On May 23 , 2014 , the 2014 Isla Vista killings occurred where seven people , including the attacker , were killed and fourteen others were injured . The attacks took place at seventeen separate crime scenes , including a sorority house , a deli , and the attacker 's own apartment . 22-year-old former Santa Barbara City College student Elliot Rodger stabbed three men to death in his apartment , then fired at UCSB students and other pedestrians , hitting several , and also struck seven others with his BMW . Rodger had left a YouTube video recorded on the day of his killing spree , in which he blamed young women who he claimed rejected his advances . Rodger died of a gunshot wound to the head , apparently a suicide , as Santa Barbara County Sheriff 's deputies closed in on his crashed vehicle
2014 Isla Vista killings
2014 Isla Vista killings
Isla Vista, California