |work=] |last=Selby |first=Jenn |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316201520/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/elliot-rodger-isla-vista-shooting-seth-rogen-horrified-at-critic-s-suggestion-his-work-inspired-mass-murderer-s-rampage-against-women-9437969.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/28/ann-hornaday-responds-seth-rogen-judd-apatow-elliot-rodger |title=Film critic responds to outrage over linking Seth Rogen with Elliot Rodger |work=] |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-date=May 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509013302/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/28/ann-hornaday-responds-seth-rogen-judd-apatow-elliot-rodger |url-status=live}}</ref>
In his manifesto, Rodger made a racist comment regarding another boy, outlining some of his plans:
{{blockquote|How could an inferior, ugly black boy be able to get a white girl and not me? I am beautiful, and I am half white myself. I am descended from British aristocracy. He is descended from slaves.<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|84}}


=== Gun control and mental health ===
On the day before the Day of Retribution, I will start the First Phase of my vengeance: Silently killing as many people as I can around Isla Vista by luring them into my apartment through some form of trickery.<ref name=LATimes.Bodies/>}}
] talking about the killings to former ] CEO ]]]
The attacks renewed calls for ] and improvements in the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0529/Elliot-Rodger-rampage-shows-gaps-in-mental-health-law |title=Elliot Rodger rampage shows gaps in mental health law |work=] |last1=R. Blood |first1=Michael |last2=Abdollah |first2=Tami |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001826/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0529/Elliot-Rodger-rampage-shows-gaps-in-mental-health-law |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://reason.com/2014/05/28/gun-controls-false-promise/|title=Elliot Rodger and Gun Control's False Promise|work=]|last1=Sullum|first1=Jake|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=September 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923171333/https://reason.com/2014/05/28/gun-controls-false-promise/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Recent Tragedy Incites Gun Debate |url=https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-28/recent-tragedy-incites-gun-debate/ |last=Quiambao |first=Carissa |work=] |date=May 28, 2014 |accessdate=August 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526064818/https://dailynexus.com/2014-05-28/recent-tragedy-incites-gun-debate/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/06/12/will-americans-ever-ready-challenge-gun-cult/10354981/|title=Will Americans ever be ready to challenge the gun cult?|work=]|last1=Lyons|first1=Gene|date=June 12, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005084643/https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/06/12/will-americans-ever-ready-challenge-gun-cult/10354981/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sheriff Bill Brown said Rodger's actions and copycat attacks were due to shortcomings in the mental-health treatment system, noted a widespread shortfall in resources for community mental health care, and criticized inadequate communication from healthcare professionals regarding people who suffer from suicidal or homicidal thoughts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/sheriff-mental-health-shortcomings-california-rampage |title=Sheriff highlights mental-health shortcomings after California killings |work=] |last1=Carroll |first1=Rory |last2=Pengelly |first2=Martin |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112822/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/sheriff-mental-health-shortcomings-california-rampage |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/gunman-was-able-to-fly-under-the-radar-says-santa-barbara-sheriff.html|title=Gunman Covered Up Risks He Posed, Sheriff Says|work=]|last1=G. Fitzsimmons|first1=Emma|last2=Knowlton|first2=Brian|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=May 8, 2024|archive-date=December 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222113332/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/gunman-was-able-to-fly-under-the-radar-says-santa-barbara-sheriff.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elliot-rodger-long-concealed-mental-health-issues-sheriff-says/|title=Sheriff: Elliot Rodger long concealed mental health issues|publisher=]|last1=Kaplan|first1=Rebecca|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=May 8, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005100116/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elliot-rodger-long-concealed-mental-health-issues-sheriff-says/|url-status=live}}</ref> Several legislators in California demanded an evaluation of the interaction between the deputies and Rodger on April 30, 2014.<ref name="los1919191">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-rodger-welfare-20140530-story.html |title=Deputies didn't view Elliot Rodger's videos in welfare check |work=] |last1=Mather |first1=Kate |last2=Winton |first2=Richard |last3=Flores |first3=Adolfo |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001826/https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-rodger-welfare-20140530-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/new-mass-murder-old-lesson/|title=New Mass Murder, Old Lesson|work=]|last1=Kim|first1=Richard|date=June 4, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005100748/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/new-mass-murder-old-lesson/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazette.com/news/police-knew-of-but-didnt-view-killers-videos/article_1a5aadc2-eab9-5e79-8bf0-0b47228ff424.html|title=Police knew of but didn't view killer's videos|work=]|last1=Kim|first1=Richard|date=May 30, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005100116/https://gazette.com/news/police-knew-of-but-didnt-view-killers-videos/article_1a5aadc2-eab9-5e79-8bf0-0b47228ff424.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ] (FBI) launched an investigation on the Sheriff's Office's handling of the situation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/06/fbi-investigation-santa-barbara-sheriff-elliot-rodger/ |title=Could Elliot Rodger Have Been Stopped? FBI Investigating Santa Barbara Sheriff's Interactions With The Virgin Killer Prior To Shooting Spree |publisher=] |last=Heger |first=Jen |date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112824/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/06/fbi-investigation-santa-barbara-sheriff-elliot-rodger/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The deputies did not consult the California gun ownership database, which showed Rodger had purchased at least two handguns.<ref name="los1919191"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/31/cops-talked-to-elliot-rodger-three-times-before-santa-barbara-killing-spree-didnt-know-he-owned-guns/|title=Cops talked to Elliot Rodger three times before Santa Barbara killing spree, didn't know he owned guns|work=]|last1=McShane|first1=Larry|date=May 31, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=June 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601013000/https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/05/31/cops-talked-to-elliot-rodger-three-times-before-santa-barbara-killing-spree-didnt-know-he-owned-guns/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/police-didnt-search-database-showing-calif-shooter-had-bought-guns/2014/05/30/59ad5186-e74f-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19_story.html|title=Police didn't search database showing Calif. shooter had bought guns|newspaper=]|last1=Kindy|first1=Kimberly|last2=Crites|first2=Alice R.|date=May 30, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125030448/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/police-didnt-search-database-showing-calif-shooter-had-bought-guns/2014/05/30/59ad5186-e74f-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They also did not examine the YouTube videos that led Rodger's parents to contact them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-police-knew-videos |title=California authorities knew of but didn't view Elliot Rodger's videos |work=] |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001826/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-police-knew-videos |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/30/police-had-not-seen-elliot-rodgers-videos-when-they-determined-he-was-not-a-threat-officials-say/|title=Police had not seen Elliot Rodger's videos when they determined he was not a threat, officials say|newspaper=]|last1=Bever|first1=Lindsey|date=May 30, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=March 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317141340/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/30/police-had-not-seen-elliot-rodgers-videos-when-they-determined-he-was-not-a-threat-officials-say/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-knew-about-santa-barbara-attackers-videos-but-didnt-watch-them/|title=Cops knew about Santa Barbara attacker's videos, but didn't watch them|publisher=]|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=February 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070457/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-knew-about-santa-barbara-attackers-videos-but-didnt-watch-them/|url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequently, the Sheriff's Office concluded the responding deputies followed all rules and conducted themselves professionally in accordance with both state law and departmental guidelines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ktla.com/news/new-details-on-welfare-check-made-on-isla-vista-killer-before-rampage/|title=New Details on 'Welfare Check' Made on Isla Vista Killer Before Rampage|publisher=]|last1=Mcginnis|first1=Shawn|last2=Ryan|first2=Kennedy|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=August 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829085807/https://ktla.com/news/new-details-on-welfare-check-made-on-isla-vista-killer-before-rampage/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nbc1201">{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isla-vista-rampage/deputies-who-made-welfare-check-ucsb-killer-elliot-rodger-cleared-n119331 |title=Deputies Who Made Welfare Check on UCSB Killer Elliot Rodger Cleared |publisher=] |date=May 31, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223070452/https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isla-vista-rampage/deputies-who-made-welfare-check-ucsb-killer-elliot-rodger-cleared-n119331 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/elliot-rodger-welfare-check-detailed-by-sheriff-s-department/article_484d751e-e796-11e3-9a79-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Nation's Strictest Gun Laws Didn't Stop Rodger|work=]|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=November 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108232537/https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/elliot-rodger-welfare-check-detailed-by-sheriff-s-department/article_484d751e-e796-11e3-9a79-001a4bcf887a.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Despite California having one of the strictest gun laws in the United States, Rodger, despite having undergone several years of psychiatric treatment, passed all necessary background checks. Because he had neither been institutionalized for mental health issues nor had a criminal history, he was able to purchase three firearms.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/elliot-rodgers-murderous-rampage-puts-gun-control-back-in-spotlight-as-victims-father-blames-nra |title=Elliot Rodger's murderous rampage puts gun control back in spotlight as victim's father blames NRA |work=] |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430011514/https://nationalpost.com/news/elliot-rodgers-murderous-rampage-puts-gun-control-back-in-spotlight-as-victims-father-blames-nra |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/121682/isla-vista-shooting-elliot-rodger/|title=Mental-Health Lessons Emerge from Isla Vista Slayings|magazine=]|last=Pickert|first=Kate|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=February 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228120426/https://time.com/121682/isla-vista-shooting-elliot-rodger/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/elliot-rodger-not-stopped-by-gun-control/|title=Nation's Strictest Gun Laws Didn't Stop Rodger|work=]|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119193359/https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/elliot-rodger-not-stopped-by-gun-control/|url-status=live}}</ref> In California, at the time, undergoing mental health treatment did not disqualify people for applying for firearms. When the mental health hotline informed the police of Rodger’s threats on YouTube, the absence of an immediate threat meant the police lacked the authority to search his apartment, search the gun registry, or confiscate any firearms without a warrant based on probable cause.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/28/opinion/robbins-mental-health-rodger/index.html |title=Fix mental health care or expect more killings |work=] |last=Robbins |first=Mel |date=June 2, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001826/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/28/opinion/robbins-mental-health-rodger/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/05/29/why-law-enforcement-was-powerless-to-stop-elliot-rodger-from-buying-guns/|title=Why law enforcement was powerless to stop Elliot Rodger from buying guns|newspaper=]|last=Pollack|first=Harold|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=July 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716025138/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/05/29/why-law-enforcement-was-powerless-to-stop-elliot-rodger-from-buying-guns/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isla-vista-rampage/elliot-rodgers-isla-vista-rampage-sparks-push-gun-seizures-n117971|title=Elliot Rodger's Isla Vista Rampage Sparks Push For Gun Seizures|publisher=]|date=May 29, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=February 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226213742/https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isla-vista-rampage/elliot-rodgers-isla-vista-rampage-sparks-push-gun-seizures-n117971|url-status=live}}</ref>
A "War on Women" was the second phase of his plan:<ref name=USAToday.Parents/>
{{blockquote|The Second Phase will take place on the Day of Retribution itself, just before the climactic massacre{{nbsp}}... My War on Women{{nbsp}}... I will attack the very girls who represent everything I hate in the female gender: The hottest sorority of UCSB.<ref name=NYDailyNews.Manifesto/>}}


Democratic Senator ] from Connecticut advocated for the reinstatement of gun-control measures previously declined by Congress following the ], saying such legislation might have prevented Rodger's shooting spree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/207192-blumenthal-revive-gun-control-bill-after-calif-shootings/|title=Blumenthal: Revive background check bill|work=]|last=Laing|first=Keith|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503135210/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/207192-blumenthal-revive-gun-control-bill-after-calif-shootings/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/senator-gun-control-legislation-california-killings-richard-blumenthal |title=Senator keen to revive gun-control legislation after California killings |work=] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001825/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/senator-gun-control-legislation-california-killings-richard-blumenthal |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/elliot-rodgers-killing-spree-sparks-new-gun-control-debate-in-america-20140526-zrnux.html|title=Elliot Rodger's killing spree sparks new gun control debate in America|work=]|date=May 26, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531062951/https://www.smh.com.au/world/elliot-rodgers-killing-spree-sparks-new-gun-control-debate-in-america-20140526-zrnux.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Blumenthal noted the necessity of refocusing gun-control initiatives around mental health issues, and the urgent need for enhanced resources to support people with mental illnesses.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/115274/gun-control-santa-barbara/ |title=Gun-Control Debate Heats Up Following California Shooting |magazine=] |last=Stout |first=David |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001825/https://time.com/115274/gun-control-santa-barbara/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-27/hamad-elliot-rodger-and-hate-crime-hypocrisy/5478820|title=Elliot Rodger and hate crime hypocrisy|publisher=]|last=Hamad|first=Ruby|date=May 26, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=May 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512040359/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-27/hamad-elliot-rodger-and-hate-crime-hypocrisy/5478820|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/richard-blumenthal-revive-gun-control-debate-msna336371 |title=Sen. Blumenthal: It's time to revive the gun control debate |publisher=] |last=Frumin |first=Aliyah |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043205/https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/richard-blumenthal-revive-gun-control-debate-msna336371 |url-status=live}}</ref> In his address, Michaels-Martinez's father attributed the attacks to the "craven, irresponsible" actions of politicians and the ] (NRA), accusing the NRA of prioritizing gun rights above public safety.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/video-richard-martinez-nra-ucsb-shooting-2014-5 |title=Father Of Shooting Victim Angrily Rails Against NRA And 'Craven Politicians' In Emotional Press Conference |work=] |last=LoGiurato |first=Brett |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001826/https://www.businessinsider.com/video-richard-martinez-nra-ucsb-shooting-2014-5 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-father-of-victim-shot-by-elliot-rodger-blames-irresponsible-politicians-and-the-nra-for-son-s-death-9432710.html |title=California killings: Father of victim shot by Elliot Rodger blames 'irresponsible politicians and the NRA' for son's death |work=] |last=Eleftheriou-Smith |first=Loulla-Mae |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230701164909/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-father-of-victim-shot-by-elliot-rodger-blames-irresponsible-politicians-and-the-nra-for-son-s-death-9432710.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/christopher-michael-martinezs-father-gets-it-right |title=Christopher Michael-Martinez's Father Gets It Right |magazine=] |last=Gopnik |first=Adam |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001826/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/christopher-michael-martinezs-father-gets-it-right |url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequently, Martinez said he wanted members of Congress to stop calling him to offer condolences for his son's death and appealed to the public to unite with him in "demanding immediate action" on gun control from Congress members.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/richard-martinez-ucsb-shooting-victim-nra-2014-5 |title=Father Of California Shooting Victim: 'I Don't Give A S— That You Feel Sorry For Me ... Get To Work And Do Something' |work=] |last=LoGiurato |first=Brett |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001825/https://www.businessinsider.com/richard-martinez-ucsb-shooting-victim-nra-2014-5 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/ucsb-victims-father-dont-call-me-do-something-video/|title=UCSB Victim's Father Tells Congress: Don't Call Me, Do Something (Video)|work=]|last=Crugnale|first=James|date=May 28, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005084757/https://www.thewrap.com/ucsb-victims-father-dont-call-me-do-something-video/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/richard-martinez-turning-anguish-into-activism-84620/|title=Richard Martinez: Turning Anguish Into Activism|work=]|last=Marchese|first=David|date=July 14, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=December 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210022625/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/richard-martinez-turning-anguish-into-activism-84620/|url-status=live}}</ref> He extended his sympathies toward Rodger's parents.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/father-of-victim-in-santa-barbara-shootings-to-politicians-i-dont-care-about-your-sympathy/2014/05/27/8a030d10-e5ad-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19_story.html |title=Father of victim in Santa Barbara shootings to politicians: 'I don't care about your sympathy.'|newspaper=] |last=Kindy |first=Kimberly |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702205453/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/father-of-victim-in-santa-barbara-shootings-to-politicians-i-dont-care-about-your-sympathy/2014/05/27/8a030d10-e5ad-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2014/05/27/i_don%E2%80%99t_care_about_your_sympathy_father_of_isla_vista_victim_urges_action_slams_politicians_for_gun_control_cowardice/|title="I don't care about your sympathy": Father of Isla Vista victim urges action, slams politicians for gun control cowardice|work=]|last=McDonough|first=Katie|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=February 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227063922/https://www.salon.com/2014/05/27/i_don%E2%80%99t_care_about_your_sympathy_father_of_isla_vista_victim_urges_action_slams_politicians_for_gun_control_cowardice/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/05/santa-barbara-shooting-gun-control-father-of-victim-asks-for-action.html|title='I Don't Care About Your Sympathy,' Says Rodger Victim's Father in Gun Control Plea|work=]|last=Mathis-Lilley|first=Ben|date=July 14, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201065848/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/05/santa-barbara-shooting-gun-control-father-of-victim-asks-for-action.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Rodger stated in his manifesto that, in his ideal world, he would <blockquote>quarantine all in ]s. At these camps, the vast majority of the female population will be deliberately starved to death. That would be an efficient and fitting way to kill them all off{{nbsp}}... I would have an enormous tower built just for myself{{nbsp}}... and gleefully watch them all die.<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|136}}</blockquote> He also dreamed of <blockquote>a pure world, the man's mind can develop to greater heights than ever before. Future generations will live their lives free of having to worry about the barbarity of sex and women, which will enable them to expand their intelligence and advance the human race to a state of perfect civilization.<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto/>{{rp|137}}</blockquote> He said that he planned to kill his half-brother and stepmother, but was not mentally prepared to kill his father.<ref name="ChiTrib.Parents" />


