On the evening of May 23 , , in Isla Vista, California , year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara , before killing himself inside his vehicle. The attack began when Rodger stabbed three men to death in his apartment, apparently one by one on their arrival. Approximately three hours later, he drove to a sorority house , but failed to gain access. He then shot three women outside; two of them died. He next drove past a nearby deli and shot to death a male student who was inside. He then began to speed through Isla Vista, shooting and wounding several pedestrians and striking several others with his car.