Isla Vista attacks

This article is about the 2014 attacks. For the attacks that occurred in 2001, see 2001 Isla Vista killings.

Isla Vista attacks
Clockwise from top left: Rodger's corpse (yellow bag) and crashed BMW after the attack CCTV image of people in Pizza My Heart hiding as Rodger fired into it Screenshot of Rodger's "Retribution" video uploaded on YouTube Rodger's final journal entry after killing his first three victims
Isla Vista Isla Vista (southern California) Isla Vista Isla Vista (the United States)
Location	34.412°N 119.859°W / 34.412; -119.859 Isla Vista, California, U.S.
Date	May 23, 2014 (2014-05-23) 9:27 – 9:35 p.m. (PDT; UTC−8:00)
Target	Students of Santa Barbara City College and the University of California, Santa Barbara, roommates
Attack type	Spree killing murder–suicide drive-by shooting mass stabbing school-related attack mass shooting mass murder vehicle-ramming attack shootout
Weapons	Six-inch "SRK" knife Eight-inch hunting knife Glock 34 Long Slide handgun (unused) Two SIG Sauer P226 handguns (only one used) BMW 328i Coupé
Deaths	7 (3 by stabbing; 4 by gunfire, including the perpetrator)
Injured	14 (7 by gunfire, 7 by vehicle-ramming)
Perpetrator	Elliot Rodger
Motive	Incel ideology Misogynist terrorism Revenge for perceived sexual and social rejection
Litigation	Wrongful death lawsuit against Capri Apartments and the property management company settled with Hong's, Wang's, and Chen's parents for $20 million

On the evening of May 23, 2014, multiple misogynistic terrorist attacks occurred in Isla Vista, California, United States. 22-year-old Elliot Rodger murdered six people and injured 14 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 from his car and wounding several pedestrians, both with gunfire and his car. He exchanged gunfire with police twice 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 entitled "Elliot Rodger's Retribution", in which he outlined his attack plan and motives, to 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".