], a Pennsylvania Representative and clinical psychologist, presented his bipartisan mental-health reform as a solution and called on Congress to enact it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/27/-sp-washington-mental-illness-legislation-elliot-rodger |title=Dear Washington: take serious mental illness seriously. It's a matter of life and death |work=] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001825/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/27/-sp-washington-mental-illness-legislation-elliot-rodger |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rollcall.com/2014/05/25/elliot-rodger-sparks-new-call-for-mental-health-bill/|title=Elliot Rodger Sparks New Call for Mental Health Bill|work=]|last=T. Dennis|first=Steven|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005101550/https://rollcall.com/2014/05/25/elliot-rodger-sparks-new-call-for-mental-health-bill/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/117950/rep-tim-murphy-pushes-mental-health-bill-after-isla-vista-shooting |title=Were the Isla Vista Killings Preventable? A GOP Congressman Thinks So, and He's Got Bipartisan Support. |magazine=] |last=Schulberg |first=Jessica |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001826/https://newrepublic.com/article/117950/rep-tim-murphy-pushes-mental-health-bill-after-isla-vista-shooting |url-status=live}}</ref> Santa Barbara Assembly members ] and ] introduced legislation that would allow law enforcement, close relatives, or roommates to request a court order for the confiscation of firearms from individuals deemed a serious risk to themselves or others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kqed.org/news/137287/can-legislation-prevent-mass-shootings|title=Elliot Rodger Sparks New Call for Mental Health Bill|publisher=]|last1=Pickoff-White|first1=Lisa|last2=Kim|first2=Mina|last3=Dornhelm|first3=Rachel|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005101526/https://www.kqed.org/news/137287/can-legislation-prevent-mass-shootings|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/gun-violence-restraining-order-pushed-after-5508835.php |title='Gun violence restraining order' pushed after Isla Vista rampage |publisher=] |last=Gutierrez |first=Melody |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001826/https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/gun-violence-restraining-order-pushed-after-5508835.php |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-law-proposed-in-california-in-wake-of-elliot-rodgers-killing-spree/ |title=Gun law proposed in California in wake of Elliot Rodger's killing spree |publisher=] |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226213729/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-law-proposed-in-california-in-wake-of-elliot-rodgers-killing-spree/ |url-status=live}}</ref> State Senator ] also proposed a bill enforcing officers to consult a state firearms registry during assessments of potential threats to personal or public safety.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/us/in-wake-of-mass-shooting-a-gun-bill-is-pushed-in-california.html |title=After Attack Near Campus, California Weighs Gun Bill |work=] |last=Medina |first=Jennifer |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226213722/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/us/in-wake-of-mass-shooting-a-gun-bill-is-pushed-in-california.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.vcstar.com/news/local/county-supervisors-support-gun-seizure-bills-ep-515640625-351167101.html/|title=County supervisors support gun seizure bills|work=]|last=Wilson|first=Kathleen|date=July 23, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005101528/https://archive.vcstar.com/news/local/county-supervisors-support-gun-seizure-bills-ep-515640625-351167101.html/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2014/05/27/california-students-mourn-near-scene-of-rampage/|title=California students mourn near scene of rampage|work=]|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005101527/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2014/05/27/california-students-mourn-near-scene-of-rampage/|url-status=live}}</ref> Jackson's bill received unanimous Senate approval in August 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-california-senate-isla-vista-massacre-20140822-story.html|title=California Senate approves bill in response to Isla Vista massacre|work=]|last1=McGreevy|first1=Patrick|date=August 22, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005101551/https://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-california-senate-isla-vista-massacre-20140822-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kqed.org/news/145596/gun-check-bill-inspired-by-isla-vista-tragedy-heads-to-governor|title=Gun-Check Bill Inspired by Isla Vista Tragedy Heads to Governor|publisher=]|last1=Simmonds|first1=Robin|date=August 23, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005101527/https://www.kqed.org/news/145596/gun-check-bill-inspired-by-isla-vista-tragedy-heads-to-governor|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/lawmakers-pass-bills-on-guns-and-ammo/ |title=Lawmakers Pass Bills On Guns And Ammo |publisher=] |date=August 22, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001825/https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/lawmakers-pass-bills-on-guns-and-ammo/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Williams' and Skinner's bill passed through both legislative chambers but was opposed by the NRA and other groups advocating for ] rights, and launched statewide robocall campaigns against it. Williams noted the external origin of the calls and maintained the legislation had received significant bipartisan support.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2014/09/02/elliot-rodger-bills-pass-legislature/ |title='Elliot Rodger' Bills Pass Legislature |work=] |last=Welsh |first=Nick |date=September 2, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226213724/https://www.independent.com/2014/09/02/elliot-rodger-bills-pass-legislature/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynexus.com/2014-07-01/gun-control-bill-moves-through-state-senate/|title=Gun Control Bill Moves Through State Senate|work=]|last1=Quiambao|first1=Carissa|date=July 1, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005101528/https://dailynexus.com/2014-07-01/gun-control-bill-moves-through-state-senate/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presstelegram.com/2014/08/30/legislators-wrap-up-with-water-ethics-scandals-guns-bills/|title=Legislators wrap up with water, ethics scandals, guns bills|work=]|date=August 30, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005101528/https://www.presstelegram.com/2014/08/30/legislators-wrap-up-with-water-ethics-scandals-guns-bills/|url-status=live}}</ref> Governor ] ultimately signed both bills into law in September 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-california-gun-restraining-order-may-deter-suicide-2014sep30-story.html |title=California gun restraining order may deter suicide |work=]|date=September 30, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310001827/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-california-gun-restraining-order-may-deter-suicide-2014sep30-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/california-governor-signs-gun-violence-restraining-order-law-idUSKCN0HP2JA/|title=California governor signs 'gun violence restraining order' law|publisher=]|last1=Bernstein|first1=Sharon|date=September 30, 2014|access-date=October 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gov-jerry-brown-signs-california-gun-restriction-25872205?singlePage=true |title=Gov. Jerry Brown Signs California Gun Restriction |publisher=] |date=September 30, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-date=October 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002150251/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gov-jerry-brown-signs-california-gun-restriction-25872205?singlePage=true |url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> making California the first state to enact a ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2024/05/22/ten-years-after-the-isla-vista-killings/ |title=Ten Years After the Isla Vista Killings |work=] |last=van der Brug |first=Sierra |date=May 22, 2024 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522202355/https://www.independent.com/2024/05/22/ten-years-after-the-isla-vista-killings/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/love-remembrance-of-victims-bring-isla-vista-community-together-10-years-after-shooting/ |title=With 'Love and Remembrance,' Isla Vista Gathers to Honor Victims 10 Years After Massacre |publisher=] |last1=Caraway |first1=Rebecca |date=May 23, 2024 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524033802/https://www.noozhawk.com/love-remembrance-of-victims-bring-isla-vista-community-together-10-years-after-shooting/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/01/red-flag-laws-temporarily-take-away-guns/3521491002/|title=Should guns be seized from those who pose threats? More states saying yes to red flag laws|work=]|last1=Stanglin|first1=Doug|date=May 1, 2019|access-date=October 5, 2024|archive-date=September 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901000118/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/01/red-flag-laws-temporarily-take-away-guns/3521491002/|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Preparations===
In September 2012, Rodger visited a ] to practice firing handguns.<ref name=CNN.Planned/> In November, he purchased his first handgun, a ] pistol, in ], choosing it as "an efficient and highly accurate weapon".<ref name=NYTimes.Amassed/> In early 2013, Rodger bought two additional handguns, both ] pistols, writing that they were "of a much higher quality than the Glock" and "a lot more efficient".<ref name=CNN.Planned/> He purchased the weapons legally in ] and ], California.<ref name=IntBusTimes.Police/>


==Lawsuits==
Rodger claimed<ref name="DocCloud.Manifesto" />{{rp|104}} to have saved at least $6,000, in order to purchase the weapons and supplies for the attacks.<ref name=CNN.Planned/><ref name=Telegraph.Chamber/> ] experts in California have said that there was nothing in Rodger's known history that prevented him from making legal firearm purchases.<ref name=LATimes.Allowed/>
In March 2015, Hong's, Wang's, and Chen's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against Santa Barbara County, the Sheriff's department, Capri Apartments, and the property management company, claiming negligence and breaches of the victims' constitutional right to ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/families_of_3_killed_by_elliot_rodger_file_federal_lawsuit/ |title=Families of Three Victims Killed by Elliot Rodger in Isla Vista File Wrongful-Death Lawsuit |publisher=] |last=Bolton |first=Tom |date=March 2, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310210606/https://www.noozhawk.com/families_of_3_killed_by_elliot_rodger_file_federal_lawsuit/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/isla-vista-santa-barbara-rampage-lawsuit-apartment-victims/2084763/ |title=Roommates' Families Sue Sheriff's Department, Housing Company Over Isla Vista Massacre |publisher=] |last=Cocca |first=Christina |date=March 3, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310210602/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/isla-vista-santa-barbara-rampage-lawsuit-apartment-victims/2084763/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-parents-sue-county-landlord-over-santa-barbara-2015mar03-story.html |title=Mother says rampage lawsuit filed to prevent tragedies |work=]|date=March 3, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310210601/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-parents-sue-county-landlord-over-santa-barbara-2015mar03-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> They alleged since Rodger moved into the Capri Apartments in 2011, he insulted and fought with a lot of his roommates and displayed odd behavior, but the apartment owners failed to conduct reasonable background checks before assigning Hong and Wang as his roommates, and failed to warn them Rodger had had serious conflicts with his previous roommates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-lawsuit-20150303-story.html |title=Families of Elliot Rodger's slain roommates sue sheriff's, apartment |work=] |last=Ceasar |first=Stephen |date=March 3, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310210601/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-lawsuit-20150303-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2015/03/03/victims-parents-sue-sheriff-landlord-over-isla-vista-murders/|title=Victims' Parents Sue Sheriff, Landlord Over Isla Vista Murders|work=]|last=Hayden|first=Tyler|date=March 3, 2015|access-date=October 3, 2024|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001022235/https://www.independent.com/2015/03/03/victims-parents-sue-sheriff-landlord-over-isla-vista-murders/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elliot-rodger-victim-families-sue_n_6789374|title=California Mass Shooting Victims' Families File Lawsuit|work=]|last=Skinner|first=Curtis|date=March 3, 2015|access-date=October 3, 2024|archive-date=October 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003074528/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elliot-rodger-victim-families-sue_n_6789374|url-status=live}}</ref> They also alleged the county and its Sheriff's Department violated their rights to due process by ignoring repeated "red flags" that indicated Rodger was violent and unstable, even after a mental health worker saw Rodger's YouTube videos and contacted authorities to report Rodger appeared to be a danger to himself and others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/03/victims-parents-elliot-rodger/24302645/ |title=Victims' parents sue over Elliot Rodger rampage |work=] |date=March 3, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310210601/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/03/victims-parents-elliot-rodger/24302645/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Bruggerlawsuit">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2015/06/04/rodger-lawsuit-winds-through-court/|title=Rodger Lawsuit Winds Through Court|work=]|last=Brugger|first=Kelsey|date=June 4, 2015|access-date=October 3, 2024|archive-date=March 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310235208/https://www.independent.com/2015/06/04/rodger-lawsuit-winds-through-court/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/parents-sue-county-landlord-over-santa-barbara-rampage/|title=Parents Sue County, Landlord Over Santa Barbara Rampage|publisher=]|date=March 3, 2015|access-date=October 3, 2024|archive-date=October 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003074528/https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/parents-sue-county-landlord-over-santa-barbara-rampage/|url-status=live}}</ref> By June 2015, the lawsuit was in early stages of litigation, with the defendants denying any wrongdoing.<ref name="Bruggerlawsuit"/>


