Scene of the shooting ... in California. Picture: France Kirsten, Twitter Source: Supplied
A GUNMAN went on a drive-by shooting rampage in a Santa Barbara student enclave and at least seven people were killed, including the attacker.
Investigators believe a gunman driving a black BMW acted alone in the shootings near the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown described the shooting in the town of Isla Vista, near the University of California campus, as "a mass murder by a gunman," CNN reported.
Brown confirmed at a news conference that seven people were killed, including the gunman, and seven wounded.
Brown said the suspect exchanged gunfire with deputies and then drove off and crashed into a parked car.
Deputies found the suspect inside the BMW dead from a gunshot wound to the head. But the sheriff said he did not know if the suspect was shot and killed by deputies or if the wound was self-inflicted. A semiautomatic handgun was recovered.
Seven killed ... a nighttime drive-by shooting in a student enclave next to the University of California. Picture: NOOZHAWK Source: Supplied
It wasn't immediately clear what touched off the gunfire or what the suspect's motivation might have been. The sheriff said that the circumstances surrounding the shootings were under investigation.
Authorities searching for a motive were looking into a video posted on social media that contains a man's tirade against women who supposedly rebuffed him, Brown said.
The sheriff is not releasing the suspect's name.
Brown, however, confirmed that written and video material left by 22-year-old Elliot Rodger of Calabasas in the hours and days leading up to the shooting is being reviewed as evidence in to the massacre. "It appears to be connected," he said, the Independent reports.
Paramedics on the scene ... a nighttime drive-by shooting in a student enclave next to the University of California. Picture: NOOZHAWK Source: Supplied
Brown said the shootings occurred at several sites in the town, resulting in nine crime scenes.
Santa Barbara County sheriff's spokeswoman Kelly Hoover told KEYT-TV the gunfire broke out around 9.30pm. Friday in the Isla Vista neighbourhood.
A student told the station he saw shots fired from a BMW, fatally striking one woman and critically injuring another woman.
"I heard shots, scream, pain," Michael Vitak said.
"All emotions. I hope she is going to be fine."
Wrecked car ... a BMW sedan sits wrecked on an Isla Vista sidewalk after the driver — who allegedly gunned down six people during a blocks-long shooting rampage Picture: Urban Hikers Source: Supplied
Xavier Mozejewski told NewsChannel 3 reporter Victoria Sanchez that he witnessed some of the violence and described it as an "old western shoot-out."
The station said a black BMW slammed into as many as two cars.
The shooting prompted officials to issue alerts urging people to stay indoors.
The seven injured victims are being treated at Santa Barbara Cottage hospital — some for gunshot wounds, others for trauma sustained when the suspect crashed his car as he was pursued — and one recently underwent surgery for life-threatening injuries.
Nine crime scenes ... nighttime drive-by shooting in a student enclave next to the University of California. Picture: NOOZHAWK Source: Supplied
Isla Vista is known for parties, including an annual spring bash that turned into a violent blowout last month as young people clashed with police and tossed rocks and bottles.
A university police officer and four deputies were injured and 130 people were arrested.
The incident occurred over a 10-minute period, from the first emergency call at 9.27pm to the suspect's discovery, KEYT-TV reported.
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