05-26-2014, 05:50 PM
Updates
These are the roommates that Rodger stabbed to death before going on his shooting spree.
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20-year-old Weihan "James" Wang of Fremont, 19-year-old George Chen of San Jose, 20-year-old Cheng Yuan Hong of San Jose. RIP.
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Elliot Rodger's parents were rushing to stop him from hurting anyone Friday night when they heard news of a shooting and feared their son was involved. They had driven to Santa Barbara after seeing an alarming video in which he promised a deadly "revenge against humanity."
That's the story as told to the by Simon Astaire, a family friend of the Rodgers who says the 22-year-old's parents had called the authorities along the way — only to be told when they arrived that their son had killed six people and apparently himself. The divorced couple had been alerted to the possible danger by their son's therapist after Elliot Rodger sent an email and posted the video message online. By the time they reached Santa Barbara, it was all over.
— "Courteous and polite." "Timid and shy." Those are the words sheriff's deputies used to describe Elliot Rodger when they visited him weeks ago at his family's request, Shirley Jahad of member station reports. She says the deputies who spoke to Rodger didn't think he qualified for a "5150" detention, which would have put him under psychiatric care for 72 hours.
— "Obviously, looking back on this, it's a very tragic situation and we certainly wish that we could turn the clock back and maybe change some things," Sheriff Bill Brown said on CBS' on Sunday. "At the time deputies interacted with him, he was able to convince them that he was OK."
— Rodger lived in a gray area, as someone who was noticeably sad and alone but who was also "highly functioning," his troubles never blowing out of control to the point that authorities felt the need to intervene, the reports.
— The Santa Barbara County sheriff's department says three 9mm pistols were found in Rodger's black BMW — along with 49 ammunition magazines for the guns (five of which were empty). All three weapons were loaded, had been purchased legally and were registered in the suspect's name, police say, citing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014...o-stop-him
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I don't think Santa Barbara police were star struck by the kid of an assistant director in L.A. -- it was the parents who reported their son to police in the first place.
I think Elliot Rodger put on an act and didn't give police any probable cause to search his home or put him into psychiatric care without his consent.
I do wish LE had checked for other signs of mental disturbance (police say they were unaware of all the bizarre Youtube rant videos he'd posted in the months leading up to the attacks) or asked to see his room, at least. Even if SBPD had no real means to suspect that they were dealing with a would-be mass-murderer at the time, they should have assumed he was a possible suicide risk, IMO.
These are the roommates that Rodger stabbed to death before going on his shooting spree.
20-year-old Weihan "James" Wang of Fremont, 19-year-old George Chen of San Jose, 20-year-old Cheng Yuan Hong of San Jose. RIP.
Snip:
Elliot Rodger's parents were rushing to stop him from hurting anyone Friday night when they heard news of a shooting and feared their son was involved. They had driven to Santa Barbara after seeing an alarming video in which he promised a deadly "revenge against humanity."
That's the story as told to the by Simon Astaire, a family friend of the Rodgers who says the 22-year-old's parents had called the authorities along the way — only to be told when they arrived that their son had killed six people and apparently himself. The divorced couple had been alerted to the possible danger by their son's therapist after Elliot Rodger sent an email and posted the video message online. By the time they reached Santa Barbara, it was all over.
— "Courteous and polite." "Timid and shy." Those are the words sheriff's deputies used to describe Elliot Rodger when they visited him weeks ago at his family's request, Shirley Jahad of member station reports. She says the deputies who spoke to Rodger didn't think he qualified for a "5150" detention, which would have put him under psychiatric care for 72 hours.
— "Obviously, looking back on this, it's a very tragic situation and we certainly wish that we could turn the clock back and maybe change some things," Sheriff Bill Brown said on CBS' on Sunday. "At the time deputies interacted with him, he was able to convince them that he was OK."
— Rodger lived in a gray area, as someone who was noticeably sad and alone but who was also "highly functioning," his troubles never blowing out of control to the point that authorities felt the need to intervene, the reports.
— The Santa Barbara County sheriff's department says three 9mm pistols were found in Rodger's black BMW — along with 49 ammunition magazines for the guns (five of which were empty). All three weapons were loaded, had been purchased legally and were registered in the suspect's name, police say, citing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014...o-stop-him
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I don't think Santa Barbara police were star struck by the kid of an assistant director in L.A. -- it was the parents who reported their son to police in the first place.
I think Elliot Rodger put on an act and didn't give police any probable cause to search his home or put him into psychiatric care without his consent.
I do wish LE had checked for other signs of mental disturbance (police say they were unaware of all the bizarre Youtube rant videos he'd posted in the months leading up to the attacks) or asked to see his room, at least. Even if SBPD had no real means to suspect that they were dealing with a would-be mass-murderer at the time, they should have assumed he was a possible suicide risk, IMO.