On October 28, 2015, U.S. District Judge ] removed Santa Barbara County and the Sheriff's department from the lawsuit, determining the county had not infringed upon the plaintiffs' constitutional rights under federal law and that the Sheriff's department did not act neglectfully, nor did their procedures and guidelines contribute to the harm they suffered. The judge concluded the victim's parents failed to sufficiently demonstrate a violation of their due-process rights, and although the judge dismissed the state-law claims within the lawsuits in federal court, he allowed the claims to be re-submitted. The victim's parents proceeded to re-file their claims on November 20, 2015, in state court.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/ucsb-massacre-victims-turn-to-state-court/ |title=UCSB Massacre Victims Turn to State Court |publisher=] |last=Reynolds |first=Matt |date=December 1, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310210606/https://www.courthousenews.com/ucsb-massacre-victims-turn-to-state-court/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Capri Apartments and the property management company sought to have the lawsuit dismissed but their motion was denied on February 10, 2017. By May 2017, a trial date was scheduled for September 15 the same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dailynexus.com/2017-05-25/suit-against-i-v-shooters-housing-complex-progresses/ |title=Suit Against I.V. Shooter's Housing Complex Progresses |work=] |last=Ochoa |first=Jose |date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310210602/https://dailynexus.com/2017-05-25/suit-against-i-v-shooters-housing-complex-progresses/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The lawsuit was settled nearly a week and a half before the trial was due to start. Despite the property management company's denial of a settlement, an attorney for the victim's parents said a confidential settlement had been reached; according to the '']'', the settlement was for $20 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.com/2017/09/21/families-i-v-shooting-victims-reportedly-receive-20-million-settlement/ |title=Families of I.V. Shooting Victims Reportedly Receive $20 Million Settlement |work=] |last=Welsh |first=Nick |date=September 21, 2017 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310210601/https://www.independent.com/2017/09/21/families-i-v-shooting-victims-reportedly-receive-20-million-settlement/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
== Responses ==


In June 2015, the parents of Cooper filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Santa Barbara County and UCSB, claiming that there were failures in mandatory responsibilities as well as negligent hiring and training of deputies. They claimed the welfare check performed on Rodger by sheriff's deputies on April 30 was inadequate because the deputies failed to review Rodger's YouTube videos or check the gun registry. They also highlighted several "red flags", including a report made by Rodger to campus police about someone damaging his car and his involvement in a fight at a party. In October 2015, Judge Colleen Stern determined that the lawsuit did not meet the required legal standards to proceed but allowed them to submit a revised complaint by November 10 of that year. Cooper's parents' lawyer told ] they believed the judge's ruling was largely influenced by the legal safeguards that protect government entities from being sued for the choices made by police.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.noozhawk.com/parents_isla_vista_shooting_victim_must_amend_lawsuit_county/|title=Judge Rules Parents of Isla Vista Shooting Victim Must Amend Lawsuit Against County, UCSB|publisher=]|last=Potthoff|first=Gina|date=October 27, 2015|access-date=October 8, 2024|archive-date=November 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117072111/https://www.noozhawk.com/parents_isla_vista_shooting_victim_must_amend_lawsuit_county/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Gun control and mental health ===
The attacks renewed calls for ] and improvements in the ], with ] Senator ] saying,
{{blockquote|A year and half ago it seemed like we were on the verge of, potentially, legislation that would stop the madness and end the insanity that has killed too many young people, thousands, tens of thousands since ]. I hope, I really, sincerely hope that this tragedy, this unimaginable, unspeakable tragedy, will provide impetus to bring back measures that would keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people who are severely troubled or deranged like this young man was.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Rebecca|last1= Kaplan|date=May 25, 2014|access-date=2020-01-12|title=Senator: California shooting should prompt fresh look at gun laws|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senator-california-shooting-should-prompt-fresh-look-at-gun-laws/|website=www.cbsnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-01-12|title=Sen. Blumenthal: It's time to revive the gun control debate|url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/richard-blumenthal-revive-gun-control-debate|date=25 May 2014|website=MSNBC}}</ref>}}
California Senator ] blamed the ]'s "stranglehold" on gun laws for the attack and said "shame on us" in Congress for failing to do something about it.<ref name=RollCall.Feinstein/> ], a Representative from ] and a clinical psychologist, said his bipartisan mental health overhaul would be a solution and urged ] to pass it.<ref name=RollCall.MentalHealth/>


In June 2015, the cyclist who was struck by Rodger's vehicle and subsequently handcuffed filed a civil lawsuit against Santa Barbara County, the Sheriff's department, Rodger's parents, and UCSB, citing negligence, false imprisonment, and civil rights infringements for being handcuffed and not given immediate medical attention after the collision.<ref name="Brugger2015"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://keyt.com/news/2015/06/26/ucsb-student-injured-in-shooting-sues-government-and-shooters-parents/|title=UCSB Student Injured in Shooting Sues Government and Shooters Parents|publisher=]|date=June 26, 2015|access-date=October 3, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005103632/https://keyt.com/news/2015/06/26/ucsb-student-injured-in-shooting-sues-government-and-shooters-parents/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyjournal.com/article/312764-another-lawsuit-filed-in-isla-vista-rampage|title=Another lawsuit filed in Isla Vista rampage|publisher=]|last=Araya|first=Kibkabe|date=June 30, 2015|access-date=October 3, 2024|archive-date=October 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005103531/https://www.dailyjournal.com/article/312764-another-lawsuit-filed-in-isla-vista-rampage|url-status=live}}</ref> The lawsuit alleged both campus police and the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department did not adequately investigate Rodger despite his release of several YouTube videos indicating his potential threat to others. Additionally, it alleged Rodger's parents were negligent in allowing their mentally unstable son access to a vehicle.<ref name="Reynolds"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.santamariasun.com/news/isla-vista-victim-sues-sheriffs-office-ucsb-14790020|title=Isla Vista victim sues Sheriff's Office, UCSB|work=]|last=Minsky|first=David|date=July 2, 2015|access-date=October 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://calcoastnews.com/2015/06/isla-vista-rampage-victim-files-lawsuit/ |title=Isla Vista rampage victim files lawsuit |work=] |date=June 27, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311014827/https://calcoastnews.com/2015/06/isla-vista-rampage-victim-files-lawsuit/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
Richard Martinez, the father of victim Christopher Michaels-Martinez, gave a speech in which he placed the blame of the attacks on "craven, irresponsible" politicians and the National Rifle Association.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-01-12|title=Dad of Santa Barbara Victim Rails Against Son's Death|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/05/dad-of-santa-barbara-victim-sobs-and-rails-against-sons-death|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-01-12|title=California killings: Father of victim shot by Elliot Rodger blames|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-father-of-victim-shot-by-elliot-rodger-blames-irresponsible-politicians-and-the-9432710.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-father-of-victim-shot-by-elliot-rodger-blames-irresponsible-politicians-and-the-9432710.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription|date=25 May 2014|website=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Martinez later urged the public to join him in "demanding immediate action" from members of Congress regarding gun control. He also expressed his sympathy towards Rodger's parents.<ref name=WashPost.Sympathy/>


==Impact on media==
Doris A. Fuller, the executive director of the ], said that California law permitted emergency psychiatric evaluations of potentially dangerous individuals through provisions, but such actions were never enabled during the initial police investigation of Rodger. She said,
In August 2015, a trailer for an independent indie horror film titled ''Del Playa'' was released on YouTube. Directed by Shaun Hart and produced by ] and Berger Bros. Entertainment, the film follows a college student who embarks on a killing spree after facing romantic rejection and bullying.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-horror-film-petition-20150811-story.html|title=Thousands back petition to halt new horror film resembling Isla Vista shooting|work=]|last1=Rocha|first1=Veronica|date=August 11, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=November 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241120072410/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-horror-film-petition-20150811-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/more-than-20k-support-petition-to-halt-del-playa-horror-movie-citing-similarities-to-isla-vista-shooting-tragedy/|title=More Than 20K Support Petition To Halt 'Del Playa' Horror Movie, Citing Similarities To Isla Vista Shooting Tragedy|publisher=]|date=August 9, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=June 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622201457/https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/more-than-20k-support-petition-to-halt-del-playa-horror-movie-citing-similarities-to-isla-vista-shooting-tragedy/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its title references Del Playa Drive, a street in Isla Vista, and the film includes footage shot in Isla Vista and UCSB.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/07/campaigners-accuse-indie-horror-del-playa-profiting-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-killing-spree|title=Campaigners accuse indie horror movie of profiting from Isla Vista killing spree|work=]|last1=Child|first1=Ben|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/indie-horror-movie-draws-outrage-813942/|title=Indie Horror Movie Draws Outrage Over Isla Vista Shooting Resemblance|work=]|last1=McMillan|first1=Graeme|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=January 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128013147/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/indie-horror-movie-draws-outrage-813942/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{blockquote|Once again, we are grieving over deaths and devastation caused by a young man who was sending up red flags for danger that failed to produce intervention in time to avert tragedy. In this case, the red flags were so big the killer's parents had called police{{nbsp}}... and yet the system failed.<ref name=WashTimes.Family/>}}


Hours after the trailer's release, a UCSB student launched a ] petition demanding that its release be stopped, arguing that the movie too closely resembled Rodger and his attacks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laist.com/news/entertainment/horror-movie-inspired-by-isla-vista-killings-sparks-outrage|title=Horror Movie Inspired By Isla Vista Killings Sparks Outrage|publisher=]|last1=Tse|first1=Carman|date=August 6, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7news.com/students-killing-uc-santa-barbara-elliot-rodger/919534/|title=Thousands protest release of film that resembles 2014 Santa Barbara killings|publisher=]|date=August 10, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref> The petition urged the producers to rename the film and donate to a memorial fund set up for the victims, ultimately gathering over 20,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/del-playa-petition-isla-vista-shooting-1201558622/|title=Santa Barbara Horror Film Featuring College Killer Sparks Backlash|work=]|last1=Stedman|first1=Alex|date=August 6, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=September 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923011024/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/del-playa-petition-isla-vista-shooting-1201558622/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/widespread-backlash-against-indie-horror-film-del-playa-for-its-similarities-to-uc-santa-barbara-tragedy-insensitivity-to-victims-families/1977761/|title=Trailer of Horror Film ‘Del Playa' Triggers Backlash Over Similarities to UC Santa Barbara Tragedy, Insensitivity to Victims, Families|publisher=]|last1=Mahbubani|first1=Rhea|date=August 10, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=October 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003173728/https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/widespread-backlash-against-indie-horror-film-del-playa-for-its-similarities-to-uc-santa-barbara-tragedy-insensitivity-to-victims-families/1977761/|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, Hart issued a statement apologizing to those offended and clarifying that the film was not inspired by Rodger, but intended to focus on the issues of bullying.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2015/08/06/del-playa-horror-flick-sparks-widespread-backlash/|title=Del Playa Horror Flick Sparks Widespread Backlash|work=]|last1=Hayden|first1=Tyler|date=August 6, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=February 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225020642/https://www.independent.com/2015/08/06/del-playa-horror-flick-sparks-widespread-backlash/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mic.com/articles/123673/nearly-24-000-people-have-petitioned-to-stop-a-movie-that-glorifies-the-ucsb-shooting|title=Nearly 24,000 People Have Petitioned to Stop a Movie That 'Glorifies' the UCSB Shooting|publisher=]|last1=Mckay|first1=Tom|date=August 10, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=December 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207234513/https://www.mic.com/articles/123673/nearly-24-000-people-have-petitioned-to-stop-a-movie-that-glorifies-the-ucsb-shooting|url-status=live}}</ref>
Some California lawmakers called for an investigation into the deputies' contact with Rodger on April&nbsp;30, at which time the California gun ownership database reflected the fact that Rodger had bought at least two handguns. Deputies did not check the database, nor did they view the YouTube videos that had prompted Rodger's parents to contact them.<ref name=NYTimes.Sheriff/> In September 2014 California legislators in the ] passed a ] to enable judges to have guns seized from persons who are a danger to themselves or to others.<ref name=ABC.Restriction/> It was subsequently signed into law by Governor ].


