Crime - Elliot Rodger: The Virgin Killer

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An examination of the events of 23 May 2014, when British-born Elliot Rodger killed six students in Santa Barbara before turning the gun on himself. A killer from the digital age, Elliot recorded rants in video logs and text manifesto. The spree began when Rodger stabbed to death three men in his apartment. Leaving the scene in his car, he drove to a sorority house, where he shot four people outside, killing two female students. He drove to a nearby delicatessen and shot to death a male student who was inside. He then sped through Isla Vista, shooting at pedestrians and wounding several of them, and striking four others with his car. Rodger exchanged gunfire with police twice during the killing spree.