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(45,790 posts) Sat May 24, 2014, 06:36 AM May 2014

7 Dead in Drive-By Shooting Near UC Santa Barbara [View all]

Source: Associated Press

@AP: BREAKING: Santa Barbara sheriff: 7 killed, including attacker, in shooting rampage near college campus

7 DEAD IN DRIVE-BY SHOOTING NEAR UC SANTA BARBARA

May. 24, 2014 6:39 AM EDT

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say seven people are dead and seven wounded in a drive-by shooting in a student enclave next to the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the dead in Friday night's rampage in the Isla Vista neighborhood included the suspected attacker who was driving a black BMW. Brown had earlier said the suspect exchanged gunfire with deputies before crashing into a parked car.

He said he didn't know whether the suspect was shot by deputies, or if his wound was self-inflicted.

The circumstances surrounding the shootings were under investigation.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3-dead-drive-shooting-near-uc-santa-barbara

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7 Dead in Drive-By Shooting Near UC Santa Barbara [View all] Hissyspit May 2014 OP

I'm several time zones off -- isn't it like the middle of the night there? (also, links) Recursion May 2014 #1

"gunfire broke out around 9:30 p.m. Friday" - not that late muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #3

Santa Barbara is way off in the sticks too. yurbud May 2014 #54

7 dead in drive-by shooting near UC Santa Barbara Bosonic May 2014 #2

It's the guns end of story Botany May 2014 #4

So this is the lame way you see this??? DreamSmoker May 2014 #59

Don't ignore the gun fetishization in America. Big gun fetish problem! nt valerief May 2014 #69

This wasn't a gang banger. christx30 May 2014 #70

Yes that is the way I see and understand it and BTW it is not lame either Botany May 2014 #113

its the guns, end of story haydukelives May 2014 #116

Honey, the gunz HELP Warpy May 2014 #75

He did use a knife. 840high May 2014 #101

Yeah, they just found 3 more victims in his apartment. knife, apparently. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #102

Or he could have just SevenSixtyTwo May 2014 #110

Weird as the school year has ended there but I guess there are a lot of year round people mackerel May 2014 #5

Final exams are just around the corner Brother Buzz May 2014 #40

Really? The other UC campus' had graduations yesterday mackerel May 2014 #43

It's a quarter/semester thing Brother Buzz May 2014 #44

Holy shit... nt MADem May 2014 #6

my niece is going there barbtries May 2014 #7

my son was accepted at UCSB, but the mother of a friend of his... olddad56 May 2014 #74

my son goes to a notorious party school, ECU barbtries May 2014 #100

thanks olddad56 May 2014 #119

Not yet confirmed but the police exboyfil May 2014 #8

Certainly seems to be in love with his car bigworld May 2014 #11

Don't you know cars are exboyfil May 2014 #20

Holy damn... Blue_Tires May 2014 #21

The shooter... ustilago May 2014 #9

blames women for throwing themselves at �obnoxious brutes� but rejecting him, �the supreme gentlemen lunasun May 2014 #10

wow. You weren't kidding. They_Live May 2014 #22

Post removed Post removed May 2014 #50

A DUer is the reason an asshole shot and killed women? "Sex is a human right"? uppityperson May 2014 #51

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #53

You are a jerk lostincalifornia May 2014 #61

Aw, I missed her reply. Thanks MIRT uppityperson May 2014 #64

I don't think it was a her, it was a obvious troll, and it was a sexist, anti-women garbage lostincalifornia May 2014 #78

That is a perfect, spot-on parody of a typical clueless MRA asshole. Well-done! arcane1 May 2014 #55

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #60

Enjoy your stay. Sweet Freedom May 2014 #56

dumb comment award on this story lunasun May 2014 #12

Moar Gunz! nt onehandle May 2014 #13

here's the video from the d_b May 2014 #14

So, I'm guessing that the reason no one would go out with him Le Taz Hot May 2014 #15

He had Aspergers. 840high May 2014 #103

He was also a sociopath. Le Taz Hot May 2014 #106

I've got Aspergers. I don't go out shooting people TrogL May 2014 #115

Wow, if this is true, the media is going to have a orgy Strelnikov_ May 2014 #16

"shows once again how smart women are" former9thward May 2014 #17

They were smart PasadenaTrudy May 2014 #31

And that means all women are smart? former9thward May 2014 #72

"If I can't have you, I will destroy you" Tsiyu May 2014 #19

he sounds like he is on some form of psychotropic medication bossy22 May 2014 #26