Originally slated for release in October 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.vcstar.com/news/state/petition-opposes-film-said-to-resemble-isla-vista-killings-near-ucsb-ep-1226360875-351174291.html|title=Petition opposes film said to resemble Isla Vista killings near UCSB|work=]|date=August 10, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://calcoastnews.com/2015/08/students-outraged-by-film-linked-to-isla-vista-killings/|title=Students outraged by film linked to Isla Vista killings|work=]|date=August 10, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref> because ''Del Playa'' faced significant backlash, Hart decided to push the film back. In December 2016, he announced that the film would come out in 2017, commenting that many Isla Vista residents had since "graduated and moved on with their lives". Hart insisted he never intended to offend anyone, describing the film as "art" that was pushed into "boundaries, inciting societal and emotional revelation". He said writing the movie was his way of processing the attacks and coming to terms with them. He predicted ''Del Playa'' would be moderate success and promised to donate a portion of its proceeds to charity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.com/2016/12/06/del-playa-horror-film-release-set-2017/|title='Del Playa' Horror Film Release Set for 2017|work=]|last1=Hayden|first1=Tyler|date=December 6, 2016|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=August 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808104601/https://www.independent.com/2016/12/06/del-playa-horror-film-release-set-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/horror-film-del-playa-uc-santa-barbara-isla-vista_n_55c750e4e4b0923c12bd2407|title=Horror Film 'Del Playa' Too Close To UC Santa Barbara Tragedy, Critics Say|work=]|last1=McLaughlin|first1=Michael|date=August 6, 2015|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108102614/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/horror-film-del-playa-uc-santa-barbara-isla-vista_n_55c750e4e4b0923c12bd2407|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was ultimately released to streaming platforms on July 21, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcrw.com/culture/articles/the-fictional-film-del-playa-has-real-consequences-for-people-who-lived-through-the-isla-vista-shooting|title=The fictional film 'Del Playa' has real consequences for people who lived through the Isla Vista shooting|publisher=]|last1=Barnes|first1=Kathryn|date=July 21, 2017|access-date=December 16, 2024|archive-date=May 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529130152/https://www.kcrw.com/culture/articles/the-fictional-film-del-playa-has-real-consequences-for-people-who-lived-through-the-isla-vista-shooting|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/241236/controversial-film-del-playa-released-week/|title=Controversial Film Del Playa Being Released This Week|publisher=]|last1= Barkan|first1=Jonathan|date=July 18, 2017|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref>
=== Misogyny ===
=== Depiction in popular culture ===
The attack sparked discussion of broader issues of ] and ].<ref name=NewStatesman.Extremism/><ref name=NYTimes.Conversation/> Rodger frequented online forums such as PUAHate and ForeverAlone, where he and other men posted misogynistic statements, and described himself online as an "]" – a member of an online subculture based around its members' perceived inability to find a romantic or sexual partner.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mezzofiore |first=Gianluca |date=April 25, 2018 |title=The Toronto suspect apparently posted about an 'incel rebellion'. Here's what that means |website=] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/25/us/incel-rebellion-alek-minassian-toronto-attack-trnd/index.html |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Woolf |first=Nicky |date=May 30, 2014 |title='PUAhate' and 'ForeverAlone': Inside Elliot Rodger's online life |newspaper=] |lang=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-puahate-forever-alone-reddit-forums |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dewey |first=Caitlin |date=May 27, 2014 |title=Inside the 'manosphere' that inspired Santa Barbara shooter Elliot Rodger |newspaper=] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/05/27/inside-the-manosphere-that-inspired-santa-barbara-shooter-elliot-rodger/ |access-date=February 5, 2019}}</ref> Rodger wrote that after purchasing his first gun he "felt a new sense of power. I was now armed. ''Who's the alpha male now, bitches?'' I thought to myself, regarding all of the girls who've looked down on me in the past."<ref>{{cite news |last=Solnit |first=Rebecca |date=2015-05-23 |title=One year after the Isla Vista massacre, a father's gun control mission is personal |newspaper=] |lang=en |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/23/one-year-isla-vista-massacre-victim-father-gun-control |access-date=2018-04-24}}</ref> He also described his plan to invade a sorority house,<ref name=CBS.Improvised/> writing, "I will slaughter every single spoiled, stuck-up, blond slut I see inside there. All those girls I've desired so much. They have all rejected me and looked down on me as an inferior man."<ref name=LATimes.Transcript/> According to the ] at ], these attacks were an act of ].<ref name=ICCT.Misogyny/>
*], an episode of '']'', is based on this event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2014/10/law-order-svu-recap-16x4-the-quest-for-validation/|title='Law & Order: SVU' Recap 16×4: The Quest for Validation|work=]|last1=Niazi|first1=Amil|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=October 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019115200/http://observer.com/2014/10/law-order-svu-recap-16x4-the-quest-for-validation|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynexus.com/2014-10-23/isla-vista-questions-television-episode/|title=Isla Vista Questions Television Episode|work=]|last1=Brennan-Greenbaum|first1=Noah|date=October 23, 2014|access-date=October 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-best-episodes-from-all-20-years-of-law-and-order-svu/|title=The Best Episodes From All 20 Years of 'Law & Order: SVU'|work=]|last1=Niazi|first1=Amil|date=October 18, 2018|access-date=October 10, 2024}}</ref>

*The 2023 science fiction film '']'' features a character, played by ], inspired by Rodger. The film contains re-creations of Rodger's YouTube videos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/bertrand-bonello-incel-the-beast-lea-seydoux-george-mackay-1235712237/|title=Director Bertrand Bonello Explains the Shocking, Incel Inspiration for 'The Beast,' Starring Lea Seydoux, George MacKay (Exclusive)|work=]|last1=Croll|first1=Ben|date=September 3, 2023|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=September 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924032912/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/bertrand-bonello-incel-the-beast-lea-seydoux-george-mackay-1235712237/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/bertrand-bonello-interview-the-beast/|title=Interview: Bertrand Bonello on The Beast, Images of Cinema, and Incels|work=]|last1=Shaffer|first1=Marshall|date=April 6, 2024|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=May 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530133530/https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/bertrand-bonello-interview-the-beast/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hero-magazine.com/article/256958/bertrand-bonello-the-beast|title='You must not write a script, you must write a film' – French auteur Bertrand Bonello pushes fear and love to their limits|work=]|last1=Joyce|first1=Ella|date=June 4, 2024|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=August 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830091245/https://hero-magazine.com/article/256958/bertrand-bonello-the-beast|url-status=live}}</ref>
Writer ] objected to Rodger being labeled the "virgin killer", saying that implies that "one possible cause of male aggression is a lack of female sexual acquiescence".<ref name=Salon.Scapegoating/> Amanda Hess, writing for '']'', argued that although Rodger killed more men than women, his motivations were misogynistic because his reason for hating the men he attacked was that he thought they stole the women he felt entitled to.<ref name=Slate.Misogyny/> Writing for '']'', ] countered with "that seems like a good example of stretching the concept into meaninglessness – or turning it into unfalsifiable quasi-religious dogma" and wrote that Rodger also wrote many hateful messages about other men.<ref name=Reason.War/>
*Rodger was mentioned several times in the '']'' episode ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/criminal-minds-episodes-based-real-cases/|title=25 Criminal Minds Episodes Based On Real Cases|work=]|last1=S. Lealos|first1=Shawn|last2=Russell|first2=Tom|last3=Barker|first3=Stephen|last4=Bruce|first4=Amanda|date=August 15, 2024|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=June 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623025122/https://screenrant.com/criminal-minds-episodes-based-real-cases/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/hanifahrahman/criminal-minds-true-crimes|title=16 Horrifying True Crimes That Inspired Episodes Of 'Criminal Minds'|publisher=]|last1=Rahman|first1=Hanifah|date=February 25, 2024|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=August 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809094037/https://www.buzzfeed.com/hanifahrahman/criminal-minds-true-crimes|url-status=live}}</ref>

*] recounts her experience as a student at UCSB during the event in her 2019 memoir ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/books/review/chanel-miller-know-my-name.html|title='Know My Name,' a Sexual Assault Survivor Tells the World|work=]|last1=Weiner|first1=Jennifer|date=September 29, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=September 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928014715/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/books/review/chanel-miller-know-my-name.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-irrepressibly-political-survivorship-of-chanel-miller|title=The Irrepressibly Political Survivorship of Chanel Miller|magazine=]|last1=St. Félix|first1=Doreen|date=October 11, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=July 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703195507/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-irrepressibly-political-survivorship-of-chanel-miller|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/chanel-miller-will-no-longer-brock-turners-faceless-victim/|title=Why Chanel Miller will no longer be Brock Turner's faceless victim|work=]|last1=Lytton|first1=Charlotte|date=October 14, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2024|archive-date=September 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916170740/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/chanel-miller-will-no-longer-brock-turners-faceless-victim/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In '']'' feminist academic ] analyzed the many arguments presented by ], ], and other media commentators to the effect that Rodger could not have been a misogynist because (among other reasons) he was sexually attracted to women, his hateful rhetoric was ultimately the result of mental illness, Rodger loved his mother and hence did not evince a psychological hatred of ''all'' women, and he murdered more men than women as an example of a ] fallacy. In contrast to a narrow definition of misogyny requiring generalized hatred of women with few (or no) exceptions, similar to the virulent ] of ], Manne argued that in practice misogynists tend to selectively target women based on real or imagined violations of patriarchal norms, and that an excessively narrow conception of misogyny "threaten to deprive women of a suitable name for a potentially potent problem facing them."<ref>{{cite book |authorlink=Kate Manne |last=Manne |first=Kate |year=2019 |title=Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny |publisher=] |isbn=9780141990729 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Down_Girl/Mpc4DwAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PA31 |pages=31–54, 75–77}}</ref>

In some incel communities, it is common for posts to glorify violence by self-identified incels.<ref>{{cite news |title=Elliot Rodger: How misogynist killer became 'incel hero' |date=April 26, 2018 |lang=en-GB |work=] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43892189 |url-status=live |access-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512075225/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43892189 |archive-date=May 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":192">{{cite web|last1=Branson-Potts |first1=Hailey |last2=Winton |first2=Richard |date=April 26, 2018 |title=How Elliot Rodger went from misfit mass murderer to 'saint' for group of misogynists — and suspected Toronto killer |newspaper=] |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elliot-rodger-incel-20180426-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152607/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elliot-rodger-incel-20180426-story.html |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":40">{{cite web |last=Gillies |first=Rob |date=March 3, 2021 |title=Man who used van to kill 10&nbsp;pedestrians in Toronto guilty |website=] |agency=] |url=https://apnews.com/article/world-news-toronto-alek-minassian-coronavirus-pandemic-15af231df8d4727d78c2456eeebef29a |url-status=live |access-date=March 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303161944/https://apnews.com/article/world-news-toronto-alek-minassian-coronavirus-pandemic-15af231df8d4727d78c2456eeebef29a |archive-date=March 3, 2021 }}</ref> Rodger is the most frequently referenced, with incels often referring to him as their "saint" and sharing ] in which his face has been superimposed onto paintings of ]. Some incels consider him to be the true progenitor of today's online incel communities.<ref name=":21">{{cite news |last=Beauchamp |first=Zack |date=April 16, 2019 |title=The rise of incels: How a support group for the dateless became a violent internet subculture |website=] |url=https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit |url-status=live |access-date=April 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008003701/https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/16/18287446/incel-definition-reddit |archive-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> It is common to see references to "E.R." in incel forums, and mass violence by incels is regularly referred to as "going E.R."<ref name=":39">{{cite web |title=Incels (Involuntary celibates) |date=July 30, 2020 |website=adl.org |publisher=] |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/incels-involuntary-celibates |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731020712/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/incels-involuntary-celibates |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |access-date=August 1, 2020 |lang=en}}</ref><ref name=":43">{{cite journal |last1=Hoffman |first1=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Hoffman |last2=Ware |first2=Jacob |last3=Shapiro |first3=Ezra |date=2020 |title=Assessing the threat of incel violence |journal=] |volume=43 |issue=7 |pages=565–587 |doi=10.1080/1057610X.2020.1751459 |hdl=10023/24162 |issn=1057-610X |s2cid=218781135}}</ref> Rodger has been referenced by the perpetrators or suspected perpetrators of several other mass killings.<ref name=":192"/><ref name=":3">{{cite news |last=Woolf |first=Nicky |date=May 30, 2014 |title='PUAhate' and 'ForeverAlone': Inside Elliot Rodger's online life |newspaper=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-puahate-forever-alone-reddit-forums |url-status=live |access-date=April 24, 2018 |lang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425162908/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-puahate-forever-alone-reddit-forums |archive-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref> For example, ], who killed&nbsp;10 and injured&nbsp;16 in ], Canada, posted on Facebook before the murders: ''"Private (recruit) Minassian Infantry 00010, wishing to speak to Sgt ] please. C23249161. The incel rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!"''<ref>{{cite news |first=Manisha |last=Krishnan |date=March 3, 2021 |title='Incel' Toronto van killer found guilty of murdering 10&nbsp;people |website=] |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvx4kq/incel-toronto-van-killer-found-guilty-of-murdering-10-people |access-date=May 20, 2021}}</ref>

=== Controversy over publication of Rodger's videos and manifesto ===
Several news networks limited the use of the "Retribution" video posted by Rodger for fear of triggering ]s.<ref name="DailyBeast.Video" /> The '']'' posited that the manifesto may influence a "new generation of ']s'".<ref>{{cite news|author=Tait, Amelia|date=31 January 2017|title=Why we should stop using the phrase "lone wolf"|publisher=New Statesman|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2017/01/why-we-should-stop-using-phrase-lone-wolf}}</ref>

== Depiction in popular culture ==
*], an episode of '']'', is based on this event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qv95nx/the-best-episodes-from-all-20-years-of-law-and-order-svu |title=The best episodes from all 20 years of ''Law and Order – SVU'' |website=vice.com}}</ref><ref name=Observer.LawAndOrderSVU>
{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2014/10/law-order-svu-recap-16x4-the-quest-for-validation/|url-status=live|title='Law & Order: SVU' Recap 16×4: The Quest for Validation|last=Easton|first=Anne|date=October 16, 2014|website=]|publisher=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019115200/http://observer.com/2014/10/law-order-svu-recap-16x4-the-quest-for-validation|archive-date=October 19, 2014|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref>
*Elliot Rodger was mentioned several times in the '']'' episode ].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Alpha Male |series=Criminal Minds |network=] |date=March 1, 2017 |season=12 |number=15 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*] recounts her experience as a student at UCSB during the event in her 2019 memoir ].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=Chanel |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1115007919 |title=Know my name : a memoir |date=2019 |isbn=978-0-7352-2370-7 |location= |oclc=1115007919}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==
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*], a serial killer targeting young women residing in the same area from 1976 to 1977


== Notes == ==Notes==
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<ref name=ABC.Restriction>{{cite news |first=Don |last=Thompson |title=Gov. Jerry Brown Signs California Gun Restriction |date=September 30, 2014 |access-date=October 2, 2014 |website=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gov-jerry-brown-signs-california-gun-restriction-25872205?singlePage=true |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141002150251/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gov-jerry-brown-signs-california-gun-restriction-25872205?singlePage=true |archive-date=October 2, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=ABC.Secret>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given --> |title=The secret life of Elliot Rodger: ABC 20/20 special edition |date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/secret-life-elliot-rodger-24322227 <!-- page will not render in archived versions -->}}</ref>

<ref name=ABC.Stabbing>{{cite news |first1=Ben |last1=Candea |first2=Gillian |last2=Mohney |title=Santa Barbara Killer Began By Stabbing 3 in His Home |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/killed-mass-murder-shooting-uc-santa-barbara/story?id=23853918 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140525015926/https://abcnews.go.com/US/killed-mass-murder-shooting-uc-santa-barbara/story?id=23853918 |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=BBC.Gunman>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given --> |title=California drive-by gunman kills six in Santa Barbara |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27556097 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140525002711/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27556097 |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=BBC.Tried>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given --> |title=How I tried to help Elliot Rodger |date=July 8, 2014 |access-date=July 15, 2014 |website=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28197785 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140713060545/http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28197785 |archive-date=July 13, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CBS.Improvised>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given --> |title=Thwarted in his plan, California gunman improvised |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=CBS News |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thwarted-in-his-plan-california-gunman-improvised/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140526032350/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/thwarted-in-his-plan-california-gunman-improvised/ |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

