ELLIOT ROGERS, "THE DAY OF RETRIBUTION" (with video link)

 

ELLIOT ROGERS (the original "Incel)

"DAY OF RETRIBUTION"

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link to the You Tube video of "Day of Retribution"

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/historic-pike-county-church-caught-fire/85-b59935a8-3085-4a7e-bded-90cbab91bf31

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CRIME SUMMARY

The 2014 Isla Vista killings were two misogynistic terror attacks in Isla Vista, California. On the evening of Friday, May 23, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle ramming near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), before fatally shooting himself.

Rodger stabbed his two roommates and their friend to death in his apartment, ambushing and killing them separately as they arrived. About two hours later, he drove to a sorority house and, after failing to get inside, shot three women outside, two of whom died. He next drove past a nearby deli and shot and killed a man who was inside. He then drove around Isla Vista, shooting and wounding several pedestrians from his car and striking others with his car. He exchanged gunfire with police twice and was injured in the hip. After his car crashed into a parked vehicle, he was found dead inside with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Before driving to the sorority house, Rodger uploaded a video to YouTube titled "Elliot Rodger's Retribution", in which he outlined his planned attack and his motives. He explained that he wanted to punish women for rejecting him, and sexually active men because he envied them. He also emailed a lengthy autobiographical manuscript to friends, his therapist, and family members; the document appeared on the Internet and became widely known as his manifesto. In it, he described his childhood, family conflicts, frustration over his inability to find a girlfriend, his hatred of women, his contempt for couples, and his plans for what he described as "retribution".

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ATTACKS

Attacks

On May 23, 2014, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger, carrying 6- and 8-inch "SRK" and nine-inch boar hunting knife, first attacked his roommate, 20-year-old Weihan "David" Wang, as he entered their apartment. As Wang tried to defend himself, he was stabbed 15 times and suffered 23 slashes. Rodger dragged Wang's body to the corner of a bedroom and threw it on the floor facedown, partially covering it with blankets, towels, and clothing. 20-year-old Cheng Yuan "James" Hong, Rodger's other roommate, was still wearing his backpack and entered the apartment. He was ambushed by Rodger, and despite his attempts to defend himself, Hong was stabbed 25 times and slashed 12 times. Rodger dragged Hong's body to the same bedroom, throwing it face down halfway on top of Wang's body, also concealing Hong's body with blankets and clothing. The final victim, 19-year-old George Chen, Hong and Wang's friend, arrived at the apartment last to visit them. Upon entering, Rodger immediately attacked Chen, stabbing him 94 times and slashing him 11 times as he attempted to defend himself. Rodger left Chen's body in a bathroom in a pool of blood. Rodger tried to clean the apartment's hallways and hide evidence of the earlier stabbings as each victim entered. He tried using bathroom towels and paper towels to clean up the blood, but they quickly became soaked. Despite his efforts, blood remained splattered on the hallways and its walls.

Rodger visiting a Starbucks hours before his shooting rampage

After killing the three men, Rodger got out of his blood-drenched clothes and entangled them with his bed sheets. He showered, put on new clothes, went to Starbucks, and bought a triple-vanilla latte while texting his mother he would call her later. Less than two hours after his Starbucks visit, Rodger emailed a 137-page manifesto called My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger to 34 people, including his parents, friends, and therapists.Rodger then uploaded a video on YouTube called "Elliot Rodger's Retribution" minutes before leaving. Rodger's mother was alerted by a call from her son's life coach Gavin Linderman to check an email her son sent. After opening it, she read his manifesto before finding the "Retribution" video online. She called Rodger's father and both rushed towards the university while contacting the police.hree semi automatic pistols, additional ammunition strapped to his waist, and a full gas can He tried to open the door, pulling on the handle before typing on the keypad numerous times. He then knocked on the door for over three minutes.Unable to enter, he became frustrated and set the gas can down.He returned to his car where he then noticed three members of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, 19-year-old Veronika Weiss, 22-year-old Katherine Cooper, and a 20-year-old woman, walking around the corner of the Alpha Phi sorority.As the three women were walking back to their Delta Delta Delta sorority house, Rodger slowly drove up to them, and rolled down his passenger side window, firing multiple rounds at them. Rodger sped away and people noticed the women bleeding on the grass. One person started giving Cooper CPR, while another tried to comfort Weiss by holding her head and speaking to her, but when the police arrived, the two women were already dead. The 20-year-old woman, in a call with her mother, was crying repeatedly that she was going to die. A deputy arrived to provide aid to her, applying pressure to her wounds. A bystander then came and continued to administer first aid while the deputy joined the pursuit of Rodger. A person told the woman's mother over the phone that her daughter was going to survive.

CCTV image of people in the IV Deli Mart running for cover as Rodger fired into it

After leaving the sorority house, Rodger made a three-point turn in a driveway on Pardall Road. As he drove past a coffee shop on Pardall, he fired a shot into it, but the shop was closed. He proceeded to the IV Deli Mart, where he unleashed a barrage of gunfire at individuals nearby.A 20-year-old Christopher Michaels-Martinez was at the deli's entrance when he turned around to look at Rodger's car. He was shot in the chest, resulting in injuries to his liver and the right ventricle of his heart.Michaels-Martinez managed to stumble inside the deli but fell to the ground. Rodger continued to fire additional shots into the deli, shattering windows as people scrambled for cover.Rodger drove away and despite CPR attempts by a 19-year-old woman and sheriff's deputy, Michaels-Martinez died from his injuries. Rodger then continued driving, hitting a man with his car, causing him to be thrown into the air. Driving on the wrong side of the street, he hit another pedestrian and fired at two people on the sidewalk but missed them. He shot a couple leaving a pizzeria and a female cyclist. After turning onto several streets, Rodger exchanged gunfire with a sheriff's deputy and hit two pedestrians. Rodger shot and injured three people on Sabado Tarde Street, hit a skateboarder and two cyclists with his car, and then shot two other men at another intersectionNear the intersection of El Embarcadero and Sabado Tarde, he had a shootout with four sheriff's deputies and got shot in the hip. Rodger turned onto several streets, putting the gun to his head and pulling the trigger, causing his car to hit another cyclist who tumbled and damaged the car's windshield. Rodger car eventually crashed into another parked vehicle. As police surrounded the car, they mistakenly handcuffed the cyclist, thinking he might be a second suspect. They soon realized the cyclist was actually a victim, not involved in the attacks, and provided him with medical care. The police looked in the car and found Rodger dead from a self-inflected gunshot wound to the head.