Either that or he stopped taking said medication... Blue_Tires May 2014 #35

I also think this is a possibility. ... spin May 2014 #86

You don't have a clue about what you are upaloopa May 2014 #105

Here's some information on the side effects of antidepressant drugs you might be unaware ... spin May 2014 #108

Weird vdogg May 2014 #32

His videos were taken seriously. LisaL May 2014 #71

Textbook psychopath Tom Ripley May 2014 #68

Well, sonny, maybe if you approached them as people Warpy May 2014 #76

The Gun Enthusiasts have to be pissed about this. Paladin May 2014 #18

I'm pissed when I hear about anyone going out and killing innocent people bossy22 May 2014 #23

So am I. But watch how our resident Gun Enthusiasts respond to gang shootings. (nt) Paladin May 2014 #25

I'll be honest- i have less sympathy for "non-innocent" people who die in gang violence bossy22 May 2014 #29

As a gun enthusiast I find gang violence tragic. ... spin May 2014 #89

Possibly. TexasTowelie May 2014 #27

that doesn't really matter bossy22 May 2014 #33

We get pissed at all violent crimes hack89 May 2014 #30

Son of an Assistant Director of The Hunger Games exboyfil May 2014 #34

I figured as much. Child of parents who probably Cleita May 2014 #36

His mom sounds like an even greater piece of work... fujiyama May 2014 #41

I think she's his step-mom. deurbano May 2014 #46

His victims and their families deserve privacy at this time. Cleita May 2014 #58

I meant I've already paid too much attention to him, fulfilling what seems to be one of his deurbano May 2014 #65

Yeah, I saw that. Never watch those shows, but it might be Cleita May 2014 #57

Access to guns? former9thward May 2014 #73

So all adults should have access to guns you think? Cleita May 2014 #83

No I don't think so. former9thward May 2014 #90

Ummm he is mixed race AnalystInParadise May 2014 #66

She is Arab from Morrocco AnalystInParadise May 2014 #67

I believe that's his stepmom mwdem May 2014 #79

No, his real mother is Malaysian shanti May 2014 #99

over and over again Sedona May 2014 #24

Oof. They_Live May 2014 #28

He is a creepy fucker! Jazzgirl May 2014 #37

Answer to his question fujiyama May 2014 #39

"I'm so magnificent" Plucketeer May 2014 #42

That's just so sad. He's so narcissistic and vapid and just has no sense of himself or his place in mackerel May 2014 #47

I just read PasadenaTrudy May 2014 #52

I saw this comment from 4 days ago gvstn May 2014 #63

That makes so much more sense. I have a couple of friends with mackerel May 2014 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author Arugula Latte May 2014 #48

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Hi ahmed_dijan33�WELCOME to DU... Tikki May 2014 #45

When this stuff happens in Black and Hispanic areas it barely makes the news. 951-Riverside May 2014 #49

ok, then why don't you start a separate thread with that theme, lostincalifornia May 2014 #62

This post sounds pretty awkward. alp227 May 2014 #81

Re: "What are you trying to say regarding black/Hispanic shootings?" 951-Riverside May 2014 #87

are any of those one person on a spree? bettyellen May 2014 #114

good thing he never married demigoddess May 2014 #77

Calling it right now, he idolized the Columbine shooters Rocknrule May 2014 #82

Three Bodies Found in Apartment of Suspected UCSB Shooter Bosonic May 2014 #84

OMG. Le Taz Hot May 2014 #88

It's one of my local stations. Cleita May 2014 #92

I get KYET. I don't usually watch it but will tonight Cleita May 2014 #91

Shooter had 3 semi-auto handguns someone else May 2014 #95

So they have reported. It seems the family Cleita May 2014 #96

I bet the NRA is celebrating right now Dopers_Greed May 2014 #85

Never blkmusclmachine May 2014 #93

The Santa Barbara Police may have ignored warnings from family 951-Riverside May 2014 #94

They probably did as much as they could according to the law. gvstn May 2014 #97

It was explained that they do have strict protocols before they can Cleita May 2014 #98

These "strict protocols" may have cost 7 people their lives. 951-Riverside May 2014 #104

Unfortunately, there needs to be laws in place to do this and Cleita May 2014 #107

The strict protocals are in place to protect people from forced commitment Democat May 2014 #111

I agree, the taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill. The gun manufacturers should pay for the damages. SecularMotion May 2014 #117

When I was the shooter's age I went through a rough period too aint_no_life_nowhere May 2014 #109

everyone teens-20s gos through that. This may have been 'side effects' of psy. drugs he was on. Sunlei May 2014 #112

i just finished his manifesto shanti May 2014 #118

I suppose he got one thing right - the title of his "manifesto"; aptly titled "My twisted world" fujiyama May 2014 #120