<ref name=CBS.Spotlight>{{cite news |last=Firger |first=Jessica |title=Mental illness in spotlight after UC Santa Barbara rampage |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=CBS News |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mental-illness-in-spotlight-after-uc-santa-barbara-rampage/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140529085010/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mental-illness-in-spotlight-after-uc-santa-barbara-rampage/ |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=ChiTrib.Parents>{{cite news |title=Gunman e-mailed plans to parents before rampage |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=Chicago Tribune |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-santa-barbara-shooting-20140525,0,3057353.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527013947/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-santa-barbara-shooting-20140525%2C0%2C3057353.story |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=ChiTrib.Suspect>{{cite news|title=Santa Barbara shooting suspect feared police would foil attack |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=Chicago Tribune |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-santa-barbara-shooting-20140524,0,6596274,full.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525234700/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-santa-barbara-shooting-20140524%2C0%2C6596274%2Cfull.story |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Deputies>{{cite news |first1=Holly |last1=Yan |first2=Steve |last2=Almasy |first3=Sara |last3=Sidner |author3-link=Sara Sidner |title=California mass killer thought plan was over during April visit by deputies |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 29, 2014 |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/justice/california-shooting-deaths/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528052504/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/justice/california-shooting-deaths/ |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Family>{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Duke |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |title=California killer's family struggled with money, court documents show |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/justice/california-elliot-rodger-wealth/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529092212/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/justice/california-elliot-rodger-wealth/ |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Father>{{cite news |first=Todd |last=Leopold |title=Father of rampage victim: 'When will this insanity stop?' |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/us/santa-barbara-shooting-victims/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630110433/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/us/santa-barbara-shooting-victims/ |archive-date=June 30, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Parents>{{cite news |first=Pamela |last=Brown |title=California killer's parents frantically searched for son during shooting |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/justice/santa-barbara-shooter-parents/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528183121/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/justice/santa-barbara-shooter-parents/index.html |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Planned>{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Duke |title=Timeline to 'Retribution': Isla Vista attacks planned over years |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 26, 2014 |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/26/justice/california-elliot-rodger-timeline/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528065834/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/26/justice/california-elliot-rodger-timeline/ |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Rampage>{{cite news |first1=Ralph |last1=Ellis |first2=Sara |last2=Sidner |author2-link=Sara Sidner |title=Deadly California rampage: Chilling video, but no match for reality |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 13, 2014 |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/justice/california-shooting-deaths |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607173520/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/24/justice/california-shooting-deaths |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Revelations>{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Duke |title=Five revelations from the 'twisted world' of a 'kissless virgin' |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2014 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/justice/california-shooting-revelations/ |website=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531225200/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/justice/california-shooting-revelations/ |archive-date=May 31, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Roommates>{{cite news |first1=Todd |last1=Leopold |first2=Ashley |last2=Fantz |title=Roommates, 'a really great kid' among victims |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/us/santa-barbara-shooting-victims/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530222752/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/us/santa-barbara-shooting-victims/ |archive-date=May 30, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Shooter>{{cite news |author=CNN Wire |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |title=Santa Barbara shooter planned killing spree to exact revenge |website=Fox 31 KDVR |url=http://kdvr.com/2014/05/25/report-deputies-nearly-caught-santa-barbara-shooter-before-his-rampage/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527213127/http://kdvr.com/2014/05/25/report-deputies-nearly-caught-santa-barbara-shooter-before-his-rampage/ |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |url-status=live |location=Denver}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Transcript>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given (transcript) --> |title=Transcript of video linked to Santa Barbara mass shooting |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=CNN |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/24/us/elliot-rodger-video-transcript/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528052244/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/24/us/elliot-rodger-video-transcript/index.html |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CNN.Twitter>{{cite news |first=Emmanuela |last=Grinberg |title=Why #YesAllWomen took off on Twitter |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/living/california-killer-hashtag-yesallwomen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528051157/http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/27/living/california-killer-hashtag-yesallwomen/|archive-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=CoveredGlobe.Shootings>{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Flynn |title=Elliot Rodger shootings in Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, California. Elliot Rodger is the son of one of the directors who worked on 'Hunger Games' |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Covered Globe |url=http://www.coveredglobe.com/elliot-rodger-shootings-isla-vista-santa-barbara-california-elliot-rodger-son-one-directors-worked-hunger-games/281714/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525202046/http://www.coveredglobe.com/elliot-rodger-shootings-isla-vista-santa-barbar |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=DailyBeast.Video>{{cite news |first=Lloyd |last=Grove |title=Should TV News Show Elliot Rodger's 'Retribution' Video? |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=The Daily Beast |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/27/should-tv-news-show-eliot-rodger-s-retribution-video.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528064624/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/27/should-tv-news-show-eliot-rodger-s-retribution-video.html |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=DailyNexus.InMemory>{{cite news |author=Staff Report |title=In Memory of Our Fellow Gauchos |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=June 29, 2014 |website=Daily Nexus |url=http://dailynexus.com/2014-05-29/in-memory-of-our-fellow-gauchos/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140629224743/http://dailynexus.com/2014-05-29/in-memory-of-our-fellow-gauchos/ |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name=DailyNexus.Map>{{cite news|first=Jason |last=Schock |title=A Map of the Various Crime Scenes in Last Night's Shooting |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Daily Nexus |url=http://dailynexus.com/2014-05-25/a-map-of-the-various-crime-scenes-in-last-nights-shooting/ |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6QkbkbozN?url=http://dailynexus.com/2014-05-25/a-map-of-the-various-crime-scenes-in-last-nights-shooting/ |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy}} (Click on an icon for more information about the various crime scenes.)</ref>

<ref name=DailyNexus.Report>{{cite news |first1=Megan |last1=Mineiro |first2=Supriya |last2=Yelimeli |title=Sheriff Releases Report Detailing Events, Investigation of 2014 I.V. Mass Murder |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=March 3, 2015 |website=Daily Nexus |url=http://dailynexus.com/2015-02-20/sheriff-releases-report-detailing-events-of-2014-i-v-mass-murder/ }}</ref>

<ref name=DocCloud.Manifesto>{{cite book |first=Elliot |last=Rodger |title=My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger |date=n.d. |access-date=June 14, 2014 |via=Document Cloud.org |url=http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1173619/rodger-manifesto.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525194433/http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1173619/rodger-manifesto.pdf |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name=Guardian.Sexism>{{cite news |first=Jessica |last=Valenti |author-link=Jessica Valenti |title=#YesAllWomen reveals the constant barrage of sexism that women face |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/28/yesallwomen-barage-sexism-elliot-rodger |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529001046/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/28/yesallwomen-barage-sexism-elliot-rodger |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=ICCT.Misogyny>{{cite journal |url=https://icct.nl/publication/male-supremacist-terrorism-as-a-rising-threat/ |title=Male Supremacist Terrorism as a Rising Threat |first=Alex |last=DiBranco |date=February 10, 2020 |website=International Centre for Counter-Terrorism |publisher=] |quote=No misogynist killer articulated the terroristic intention behind his selected target more clearly than 22-year-old Elliot Rodger, who set out on his "War on Women" to "punish all females for the crime of depriving me of sex." The autobiography he left behind—which has been taken as a manifesto for the incel ideology—spells this out. }}</ref>

<ref name=Independent.Parents>{{cite news |first=Antonia |last=Molloy |title=California killings: Elliot Rodger's parents heard news of massacre on radio as they raced to stop their son |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=August 13, 2014 |website=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-elliot-rodgers-parents-heard-about-massacre-on-radio-as-they-raced-to-stop-their-son-9435197.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802232546/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-killings-elliot-rodgers-parents-heard-about-massacre-on-radio-as-they-raced-to-stop-their-son-9435197.html |archive-date=August 2, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=IntBusTimes.Police>{{cite news |first=Philip |last=Ross |title=California Police Lacked Probable Cause To Confiscate Shooter Elliot Rodger's Handguns |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=International Business Times |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/california-police-lacked-probable-cause-confiscate-shooter-elliot-rodgers-handguns-1590687 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528141353/http://www.ibtimes.com/california-police-lacked-probable-cause-confiscate-shooter-elliot-rodgers-handguns-1590687 |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=IVChurch.Ours>{{cite news |first=Annalisa |last=Morris |title=Isla Vista Is Ours |date=June 3, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Isla Vista Church |url=http://islavistachurch.org/adamas/isla-vista-is-ours/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220942/http://islavistachurch.org/adamas/isla-vista-is-ours/ |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=KEYT.Shootings>{{cite news |first=Beth |last=Farnsworth |title=Seven Dead, Several Hospitalized in Isla Vista Shootings |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=KEYT-TV |url=http://www.keyt.com/news/shooting-in-isla-vista/26152454 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525015927/http://www.keyt.com/news/shooting-in-isla-vista/26152454 |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=KEYT.Survivor>{{cite news |first=Victoria |last=Sanchez |title=Shooting Survivor Sierra Swartz Shares Story |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=KEYT-TV |url=http://www.keyt.com/news/shooting-survivor-sierra-swartz-shares-story/26179452 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701213331/http://www.keyt.com/news/shooting-survivor-sierra-swartz-shares-story/26179452 |archive-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=live |location=Santa Barbara, California}}</ref>

<ref name=LADailyNews.Gather>{{cite news |first=Thomas |last=Himes |title=Hundreds gather Saturday night to remember Santa Barbara shooting victims |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Los Angeles Daily News |url=http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140524/hundreds-gather-saturday-night-to-remember-santa-barbara-shooting-victims |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140525201547/http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140524/hundreds-gather-saturday-night-to-remember-santa-barbara-shooting-victims |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=LATimes.Allowed>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given/staff writers --> |title=Isla Vista suspect allowed to buy guns despite emotional problems |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-suspect-bought-guns-despite-mental-health-problems-20140526-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529054449/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-suspect-bought-guns-despite-mental-health-problems-20140526-story.html |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=LATimes.AllStudents>{{cite news |first1=Laura J. |last1=Nelson |first2=Scott |last2=Gold |first3=Adolfo |last3=Flores |first4=Kate |last4=Mather |title=All 6 victims in Isla Vista slayings were UCSB students |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-ucsb-victims-roommates-stabbed-20140525-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526024634/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-ucsb-victims-roommates-stabbed-20140525-story.html |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=LATimes.Bodies>{{cite news |first1=Amanda |last1=Covarrubias |first2=Adolfo |last2=Flores |first3=Kate |last3=Mather |first4=Rosanna |last4=Xia |title=Isla Vista shooting: 3 bodies removed from alleged gunman's apartment |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-shooting-bodies20140524-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525201544/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-shooting-bodies20140524-story.html |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=LATimes.Parents>{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Mozingo |title=Frantic parents of shooting suspect raced to Isla Vista during rampage |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-frantic-parents-isla-vista-shootings-20140525-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526024637/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-frantic-parents-isla-vista-shootings-20140525-story.html |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=LATimes.Remembered>{{cite news |first1=Emily Alpert |last1=Reyes |first2=Joe |last2=Mozingo |title=Isla Vista rampage victims remembered |date=May 23, 2015 |access-date=May 25, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://latimes.com/local/california/la-me-isla-vista-memorial-20150524-story.html }}</ref>

<ref name=LATimes.Transcript>{{cite news|last1=Garvey|first1=Megan|title=Transcript of the disturbing video 'Elliot Rodger's Retribution'|url=https://latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-transcript-ucsb-shootings-video-20140524-story.html|access-date=November 26, 2014|issue=May 24, 2014|work=The Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

<ref name=LATimes.Videos>{{cite news |first1=Joe |last1=Mozingo |first2=Amanda |last2=Covarrubias |first3=Richard |last3=Winton |title=Isla Vista shooting suspect's videos reflect cold rage |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://latimes.com/local/la-me-isla-vista-suspect-20140525-story.html#page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526014930/http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-isla-vista-suspect-20140525-story.html |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=MarinIndJ.TeenInjured>{{cite news |first=Megan |last=Hansen |title=San Rafael teenager injured in UC Santa Barbara deadly rampage |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=Marin Independent Journal |url=http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_25846110/san-rafael-teenager-injured-uc-santa-barbara-deadly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529150345/http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_25846110/san-rafael-teenager-injured-uc-santa-barbara-deadly |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=Mirror.Roommates>{{cite news |first1=Ben |last1=Rossington |first2=Christopher |last2=Bucktin |title=California shooting: Roommates 'virgin killer' Elliot Rodger knifed to death were planning to move out |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=The Mirror |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/california-shooting-roommates-virgin-killer-3610816 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527081936/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/california-shooting-roommates-virgin-killer-3610816 |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NatPost.Chamber>{{cite news |first=Nick |last=Allen |title=Elliot Rodger planned on turning his apartment into a 'torture and killing chamber', according to manifesto |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=June 1, 2014 |website=National Post |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/05/26/elliot-rodger-planned-on-turning-his-apartment-into-a-torture-and-killing-chamber-according-to-manifesto/ |publisher=The Telegraph |location=London}}</ref>

<ref name=NBC.Deli>{{cite news |first1=Jonathan |last1=Lloyd |first2=Jane |last2=Yamamoto |title=Witness: Gunman Fired Into Deli Crowd in Drive-By Rampage |date=May 28, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=NBC Los Angeles |url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Isla-Vista-UC-Santa-Barbara-Mass-Shooting-Rampage-Gunman-Witnesses-260528771.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601005503/http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Isla-Vista-UC-Santa-Barbara-Mass-Shooting-Rampage-Gunman-Witnesses-260528771.html |archive-date=June 1, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NewStatesman.Extremism>{{cite news |first=Laurie |last=Penny |title=Let's call the Isla Vista killings what they were: misogynist extremism |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=New Statesman |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2014/05/lets-call-isla-vista-killings-what-they-were-misogynist-extremism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526145121/http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2014/05/lets-call-isla-vista-killings-what-they-were-misogynist-extremism |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYDailyNews.Manifesto>{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Beekman |title=Elliot Rodger wrote manifesto on his hate for women and his vindictive scheme prior to deadly rampage |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/maniac-writes-manifesto-prior-deadly-rampage-article-1.1805474 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526082202/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/maniac-writes-manifesto-prior-deadly-rampage-article-1.1805474 |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYDailyNews.Retribution>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given/staff writers --> |title='Elliot Rodger's Retribution': Santa Barbara killer in his own sick words before shooting |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/elliot-rodger-retribution-santa-barbara-shooter-sick-words-article-1.1804761 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526025136/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/elliot-rodger-retribution-santa-barbara-shooter-sick-words-article-1.1804761 |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYDailyNews.Roommate>{{cite news |first=Nina |last=Golgowski |title=Slain roommate of Elliot Rodger wanted to move out before bloody attack, say anguished parents |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/slain-roommate-elliot-rodger-wanted-move-parents-article-1.1806049 }}</ref>

