As grieving families and friends remember the lives of six University of California, Santa Barbara, students killed Friday in a violent rampage, questions remain about why the troubled young man behind the deaths wasn't stopped. Elliot Rodger, 22, went on an evening killing spree that began in his apartment and ended on the streets of Isla Vista, California. When it was over, Cheng Yuan "James" Hong, 20, Weihan "David" Wang, 20, George Chen, 19, Katie Cooper, 22, Veronika Weiss, 19, and Christopher Michaels-Martinez, 20, all lost their lives before Rodger turned his gun on himself. Rodger, who had been in therapy since childhood, according to Simon Astaire,...
- 5/28/2014
- by Alicia C. Dennis
- PEOPLE.com
Richard Martinez, the outspoken father of University of California Santa Barbara shooting victim Christopher Michael-Martinez, lashed out at Congress Tuesday during an emotional memorial service honoring the victims of Friday's deadly massacre. “Not one more,” the elder Martinez demanded as he addressed a crowd of several thousand students, parents and family members who gathered to remember the six Ucsb students killed in Isla Vista. The killing spree left a total of seven dead, including the gunman, Elliot Rodger, 22. During the memorial service, the names of Rodger's victims were each read aloud — Veronika Weiss, 19, Katie Cooper, 22, Chris Martinez,...
- 5/28/2014
- by Anita Bennett
- The Wrap
The idyllic town of Isla Vista was rocked when a man went on a killing spree, stabbing three men in his apartment complex, then fatally shooting three university students as he drove around in a BMW. The shooting victims - Veronika Weiss, Katie Cooper and Christopher Martinez - were remembered Saturday evening at an on-campus vigil that drew more than 1,000 members of the tight-knit University of California, Santa Barbara, community. (The names of the stabbing victims, also all Ucsb students, weren't released until Sunday.) Here's a closer look at three of the lives cut short by Elliot Rodger, 22. Katie Cooper,...
- 5/25/2014
- by Howard Breuer and Melody Chiu
- PEOPLE.com
The idyllic town of Isla Vista was rocked when a man went on a killing spree, stabbing three men in his apartment complex, then fatally shooting three university students as he drove around in a BMW. The shooting victims - Veronika Weiss, Katie Cooper and Christopher Martinez - were remembered Saturday evening at an on-campus vigil that drew more than 1,000 members of the tight-knit University of California, Santa Barbara, community. (The stabbing victims still have not been identified). Here's a closer look at three of the lives cut short by Elliot Rodger, 22. Katie Cooper, 22The senior, who grew up in Chino Hills,...
- 5/25/2014
- by Howard Breuer and Melody Chiu
- PEOPLE.com
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