seven dead, including the perpetrator. in the days since 22-year-old elliot rodger went on a rampage, a picture emerged of a struggles of a man struggling with mental illness who plotted violence. in his local apartment, he stabbed to death his roommates. before he left his apartment, he stabbed to death george chen, a family friend and initials c.h. before he left his apartment, he uploaded a video to youtube detailing his motives. he also e-mailed a manifesto to his parents and others. seeing the e-mail and video, his parents alerted authorities and rushed to santa barbara to try to stop him. they were on their way when they heard the news of a shooting spree. according to authorities, elliot rodger drove to a sorority house. no one answered the door, but he allegedly shot three women on the line, killing two of them, katie weicooper and veronika