<ref name=NYDailyNews.Slaughter>{{cite news |first1=Bonnie |last1=Robinson |first2=Larry |last2=McShane |first3=Rich |last3=Schapiro |first4=Nicole |last4=Hensley |title=Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger, son of 'Hunger Games' assistant director, vowed to 'slaughter' women who rejected him |publication-date=May 24, 2014 |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/deranged-santa-barbara-california-killer-tied-premeditated-youtube-video-reports-article-1.1804354 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528092609/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/deranged-santa-barbara-california-killer-tied-premeditated-youtube-video-reports-article-1.1804354 |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYDailyNews.Victim>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given/staff writers --> |title=Santa Barbara rampage: Stabbing victim identified as Cheng Yuan Hong |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=New York Daily News |url=http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140525/santa-barbara-rampage-stabbing-victim-identified-as-cheng-yuan-hong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526055509/http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140525/santa-barbara-rampage-stabbing-victim-identified-as-cheng-yuan-hong |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYTimes.Amassed>{{cite news |first=Jennifer |last=Medina |title=Even in a State with Restrictive Laws, Gunman Amassed Weapons and Ammunition |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/even-in-a-state-with-restrictive-laws-gunman-amassed-weapons-and-ammunition.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526025415/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/even-in-a-state-with-restrictive-laws-gunman-amassed-weapons-and-ammunition.html |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYTimes.Conversation>{{cite news |first=Jennifer |last=Medina |title=Campus Killings Set Off Anguished Conversation About the Treatment of Women |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/us/campus-killings-set-off-anguished-conversation-about-the-treatment-of-women.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527223031/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/us/campus-killings-set-off-anguished-conversation-about-the-treatment-of-women.html |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYTimes.Nightmare>{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Nagourney |title=Parents' Nightmare: Futile Race to Stop Killings |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/parents-nightmare-failed-race-to-stop-killings.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526035653/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/parents-nightmare-failed-race-to-stop-killings.html |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYTimes.Rampage>{{cite news |first1=Ian |last1=Lovett |first2=Adam |last2=Nagourney |title=Video rant, then deadly rampage in California town |date=June 15, 2014 |publication-date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/us/california-drive-by-shooting.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625064617/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/us/california-drive-by-shooting.html |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYTimes.Sheriff>{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Lovett |title=In Wake of Rampage, Sheriff's Office Faces Concerns about Conduct |date=May 31, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/in-wake-of-rampage-sheriffs-office-faces-concerns-about-conduct.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601085235/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/us/in-wake-of-rampage-sheriffs-office-faces-concerns-about-conduct.html |archive-date=June 1, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=NYTimes.Spree>{{cite news |first1=Adam |last1=Nagourney |first2=Michael |last2=Cieply |first3=Alan |last3=Feuer |first4=Ian |last4=Lovett |title=Before Brief, Deadly Spree, Trouble Since Age 8 |publication-date=June 2, 2014 |date=June 1, 2014 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/us/elliot-rodger-killings-in-california-followed-years-of-withdrawal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603000541/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/us/elliot-rodger-killings-in-california-followed-years-of-withdrawal.html |archive-date=June 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=Reason.War>{{cite news |first=Cathy |last=Young |title=Elliot Rodger's 'War on Women' and Toxic Gender Warfare |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=August 3, 2014 |website=Reason.com |url=http://reason.com/archives/2014/05/29/elliot-rodgers-war-on-women-and-toxic-ge |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140703151749/http://reason.com/archives/2014/05/29/elliot-rodgers-war-on-women-and-toxic-ge |archive-date=July 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=RollCall.Feinstein>{{cite news |first=Steven |last=Dennis |title=Elliot Rodger Shooting Prompts Feinstein to Blame NRA 'Stranglehold' on Guns |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 28, 2014 |website=#WGDB blog |url=http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/elliot-rodger-guns-feinstein-nra-stranglehold/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526101751/http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/elliot-rodger-guns-feinstein-nra-stranglehold/ |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live |publisher=Roll Call}}</ref>

<ref name=RollCall.MentalHealth>{{cite news |first=Steven |last=Dennis |title=Elliot Rodger Sparks New Call for Mental Health Bill |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=218 blog |url=http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/elliot-rodger-mental-health-bill/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526110930/http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/elliot-rodger-mental-health-bill/ |archive-date=May 26, 2014 |url-status=live |publisher=Roll Call}}</ref>

<ref name=Salon.Scapegoating>{{cite news |first=Mary Elizabeth |last=Williams |author-link=Mary Elizabeth Williams |title=The media scapegoating of Rodger's childhood crush |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=Salon |url=http://www.salon.com/2014/05/27/the_media_scapegoating_of_rodgers_childhood_crush/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528151528/http://www.salon.com/2014/05/27/the_media_scapegoating_of_rodgers_childhood_crush/ |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=SBarbInd.CheckUp>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given/staff writers --> |title=Isla Vista Killer's April 30 Check-Up |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=Santa Barbara Independent |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2014/may/29/isla-vista-killers-april-30-check-/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606234516/http://www.independent.com/news/2014/may/29/isla-vista-killers-april-30-check-/ |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=SBarbInd.Map>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given/staff writers --> |title=Map of the Mayhem |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=Santa Barbara Independent |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2014/may/29/map-mayhem/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606210805/http://www.independent.com/news/2014/may/29/map-mayhem/ |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=SBarbInd.Residents>{{cite news |first=Kelsey |last=Brugger |title=Fellow Residents Recall Elliot Rodger |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2014 |website=Santa Barbara Independent |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2014/may/27/fellow-residents-recall-elliot-rodger/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607001003/http://www.independent.com/news/2014/may/27/fellow-residents-recall-elliot-rodger/ |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=SFChron.Victims>{{cite news |first=Evan |last=Sernoffsky |title=Three victims in Santa Barbara rampage from Bay Area |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Three-victims-in-Santa-Barbara-rampage-from-Bay-5504239.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527020854/http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Three-victims-in-Santa-Barbara-rampage-from-Bay-5504239.php |archive-date=May 27, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=Sheriff.Details>{{cite web |first=Kelly |last=Hoover |title=Press Release 05241402 – Sheriff's Office Releases Details of Shooting Rampage in Isla Vista |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office |url=http://www.sbsheriff.org/05241402.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222428/http://www.sbsheriff.org/05241402.html |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name=Sheriff.Summary>{{cite web |title=Isla Vista Mass Murder – May 23, 2014 – Investigative Summary |date=February 18, 2015 |access-date=February 19, 2015 |website=Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office |url=http://www.sbsheriff.us/documents/ISLAVISTAINVESTIGATIVESUMMARY.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220034256/http://www.sbsheriff.us/documents/ISLAVISTAINVESTIGATIVESUMMARY.pdf |archive-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name=Slate.Misogyny>{{cite news |first=Amanda |last=Hess |title="If I Can't Have Them, No One Will": How Misogyny Kills Men |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=Slate |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/29/elliot_rodger_hated_men_because_he_hated_women.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531005933/http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/29/elliot_rodger_hated_men_because_he_hated_women.html |archive-date=May 31, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=Slate.YesAllWomen>{{cite news |first=Phil |last=Plait |title=#YesAllWomen |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |website=Slate |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/05/27/not_all_men_how_discussing_women_s_issues_gets_derailed.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612063052/http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/05/27/not_all_men_how_discussing_women_s_issues_gets_derailed.html |archive-date=June 12, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=SPLC.Racist>{{cite web |first=Josh |last=Glasstetter |title=Elliot Rodger, Isla Vista Shooting Suspect, Posted Racist Messages on Misogynistic Website |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2016 |website=Hatewatch |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014/05/24/elliot-rodger-isla-vista-shooting-suspect-posted-racist-messages-misogynistic-website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814225223/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014/05/24/elliot-rodger-isla-vista-shooting-suspect-posted-racist-messages-misogynistic-website |archive-date=August 14, 2015 |url-status=live |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center }}</ref>

<ref name=Standard.Shooting>{{cite news |first=Daisy |last=Nguyen |title=7 Dead in Drive-by Shooting Near UC Santa Barbara |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=Standard Examiner |url=http://www.standard.net/Police/2014/05/24/7-dead-in-drive-by-shooting-near-UC-Santa-Barbara.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624034046/http://www.standard.net/Police/2014/05/24/7-dead-in-drive-by-shooting-near-UC-Santa-Barbara.html |archive-date=June 24, 2014 |url-status=live |publisher=Ogden Publishing Corporation |location=Ogden, Utah |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

<ref name=StarMalaysia.Adored>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2014/05/27/unloved-killer-was-adored-mum-loved-him-very-much-say-her-penang-schoolmates/ |title='Unloved' killer was adored |last=Habibu |first=Sira |date=May 27, 2014 |website=The Star Online |location=Malaysia |access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref>

<ref name=SydMornHerald.Manifesto>{{cite news |author=<!-- No byline given/staff writers --> |title=Elliot Rodger manifesto outlines plans for Santa Barbara attack |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/elliot-rodger-manifesto-outlines-plans-for-santa-barbara-attack-20140525-38wkc.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525121101/http://www.smh.com.au/world/elliot-rodger-manifesto-outlines-plans-for-santa-barbara-attack-20140525-38wkc.html |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=Telegraph.Chamber>{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Nick|title=Elliot Rodger may have used machetes and hammer to murder house-mates in 'killing chamber'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10857021/Elliot-Rodger-may-have-used-machetes-and-hammer-to-murder-house-mates-in-killing-chamber.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10857021/Elliot-Rodger-may-have-used-machetes-and-hammer-to-murder-house-mates-in-killing-chamber.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=19 March 2015|publisher=The Telegraph|date=26 May 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

<ref name=Telegraph.Shooting>{{cite news |first=Philip |last=Sherwell |title=California drive-by shooting: 'Son of Hunger Games assistant director' Elliot Rodger suspected of killing six |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10853875/California-drive-by-shooting-Son-of-Hunger-Games-assistant-director-Elliot-Rodger-suspected-of-killing-six.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525210142/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10853875/California-drive-by-shooting-Son-of-Hunger-Games-assistant-director-Elliot-Rodger-suspected-of-killing-six.html |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=TorStar.Hashtag>{{cite news |first=Amy |last=Dempsey |title=#YesAllWomen hashtag sparks revelations, anger, debate in wake of California killing spree |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=June 12, 2014 |website=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/05/26/yesallwomen_hashtag_sparks_revelations_anger_debate_in_wake_of_california_killing_spree.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726005453/http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/05/26/yesallwomen_hashtag_sparks_revelations_anger_debate_in_wake_of_california_killing_spree.html |archive-date=July 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=Twitter.Hashtag>{{cite web |author=<!-- No byline given/staff writers --> |title=#YesAllWomen |date=July 2, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/search?q=%23YesAllWomen |archive-url=http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20141118153345/http://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q= |archive-date=November 18, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name=USAToday.Identify>{{cite news|first1=Oren |last1=Dorell |first2=William M. |last2=Welch |title=Police identify Calif. shooting suspect as Elliot Rodger |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/24/shooting-california-santa-barbara/9532405/ |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6QkuFLTpr?url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/24/shooting-california-santa-barbara/9532405/ |archive-date=July 2, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>

<ref name=USAToday.Mourning>{{cite news|first=Charisse |last=Jones |title=Day of mourning planned in Santa Barbara after rampage |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |website=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/26/elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-university-isla-vista/9594107/ |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Qkwf72x0?url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/26/elliot-rodger-santa-barbara-university-isla-vista/9594107/ |archive-date=July 2, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>

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Misogynistic terror attacks in California

2014 Isla Vista killings
Memorial held for the victims on May 24, 2014
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LocationIsla Vista, California, U.S.
Coordinates34°24′43″N 119°51′32″W / 34.412°N 119.859°W / 34.412; -119.859
DateMay 23, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-05-23)
9:27 – 9:35 p.m. (UTC−8:00)
TargetStudents of Santa Barbara City College and the University of California, Santa Barbara, roommates
Attack type
Weapons
Deaths7 (3 by stabbing; 4 by gunfire, including the perpetrator)
Injured14 (7 by gunfire, 7 struck by motor vehicle)
PerpetratorElliot Rodger
MotiveMisogynist terrorism, perceived revenge for sexual and social rejection, incel ideology
LitigationWrongful death lawsuit against Capri Apartments and the property management company settled with Hong's, Wang's, and Chen's parents for $20 million

Two misogynistic terror attacks occurred in Isla Vista, California, United States on the evening of May 23, 2014. 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle-ramming near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) before fatally shooting himself.

In Rodger's apartment, he ambushed and stabbed to death his two roommates and their friend, killing them separately as they arrived. About two hours later, he drove to a sorority house and, after failing to gain entry, he shot three women walking near the sorority house, two of whom died. He then drove past a nearby delicatessen, and shot and killed a man who was inside. Following this, he drove around Isla Vista, shooting and wounding several pedestrians from his car, and striking others with his car. He twice exchanged gunfire with police and was injured in the hip. After Rodger's car crashed into a parked vehicle, he was found dead inside with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Before driving to the sorority house, Rodger uploaded a video titled "Elliot Rodger's Retribution", in which he outlined his planned attack and his motives, to the video-sharing platform YouTube. In the video, Rodger said he wanted to punish women for rejecting him, and sexually active men because he envied them. He also emailed a lengthy, autobiographical manuscript to friends, family members and his therapist; the document appeared on the Internet and became widely known as his manifesto. In the document, Rodger described his childhood, family conflicts, frustration over his inability to find a girlfriend, his hatred of women, his contempt for couples, and his plans for "retribution".

Background

Main article: Elliot Rodger
Undated driver's license photo of Rodger

Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger was born on July 24, 1991, in London, England. Rodger faced mental health problems as a child; he struggled in social situations, often cried in crowds, and displayed repetitive behaviors. He repeatedly talked about killing himself but had no history of violence. In 2007, he was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified. As an adult, he showed anger toward couples and had difficulties socializing.

