campus. here s what one witness described what he saw. i saw a black bmw turn on to the street that i was standing on the corner of, and then i heard a popping sound. at first i thought it was the car backfiring, which was strange, i thought, because it was such a new car. and i heard it again, and then by that point, the car had pulled up in front of the deli mart, at which case i heard 12, somewhere between 12 and 20 shots into a group of people that were eating in front of it. let s bring in nbc s jennifer bjorklund. jennifer, what are deputies saying at this point? reporter: well, there s a lot of information out there, karen. the latest being that the gunman is believed to be 22-year-old eliot roger. and what you talked about earlier, the youtube video, there was actually a series of youtube videos with that one that they are calling the manifesto. some of which had been pulled down a few weeks ago when the family expressed concern about
their son. that was information that was posted by eliot roger, on his youtube page, saying that some of his stuff was apparently disturbing and he didn t want anyone to feel bad, so he took down the videos a few weeks ago, but there are plenty on there. and those are all being looked at by investigators, that are also looking over nine different crime scenes. this gunman exchanged gunfire twice with deputies before he crashed his car, just behind me, where they re cleaning up the scene and finishing up with their investigations back there. they re just they just towed the car away about an hour ago, and they are looking at everything, every shell casing, every witness statement, and all the information that they can get, even though they believe that the suspect is dead of a gunshot wound, they have six others who are also dead and seven others who are in the hospital. many of them students here at the uc santa barbara county in ila vista, where most students lived, if they don t li
here live on cnn. the shooting happened here not far from santa barbara, california. one witness said he saw three young women shot on the lawn of their sorority house on the campus of city college of santa barbara where it s believed the shooter also went. also, police say they have reason to believe this is not random. some random impulsive act but premeditated. we have obtained and we are currently analyzing both written and videotaped evidence that suggests that this atrocity was a premeditated mass murder. and the video that the sheriff is talking about is one of several made and posted on youtube by eliot roger, they re long rants about how he s ignored, rejected by women his age. he calls, says he s going to have a total annihilation. he says he s about to take revenge in the most recent video. tomorrow is the day of
we want to update you on breaking news from santa barbara, california. new information on the deadly rampage in the small town of ila vista, which killed seven people, including the gunman, and injured seven others. the family of 22-year-old eliot roger has just confirmed to nbc news through their lawyer that they believe their son is the gunman. investigators are off to analyzing what could be the gunman s videotaped manifesto. this youtube video, entitled eliot rogers retribution, posted yesterday, shows the alleged gunman sitting behind the wheel of a car ranting about girls not being attracted to him and vowing to punish them. the police say rogers parents were aware of his youtube post and contacted authorities out of concern. he also suffered from asperger s syndrome, a mild form of autism. investigators have searched his home and are analyzing evidence from the nine different crime scenes near the uc santa barbara campus. here s what one witness described what he saw
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