to the iv deli mart when bullets flew into the store. no one thinks it s going to happen to their child. i would never have thought chris would die in this way. how would i know? how would i think of that? no one would think that, that your child would die at 20 in front of a deli. reporter: what could a father do? he did this. our son christopher martinez and six others are dead. it was an extraordinary moment when you walked into the news conference. they talk about gun rights. what about chris s right to live? reporter: very unexpected. why did you do that? because i realized that people are only going to be interested in this for a short time. and to honor the memory of my son, i m determined to take advantage of the limited amount of time that we have to talk about this. reporter: and what he wants to talk about is how we got here.
another gunshot wound by the iv deli mart. code 3. reporter: investigators say the gunman suffered from a mental health issue, yet he still owned semiautomatic handguns and hundreds of rounds. all purchased legally, to the frustration of this father, a veteran and former gunowner. i can t tell you how angry i am. it s just awful. and no parent should have to go through this. no parent, to have a kid die because in this kind of a situation, what has changed? have we learned nothing? reporter: learned nothing from newtown, he says. 20 children and six adults shot and killed at sandy hook elementary in connecticut. president obama pushed for tougher federal gun control laws, expanded background checks. but that failed in the senate despite overwhelming public support. i think the vast majority of people in this country favor
horrific crime scene. from here investigators say he got into his bmw and just as he predicted in his youtube videos, would head straight to sorority. on the day of retribution, i am going to enter the hottest sorority house of ucsb, and i will slaughter every single spoiled, stuck-up blond [ bleep ] i see there. reporter: four blocks from the apartment, the al phi phi sorority. they heard loud knocking on the door and didn t open it. the gunman turned and shot and killed veronika weiss, katherine cooper, another woman seriously injured. less than two blocks away, the iv deli mart. another victim, christopher martinez who was just out for a
have now been identified. roger s roommates, 20-year-old cheng hong and 19-year-old george chen found dead with multiple stab wounds inside the gunman s isla vista apartment along with another man, 20-year-old weihan wang. the three men students at the university of california santa barbara were rodger s first victims before taking off in his black bmw to this sorority house. i saw a gunshot wound to her abdomen and side, and also one to her head. reporter: this is where police say he shot 22-year-old katherine cooper and 19-year-old veronika weiss killed right in the front yard. we need a second ambulance for another gunshot wound. reporter: less than two blocks away, rodger opens fire again at a deli mart killing 20-year-old student christopher martinez. surveillance video captured customers diving and scrambling for cover as the bullets flew.