Rodger wrote a 137-page manifesto titled My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger about his life and frustrations at having never had sexual intercourse, a situation for which he blamed women. In his manifesto, Rodger wrote about his plan to carry out an attack, calling it a "Day of Retribution". Initially, Rodger was unsure whether to target Santa Barbara City College or Isla Vista for his attacks, but ultimately chose Isla Vista. He had planned to drive to his father's home where he intended to kill his stepmother Soumaya Akaaboune and half-brother. He intended to steal their car and drive it back to Isla Vista, targeting the Alpha Phi sorority house with plans to kill its occupants before setting it on fire. Rodger then planned to shoot and run over as many people with the car as possible in Isla Vista.

Rodger planned to target the Alpha Phi sorority house

Rodger posted videos to YouTube describing his views on life and frustrations at his romantic failures. In April 2014, he uploaded to YouTube videos expressing his deep loneliness and frustration at his unsuccessful attempts to attracting a girlfriend. He also posted on misogynistic and anti-feminism online forums like PUAHate. Denizens of these forums, including Rodger, identified themselves as "involuntary celibates" or "incels"; they discussed their difficulties with finding a romantic or sexual partner, and expressed disdain towards women and pick-up artists.

In February 2012, after being unable to find a girlfriend, Rodger wrote his manifesto that his attack had become a possibility. He became fixated on winning a lottery, believing gaining wealth was the only way for him to attain a sexual experience. By June 2012, Rodger wrote he would not carry out his attacks if he won the Mega Millions jackpot. When he did not win the jackpot in September 2012, he visited a gun range in Oxnard, California. In November 2012, he bought Powerball lottery tickets, but after failing to win, he began to actively plan his attack. He purchased firearms between December 2012 and 2014. From February through April 2014, Rodger visited gun ranges and purchased ammunition. In August 2013, Rodger, having rejected Halloween 2013 as the attack date due to concerns over the police presence, decided to delay his attack until early 2014, eventually selecting April 26, 2014, as the new date for his attack. On April 24, due to illness, he postponed his attack to May 24, 2014.

Attacks

A map showing the order and locations of Rodger's attacks

Apartment stabbings

Despite initially selecting May 24 as the date for his attacks, Rodger unexpectedly initiated his attacks a day earlier. Rodger, carrying a six-inch (150 mm) "SRK" knife and a nine-inch (230 mm) hunting knife, ambushed his 20-year-old roommate Weihan "David" Wang upon his return to their apartment. Wang tried to defend himself but was stabbed 15 times, suffering 23 slashes. Rodger moved Wang's body to the corner of a bedroom, threw it face-down on the floor, and partially covering it with blankets, towels, and clothing. Soon after, Rodger attacked his other roommate, 20-year-old Cheng Yuan "James" Hong, after he entered the apartment. Despite his attempts to defend himself, Hong was overwhelmed, receiving 25 stab wounds and 12 slashes. Five of the stab wounds were inflicted on Hong's back after he died. Rodger dragged Hong's body to the same bedroom, throwing it face down and half-on-top of Wang's body, and concealed it with blankets and clothing.

19-year-old George Chen, a friend of Hong and Wang, arrived at the apartment to visit them. Upon entering, Rodger ambushed Chen, inflicting 94 stab wounds and 11 slashes as Chen attempted to defend himself. Rodger left Chen's bleeding body in a bathroom. He attempted to clean the apartment and hide evidence of the earlier stabbings as each victim entered using bathroom towels and paper towels, which quickly became soaked in blood. Despite his efforts, blood remained splattered on the hallways and walls.

Rodger visiting a Starbucks hours before his shooting rampage
Rodger's final journal entry after killing his first three victims

After failing to clean up the blood, Rodger changed out of his blood-drenched clothes and entangled them with his bed sheets. He showered, put on new clothes, and went to a Starbucks coffee house around 7:38 p.m. He purchased a triple-vanilla latte while texting his mother saying he was done with school and would call her later. He returned to his apartment and wrote in his journal:

I had to tear some pages out because I feared my intentions would be discovered. I taped them back together as fast as I could. This is it. In one hour I will have my revenge on this cruel world. I HATE YOU ALLLL! DIE.

Rodger emailed his 137-page manifesto to 34 people, including his parents, therapists, former teachers, and childhood friends, with the message: "Attached is Elliot Rodger's life story, which explains how I came to be the way I am".

Minutes before his planned attack on the Alpha Phi sorority house, Rodger uploaded a seven-minute video called "Elliot Rodger's Retribution" to the video-sharing platform YouTube. Rodger recorded two takes of his "Retribution" video in his car, the first attempt at which was interrupted by a passing jogger. In the second take he uploaded, Rodger is seen sitting in his car at sunset reciting scripted lines and emitting fake laughter. In the video, Rodger said he was frustrated at remaining a virgin at 22, that he would "punish" women for rejecting him despite being an "alpha male" and a "Supreme Gentleman", and expressed his hatred for sexually active men.

Shootings and vehicle attacks

The gas can Rodger was going to use to burn down the Alpha Phi sorority house

At around 9:15 p.m., Rodger arrived at the Alpha Phi sorority house with three semi-automatic pistols, additional ammunition strapped to his waist, and a full gas can. The sorority house had a heavy, wooden, double door with an electronic keypad. Rodger tried to open the house's door, pulling on the handle then typing on the keypad numerous times. He then aggressively knocked on the door for over three minutes. Approximately 40 residents of the sorority house were visiting Las Vegas while those remaining felt too tired to answer the door. Rodger became frustrated at the unanswered door and set down the gas can. Rodger returned to his car and, around 9:27 p.m., noticed three women walking near the sorority house; these were 19-year-old Veronika Weiss, 22-year-old Katherine "Katie" Cooper, and a 20-year-old woman, all of whom were members of the sorority Delta Delta Delta. As the women were walking back to their Delta Delta Delta sorority house, Rodger slowly approached them in his car and fired multiple shots at them through an open window. As Rodger sped away, the 20-year-old woman managed to call her mother, repeatedly crying she was going to die.

The coffee shop Rodger fired into

People heard screaming and saw the three women bleeding on the grass, and rushed to a sheriff's deputy for help. The deputy quickly arrived and applied pressure to the 20-year-old woman's wounds. One person began administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to Cooper, and another tried to comfort Weiss by holding her head and speaking to her. More bystanders arrived, and the deputy told them to check if the women had a pulse and to start chest compressions. Additional sheriff's deputies arrived and started helping, while another bystander used a sweatshirt to apply pressure to one of Cooper's gunshot wounds. Despite their efforts, Cooper and Weiss died from their injuries. Weiss was shot seven times, with six bullets striking between her legs, buttocks, and groin. The fatal shot pierced her heart and both lungs. Cooper was shot eight times and suffered multiple fatal injuries, including gunshots to her lungs and the side of her head. A bystander then took over the aid of the 20-year-old woman while deputies chased down Rodger. Bystanders told the 20-year-old woman's mother on her phone her daughter would survive.

Michaels-Martinez entering the IV Deli Mart moments before getting shot by Rodger
CCTV image of people in the IV Deli Mart running for cover as Rodger fired into it

After driving away from the sorority house, Rodger executed a three-point turn in a driveway along Pardall Road and discharged a shot toward a closed coffee shop. He drove to a store called IV Deli Mart, where he fired a barrage at nearby individuals. 20-year-old Christopher "Chris" Michaels-Martinez, who was at the deli's entrance, was shot once in the chest when he turned around to look at Rodger's car, resulting in injuries to his liver and the right ventricle of his heart. Michaels-Martinez entered the store but fell to the ground. People inside took cover as Rodger continued to fire shots into the store, shattering windows. Rodger then drove away. Despite CPR attempts from five bystanders and sheriff's deputies, Michaels-Martinez died.

CCTV image of people in Pizza My Heart hiding as Rodger fired into it

Rodger continued driving, struck a man with his vehicle, and knocked him into the air. While driving on Trigo Road, Rodger arrived at a pizza restaurant called Pizza My Heart and opened fire on a couple exiting it. The man was shot in the left arm and the woman was shot in her upper-right forearm. The man ran in the opposite direction while the woman ran back into the restaurant. Rodger fired shots into the restaurant before speeding away. Driving on the wrong side of the road in Embarcadero del Norte, Rodger shot a female cyclist in the right thigh. He then encountered a woman walking alone. Rodger called out: "Hey, what’s up?", making the woman acknowledge him as she continued walking. He raised a gun from his car window, leading the woman to initially believe it was an airsoft gun, then shot at her numerous times, narrowly missing her head, and prompting her to run away and scream for help.

Rodger's corpse and crashed BMW after the killings
The Sig Sauer P226 pistol Rodger used during the shootings
The two knifes Rodger used to kill his two roommates and their friend

Rodger then drove to Del Playa Drive, where he saw a sheriff's deputy and fired shots. As he sped away, the deputy returned fire, discharging a single round. Rodger then struck two men with his car, driving to Camino Del Sur where he shot a man in the right forearm and right buttocks. Rodger proceeded to Sabado Tarde Road, hitting a male cyclist and two male skateboarders. He encountered two men in a driveway and shot them several times. Near Little Acorn Park, Rodger saw four sheriff's deputies, engaged three of them in a shootout, and received a gunshot wound to his hip. At around 9:35 p.m., Rodger turned onto several streets, put the gun to his head, and pulled the trigger, causing his car to veer and hit a male cyclist, who tumbled on the vehicle and damaged the car's windshield. Rodger's car eventually crashed into a parked vehicle. As police officers surrounded Rodger's car, they mistakenly handcuffed the injured cyclist, initially suspecting him to be a second assailant. Realizing their error, they gave him medical attention, acknowledging him as a victim. Upon searching Rodger's vehicle, police discovered his body and found a gunshot wound to his head.

Vehicle search

Inside Rodger's car, police found a Glock 34 Long Slide handgun with seven loaded, ten-round magazines; two SIG Sauer P226 handguns with 34 loaded, ten-round magazines; over 500 rounds of live ammunition; and the two knives he used to kill his two roommates and their friend. The shootings lasted eight minutes, during which Rodger discharged approximately 55 9mm rounds. During the shootings, Rodger used one Sig Sauer P226 pistol, which was discovered on the driver's seat of his car.

Victims killed

Memorial wall honoring the first three victims killed in the 2014 Isla Vista killings. From left to right: George Chen, Weihan "David" Wang, and Cheng Yuan "James" HongMemorial service outside the Alpha Phi sorority house for Veronika Weiss and Katherine CooperMemorial service outside the IV Deli Mart for Christopher Michaels-Martinez

During his attack, Rodger killed six people, all of whom were University of California, Santa Barbara, students, and injured fourteen others—seven by gunfire and seven whom he hit with his vehicle.

  • 20-year-old Weihan "David" Wang (July 6, 1993, Tianjin, China - May 23, 2014), junior majoring in computer engineering, stabbed to death
  • 20-year-old Cheng Yuan "James" Hong (April 15, 1994, Taipei, Taiwan - May 23, 2014), senior majoring in computer engineering, stabbed to death
  • 19-year-old George Chen (September 14, 1994, Ottawa, Canada - May 23, 2014), freshman majoring in computer science, stabbed to death
  • 19-year-old Veronika Elizabeth Weiss (February 24, 1995, Seattle, Washington - May 23, 2014), freshman majoring in financial mathematics and statistics, shot to death
  • 22-year-old Katherine "Katie" Breann Cooper (December 26, 1991, San Bernardino, California - May 23, 2014), senior double majoring in art history and classics and archeology, shot to death
  • 20-year-old Christopher "Chris" Ross Michaels-Martinez (December 23, 1993, San Luis Obispo, California - May 23, 2014), sophomore majoring in English, shot to death

Aftermath

Around 10 p.m., Rodger's mother, Ong Li Chin Tye, received a text message from Rodger's life coach Gavin Linderman that she initially ignored. Linderman then called her, told her Rodger had sent an email, and advised her to check it. Li Chin accessed the email, which contained his manifesto. She also discovered her son's "Retribution" video online and immediately called his cellphone, which went to voicemail. Rodger's mother then called Santa Barbara police, telling them she needed to locate Rodger. Li Chin then called Rodger's father, Peter Rodger, who was dining with friends, and told him what she had found. Li Chin, alone, drove toward Isla Vista while his father, stepmother, and their friends traveled in another car. As they separately approached Isla Vista, Li Chin called Rodger's apartment building manager, asking them to check if her son was in his room. The manager told her there had been a shooting and car chase, and they would have to wait until morning to check.

Rodger's father kept hitting redial on his phone trying to contact his son. As they neared Isla Vista, they heard reports on the radio that an active shooter in a black BMW was near UCSB. Both of Rodger's parents then received a call from a sheriff's detective, who asked them whether their son had ever owned any guns. Li Chin was shocked by the inquiry because Rodger had never shown any interest in guns. She told police Rodger had social problems and saw a therapist and that she had been unable to contact him. The detective instructed Rodger's parents to meet them at a parking lot near Isla Vista. Li Chin arrived there first, and was followed by Peter, Akaaboune, and their friends. When a sheriff arrived around 1 a.m., Li Chin demanded to know her son's whereabouts. The sheriff said Rodger had been found dead and that his driver's license confirmed his identity. Devastated by the news of Rodger's death, his parents believed he was a victim of the incidents until hours later, when they saw reports on the internet.

Searches and questioning

Rodger's apartment room
Some of the pillows and bedsheets Rodger practiced stabbing repeatedly before killing his first three victims

Police obtained a search warrant and conducted a protective sweep of Rodger's apartment around midnight on May 24. They had grown concerned for the safety of Rodger's two roommates and feared he might have set booby traps in the apartment. After removing a window screen, police found Chen's body lying in a fetal position on the bathroom floor. They breached the apartment and also found the bodies of Hong and Wang in their bedroom. In Rodger's room, which was messy, police found pharmacy documents for prescriptions, two gun cleaning kits, empty ammunition boxes and magazines, energy drinks, lottery tickets, a copy of The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene, video games, and a Starbucks coffee cup. Police also found a folding knife, a "zombie killer" knife with a ten-inch (250 mm) blade, an eighteen-inch (460 mm)-blade machete, a sledgehammer, and other knives. Police discovered a long-sleeve shirt and jeans that were soaked in dried blood and entangled in Rodger's bedsheets. They found multiple stab marks on his bedsheets and pillows, indicating that Rodger was practicing how to stab before attacking his roommates and their friend. Police also discovered two journals in which Rodger expressed his growing frustration at his inability to form relationships with women, a hand-drawn illustration of a stabbing, and a printed version of his 137-page manifesto. Rodger's laptop was found displaying the YouTube "Retribution" video, which showed that it had just finished uploading.

