Victims' families file lawsuit over Isla Vista killings

Parents of slain roommates say Elliot Rodger's deadly rampage could have been prevented.



The families of the three UC Santa Barbara students who were killed in Elliot Rodger's deadly rampage in Isla Vista last year have filed a federal lawsuit against Santa Barbara County, the county Sheriff's Department and the apartment complex where Rodger lived, alleging all ignored warning signs that he was dangerous.

Families of Elliot Rodger's slain roommates sue sheriff's, apartment

Rodger killed six UC Santa Barbara students and injured 14 others before taking his own life on May 23, 2014.

The lawsuit was filed by the parents of David Wang and James Hong, who were Rodger's roommates, and the parents of George Chen, who was a friend of Wang and Hong. They three students were each ambushed in the apartment and stabbed repeatedly to death before Rodger went out on a shooting spree.

The lawsuit alleges a failure on several levels, by multiple agents, to recognize red flags that Roger was potentially unstable, violent and a possible danger to himself or others.

Seattle man arrested for threatening to kill women

23-year-old University of Washington student Keshav Bhide claimed to be "the next Elliot Rodger"



In Seattle, a University of Washington student has been arrested for allegedly making threats to murder women on campus, and praising the killer behind the shootings in Isla Vista, California.

Police: Man threatened to kill women at UW

23-year-old Keshav Bhide was arrested after authorities were alerted to online comments he made idolizing shooter Elliot Rodger, who killed six people and wounded thirteen others, before turning the gun on himself, near UC Santa Barbara last month. Yeah, it appears that Keshav is one of those f*$king assholes.

In a series of messages on YouTube and Google+, under the screen name "Foss Dark," Bhide wrote that "everything Elliot did is perfectly justified" and declared that "I am the next Elliot Rodger and guess what I'll do the right thing this time." Saying shit like that, it wasn't long before police and FBI showed up at his doorstep.

Trying to make sense of the Isla Vista killings

Here's all I can come up with, for now: fuck this guy.



By now, you've heard about Elliot Rodger, the man who killed six people and wounded thirteen others in a deadly shooting rampage near UC Santa Barbara on Friday night. Hours before the killing began, the 22-year-old Santa Barbara City College student posted a YouTube video in which he expressed rage over his perceived rejection by women and vowed to exact "retribution."

Video Rant, Then Deadly Rampage in California Town

Rodger also outlined his intentions to kill as many people as possible in a rambling, hateful 140-page manifesto, with graphic, detailed descriptions of how he would "punish" his enemies, starting with his two Asian roommates to the members of Alpha Phi, which he called "the hottest sorority of UCSB."