| 2014 Isla Vista killings | |
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 Memorial held for the victims on May 24, 2014 | |
  Isla Vista Isla Vista (southern California)  Isla Vista Isla Vista (the United States) | |
| Location | Isla Vista, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 34°24′43″N 119°51′32″W / 34.412°N 119.859°W |
| Date | May 23, 2014 9:27 – 9:35 p.m. (UTC−8:00) |
| Target | Students of the University of California, Santa Barbara, roommates |
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| Deaths | 7 (3 by stabbing; 4 by gunfire, including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 14 (7 by gunfire, 7 struck by motor vehicle) |
| Perpetrator | Elliot Rodger |
| Motive | Misogynist terrorism, revenge for sexual and social rejection, incel ideology |
The 2014 Isla Vista killings were two misogynistic terror attacks that occurred in Isla Vista, California, United States. 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.
In Rodger's apartment, he ambushed and stabbed to death his two roommates and their friend, killing them separately as they arrived. About two hours later, he drove to a sorority house and, after failing to gain entry, he shot three women, two of whom died. He then drove past a nearby delicatessen, and shot and killed a man who was inside. Following this, he drove around Isla Vista, shooting and wounding several pedestrians from his car, and striking others with his car. He twice exchanged gunfire with police and was injured in the hip. After Rodger's 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 titled "Elliot Rodger's Retribution", in which he outlined his planned attack and his motives, to the video-sharing platform YouTube. In the video, Rodger said 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, family members and his therapist; the document appeared on the Internet and became widely known as his manifesto. In the document, Rodger 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 "retribution".