Elliot Rodger Mass Killing Victims Named

Witnesses have described how gunman Elliot Rodger sprayed bullets from his black BMW as tributes are paid to his victims.

The Hollywood filmmaker's son stabbed three men to death in his apartment before claiming three more victims as he targeted Isla Vista's Alpha Phi sorority and fired indiscriminately at groups of people socialising on Friday night.

Veronika Weiss, 19 and Katie Cooper, 22 - sisters at UCSB's Delta Delta Delta sorority - were shot dead near their college campus, while Christopher Michael Martinez, 20, was killed when Rodger fired into a busy deli.

Chad Scott, a teacher at Ms Weiss' former school Westlake High, wrote on Twitter: "My heart goes out to the family of Veronika Weiss. Veronika was a Westlake graduate killed in yesterday's UCSB shooting. Rest in peace."

Bree Casas posted a picture on Facebook of the two girls together and said: "I couldn't have asked for better sisters in my life."

Katie Cooper (top) posted photos of holidays with friends on Facebook

Mr Martinez's friend Spencer Baker said on Twitter: "Tonight we remember our fellow Gauchos, and most importantly our dear friend, Chris Martinez. Rest easy, man."

Tyler Haden, a journalist with the Santa Barbara Independent newspaper, told Sky News people were "visibly distraught" after the attack.

"We saw a lot of different emergency responders milling about," he said. "There was a lot of confusion because there were so many different crime scenes."

Sorority friends paid tribute to murdered student Veronika Weiss

Robert Johnson said a black BMW had slowed down near IV Deli Mart, a popular gathering spot, where people were eating outside. "Someone in the car" opened fire, he said.

"I heard somewhere between 12 to 20 shots into a group of people who were eating in front of it," he told NBC Los Angeles.

Alexander Mattera, 23, added: "We heard so many gunshots, it was unbelievable. I thought they were firecrackers. There had to have been at least like two guns. There were a lot of shots."

UC Santa Barbara students near one of the crime scenes

Twenty-year-old student Ian Papa said he saw the gunman driving wildly through the street, at one point knocking down two cyclists.

"He hit two bikes," Mr Papa told the New York Times. "One he barely grazed. The other was ploughed down. The biker went through the windshield."

Another witness, Daniel Slovinsky, told the Los Angeles Times: "I heard some pops, but I just assumed they were fireworks. 

The gunman was Elliot Rodger, son of a Hollywood director

"Contrary to what you might expect, there wasn't a whole lot of chaos immediately. I didn't hear any screaming. A few people were running."

Xavier Mozejewski told KEYT-TV that it was like an "old Western shoot-out".

Jimmy Chang, a reporter for the UCSB newspaper, said a female student had told him the gunman opened fire on her as she was walking down the street.

"He actually drove across the street to meet her," Chang told NBC Los Angeles.

Police say they were alerted around 9.30pm on Friday

"The guy stuck his head out and says, 'Hey, what are you doing?' She ignored him. The guy pulled out a gun and shot at her. The bullet missed her head. She said she thought it was a BB gun, and she just kept walking faster."

Sienna Schwartz told CNN that she started to flee when the shots began flying.

"He shot and I felt like air passing my face," she said.

The killer had two gun battles with police before crashing into a parked car. He was found slumped in the BMW with a gunshot wound to the head, though it is unclear if it was self-inflicted.

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