The clothes Rodger wore while killing his two roommates and their friend
Rodger's two journals
Screenshot of Rodger's "Retribution" video confirming it was uploaded on YouTube

Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) executed search warrants at the homes of Rodger's parents, first at his father's home in Woodland Hills and then at his mother's house in West Hills. Police also obtained search warrants for the cellphone records of Rodger and his roommates. Upon examining Rodger's cellphone, they found over 492 images and videos, including over 200 selfies. Due to his attacks, media swarmed Rodger's family, who received death threats, forcing them to move every two days. Li Chin became worried about her daughter's safety and sent her to live with family abroad temporarily. Li Chin and Peter stayed at a hotel, and met with friends at a restaurant to discuss their situation.

Multiple of the weapons found in Rodger's apartment

An autopsy of Rodger's body concluded he died by suicide from a gunshot wound to the head. In June 2014, his body was cremated and released from the coroner's office to his family, who held a private ceremony and planned to hold a funeral in England later that year. Rodger's aunt described him as a "loner" and a "sick, disturbed young man" who was "very dark" and "very depressed". She questioned how Rodger was allowed to access firearms despite showing signs of mental decline and criticized the United States and its gun laws. She also offered her condolences to the victims and their families. In interviews with the Daily Mail and Kent Online, Rodger's paternal grandmother described him as "very sick" and a "disturbed boy", mentioning that if her husband was still alive, he would be in "terrible shock".

In June 2014, Rodger's father met with Richard Martinez, the father of Michaels-Martinez, to discuss Michaels-Martinez and his life. During an interview, Peter told Barbara Walters despite his son's long history of social problems and years of therapy, he never thought his son was capable of murder. Peter said his son was good at hiding his true emotions, expressed sorrow for the pain caused to the victims' families, and said he would help prevent future mass killings. Five years after Rodger’s attack, his mother searched mass shootings online and found threat assessment. She later began participating in threat assessment training sessions, sharing her experiences and hoping people will find warning signs of individuals in mental distress.

Memorials

Memorial service at Harder Stadium, May 27
Memorials at the University of California, Los Angeles

On May 24, 2014, at Anisq'Oyo Park in Isla Vista, students and the wider community attended a candlelight gathering to remember the victims. Three days later, on May 27, UCSB canceled classes and held a "day of mourning and reflection" at the university's Harder Stadium. More than 20,000 people attended the memorial, where Michaels-Martinez's father read statements from the families of Hong and Wang. He also spoke about his son and repeatedly yelled "not one more" to the crowd. On May 29, over 2,000 people gathered for a paddle-out memorial, where students chanted, sang, and threw flowers into the ocean.

Reactions

On social media

Rodger's killings inspired the hashtag #YesAllWomen

After the attacks, PUAHate closed its forums, causing its members to go to other chatrooms and forums. On social media and in the comments on Rodger's YouTube videos, some men empathized with Rodger's views and difficulties; some said being ignored by women was a valid reason for murdering women. Some users on social media described Rodger as attractive and wondered how he failed to get a girlfriend. Other users acknowledged his physical appearance but contended that he failed to gain attention from women because he was mentally disturbed and had expectations that women should approach him instead.

A Facebook page named "Elliot Rodger Is an American Hero" was created, calling on men to share their thoughts and pay tribute to Rodger for his "ultimate sacrifice in the struggle against feminazi ideology". The page also shared Rodger's "Retribution" video, and several users expressed support for his quest for vengeance against women. Activists reported the page for promoting hate speech, harassment, and violence, and initiated a campaign on Twitter encouraging others to report the page to Facebook. Facebook said the page did not infringe upon its community standards, leading to widespread criticism on Twitter. The page, along with several other fanpages, was later deactivated, with Facebook citing its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities as the rationale for the decision.

Following Rodger's misogynistic attacks and the identification of his hatred of women as a motivating factor, some Twitter users employed the hashtag #NotAllMen to express "not all men" act the same as Rodger or would commit similar attacks. Other men on social media argued that his attacks were not misogynistic because Rodger killed more men than women, that he was mentally ill, and the lack of gun control in the United States was to blame for the attacks. The hashtag faced criticism for diverting attention away from the broader issue of the dangers against women. In a bid to shift the focus back to the misogyny and sexism experienced by women, two Twitter users introduced the hashtag #YesAllWomen, saying all women endure sexism and misogyny. Within four days of its inception, the #YesAllWomen hashtag had been used 1.2 million times on Twitter, quickly eclipsing previous hashtags that aimed to highlight violence and sexism against women.

Rodger and his attacks brought the incel community to mainstream attention and were praised by young men around the world who identified as incels. Incels post tribute songs, and others distributed t-shirts with Rodger's image. Incels refer to Rodger as a "saint" and a "hero", celebrating "Saint Elliot Day" on every anniversary of his attacks. Incels also refer to Rodger as "E.R.", and his mass killings have inspired similar crimes. Incels involved in or suspected of other mass killings have frequently cited Rodger as an influence, often referring to their attacks as "going E.R." On April 23, 2018, 25-year-old Alek Minassian killed eleven people and injured fifteen others in Toronto, Canada, by driving a van into pedestrians. Before his attack, Minassian posted on his Facebook profile: "Private (Recruit) Minassian Infantry 00010, wishing to speak to Sgt 4chan please. C23249161. The Incel Rebellion has already begun! We will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys! All hail the Supreme Gentleman Elliot Rodger!"

In other media

Controversy over publication of Rodger's videos and manifesto

Several news networks limited the use of Rodger's "Retribution" video for fear of triggering copycat crimes. On May 24, 2014, YouTube took down Rodger's "Retribution" video, stating it broke the platform's rules by showing a threat of violence. Experts noted taking down the video would cause it to be increasingly shared across the internet. Genius co-founder Mahbod Moghadam resigned after receiving negative media attention by adding annotations on the website to Rodger's manifesto, calling Rodger's sister "smokin hot", and describing the document as "beautifully written". Genius CEO Tom Lehman said in a statement Moghadam's comments "went beyond that into gleeful insensitivity and misogyny".

Misogyny

The attacks sparked discussion of broader issues of violence against women and misogyny. According to the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism at the Hague, Rodger's attacks were an act of misogynist terrorism. The US Secret Service described it as "misogynistic extremism". Writer M.E. Williams objected to Rodger being labeled the "virgin killer", saying that implies "one possible cause of male aggression is a lack of female sexual acquiescence". Amanda Hess, writing for Slate, said although Rodger killed more men than women, his motivations were misogynistic because his reason for hating the men he attacked was that he thought they stole the women he felt entitled to. Writing for Reason, Cathy Young wrote that it seemed like a "good example of stretching the concept into meaninglessness – or turning it into unfalsifiable quasi-religious dogma", and that Rodger also wrote hateful messages about other men.

Film critic Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post attributed the attacks to Hollywood's "sexist movie monoculture", which she said is largely produced by white men. Hornaday criticized the Canadian actor Seth Rogen and the American director Judd Apatow, stating Rogen's role in the 2014 movie Neighbors and Apatow's directing encourage "outsized frat-boy fantasies", making people like Rodger feel "unjustly shut out of college life that should be full of 'sex and fun and pleasure'."

Gun control and mental health

President Barack Obama talking about the killings to former Tumblr CEO David Karp

The attacks renewed calls for gun control and improvements in the American healthcare system. Sheriff Bill Brown said Rodger's actions and copycat attacks were due to shortcomings in the mental-health treatment system, noted a widespread shortfall in resources for community mental health care, and criticized inadequate communication from healthcare professionals regarding people who suffer from suicidal or homicidal thoughts. Several legislators in California demanded an evaluation of the interaction between the deputies and Rodger on April 30, 2014. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an investigation on the Sheriff's Office's handling of the situation. The deputies did not consult the California gun ownership database, which showed Rodger had purchased at least two handguns. They also did not examine the YouTube videos that led Rodger's parents to contact them. Subsequently, the Sheriff's Office concluded the responding deputies followed all rules and conducted themselves professionally in accordance with both state law and departmental guidelines.

Despite California having one of the strictest gun laws in the United States, Rodger, despite having undergone several years of psychiatric treatment, passed all necessary background checks. Because he had neither been institutionalized for mental health issues nor had a criminal history, he was able to purchase three firearms. In California, at the time, undergoing mental health treatment did not disqualify people for applying for firearms. When the mental health hotline informed the police of Rodger’s threats on YouTube, the absence of an immediate threat meant the police lacked the authority to search his apartment, search the gun registry, or confiscate any firearms without a warrant based on probable cause.

Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut advocated for the reinstatement of gun-control measures previously declined by Congress following the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, saying such legislation might have prevented Rodger's shooting spree. Blumenthal noted the necessity of refocusing gun-control initiatives around mental health issues, and the urgent need for enhanced resources to support people with mental illnesses. In his address, Michaels-Martinez's father attributed the attacks to the "craven, irresponsible" actions of politicians and the National Rifle Association (NRA), accusing the NRA of prioritizing gun rights above public safety. Subsequently, Martinez said he wanted members of Congress to stop calling him to offer condolences for his son's death and appealed to the public to unite with him in "demanding immediate action" on gun control from Congress members. He extended his sympathies toward Rodger's parents.

Timothy F. Murphy, a Pennsylvania Representative and clinical psychologist, presented his bipartisan mental-health reform as a solution and called on Congress to enact it. Santa Barbara Assembly members Das Williams and Nancy Skinner introduced legislation that would allow law enforcement, close relatives, or roommates to request a court order for the confiscation of firearms from individuals deemed a serious risk to themselves or others. State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson also proposed a bill enforcing officers to consult a state firearms registry during assessments of potential threats to personal or public safety. Jackson's bill received unanimous Senate approval in August 2014. Williams' and Skinner's bill passed through both legislative chambers but was opposed by the NRA and other groups advocating for Second Amendment rights, and launched statewide robocall campaigns against it. Williams noted the external origin of the calls and maintained the legislation had received significant bipartisan support. Governor Jerry Brown ultimately signed both bills into law in September 2014, making California the first state to enact a red flag law.

Lawsuits

In March 2015, Hong's, Wang's, and Chen's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against Santa Barbara County, the Sheriff's department, Capri Apartments, and the property management company, claiming negligence and breaches of the victims' constitutional right to due process. They alleged since Rodger moved into the Capri Apartments in 2011, he insulted and fought with a lot of his roommates and displayed odd behavior, but the apartment owners failed to conduct reasonable background checks before assigning Hong and Wang as his roommates, and failed to warn them Rodger had had serious conflicts with his previous roommates. They also alleged the county and its Sheriff's Department violated their rights to due process by ignoring repeated "red flags" that indicated Rodger was violent and unstable, even after a mental health worker saw Rodger's YouTube videos and contacted authorities to report Rodger appeared to be a danger to himself and others. By June 2015, the lawsuit was in early stages of litigation, with the defendants denying any wrongdoing.

On October 28, 2015, U.S. District Judge John F. Walter removed Santa Barbara County and the Sheriff's department from the lawsuit, determining the county had not infringed upon the plaintiffs' constitutional rights under federal law and that the Sheriff's department did not act neglectfully, nor did their procedures and guidelines contribute to the harm they suffered. The judge concluded the victim's parents failed to sufficiently demonstrate a violation of their due-process rights, and although the judge dismissed the state-law claims within the lawsuits in federal court, he allowed the claims to be re-submitted. The victim's parents proceeded to re-file their claims on November 20, 2015, in state court. Capri Apartments and the property management company sought to have the lawsuit dismissed but their motion was denied on February 10, 2017. By May 2017, a trial date was scheduled for September 15 the same year. The lawsuit was settled nearly a week and a half before the trial was due to start. Despite the property management company's denial of a settlement, an attorney for the victim's parents said a confidential settlement had been reached; according to the Santa Barbara Independent, the settlement was for $20 million.

In June 2015, the parents of Cooper filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Santa Barbara County and UCSB, claiming that there were failures in mandatory responsibilities as well as negligent hiring and training of deputies. They claimed the welfare check performed on Rodger by sheriff's deputies on April 30 was inadequate because the deputies failed to review Rodger's YouTube videos or check the gun registry. They also highlighted several "red flags", including a report made by Rodger to campus police about someone damaging his car and his involvement in a fight at a party. In October 2015, Judge Colleen Stern determined that the lawsuit did not meet the required legal standards to proceed but allowed them to submit a revised complaint by November 10 of that year. Cooper's parents' lawyer told Noozhawk they believed the judge's ruling was largely influenced by the legal safeguards that protect government entities from being sued for the choices made by police.

In June 2015, the cyclist who was struck by Rodger's vehicle and subsequently handcuffed filed a civil lawsuit against Santa Barbara County, the Sheriff's department, Rodger's parents, and UCSB, citing negligence, false imprisonment, and civil rights infringements for being handcuffed and not given immediate medical attention after the collision. The lawsuit alleged both campus police and the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department did not adequately investigate Rodger despite his release of several YouTube videos indicating his potential threat to others. Additionally, it alleged Rodger's parents were negligent in allowing their mentally unstable son access to a vehicle.

Impact on media

In August 2015, a trailer for an independent indie horror film titled Del Playa was released on YouTube. Directed by Shaun Hart and produced by Josh Berger and Berger Bros. Entertainment, the film follows a college student who embarks on a killing spree after facing romantic rejection and bullying. Its title references Del Playa Drive, a street in Isla Vista, and the film includes footage shot in Isla Vista and UCSB.

Hours after the trailer's release, a UCSB student launched a Change.org petition demanding that its release be stopped, arguing that the movie too closely resembled Rodger and his attacks. The petition urged the producers to rename the film and donate to a memorial fund set up for the victims, ultimately gathering over 20,000 signatures. In response, Hart issued a statement apologizing to those offended and clarifying that the film was not inspired by Rodger, but intended to focus on the issues of bullying.

Originally slated for release in October 2015, because Del Playa faced significant backlash, Hart decided to push the film back. In December 2016, he announced that the film would come out in 2017, commenting that many Isla Vista residents had since "graduated and moved on with their lives". Hart insisted he never intended to offend anyone, describing the film as "art" that was pushed into "boundaries, inciting societal and emotional revelation". He said writing the movie was his way of processing the attacks and coming to terms with them. He predicted Del Playa would be moderate success and promised to donate a portion of its proceeds to charity. The film was ultimately released to streaming platforms on July 21, 2017.

Depiction in popular culture

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