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concerned about his welfare, but police say rodger came across as polite. in the manifesto, he writes if police had searched his room, they would have found his guns and it would have been all over. >> mr. rodger was, although deeply disturbed, he was able to put on a front, as it were, and convince them, and obviously, convince a lot of other people that he didn't have problems that were so severe that it would require some fairly extreme intervention by mental health professionals. >> the six victims were all uc santa barbara students, inclu including hong, wang and chen. hong and chen were rodger's roommates. it's unclear if wang was a roommate or visiting. veronika weiss was a water polo athlete, described as always smiling. katie cooper was with weiss when she was gunned down and studying
hagel says he is angry about allegations that veterans may have died while waiting for care. as the nation pauses to mark memorial day, the new reality for troops in afghanistan. thousands may remain there for years to come, despite the u.s. withdrawal. we'll tell you what the president said during his trip to bagram. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. 30 minutes after the hour. thanks for being with us. happy memorial day. we're learning more about the desperate moments just after police say 22-year-old elliot rodger began his killing spree, stabbing three people to death at his apartment and then opening fire near the campus of uc santa barbara, leaving three more dead and more than a dozen wounded before finally turning the gun on himself. a family friend tells cnn that rodger's parents received his 137-page manifesto by e-mail just as he was driving the streets with a gun. they saw his disturbing youtube video and then tried in vain to find him.
it was too late. police now believe rodger had been working on his plan for months. an officer had visited him just weeks ago after a relative became concerned about his mental health, but police, they visited and then they left, because they said that elliot rodger seemed to be doing okay. in his manifester, rodger writes, if police had searched his room, they would have found his guns and his whole plan, it would have been all over. >> mr. rodger was, although deeply disturbed, he was able to put on a front, as it were, and convince them, and obviously, convince a lot of other people that he didn't have problems that were so severe that it would require some fairly extreme intervention by mental health professionals. >> we're now learning more about the victims. among them, chen yuan hung and weng and chen.