7 dead in California drive-by shootings May 24, 2014 - 17:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A gunman has killed six people in drive-by shootings in the Californian city of Santa Barbara, U.S. police said, according to BBC News. The shootings took place on Friday, May 23 night near the University of California-Santa Barbara, where two-thirds of the residents are students. The suspected gunman was found dead in his car with a bullet wound in the head. It is not clear whether the wound was self-inflicted, police said. Seven other people are in hospital, and being treated for bullet wounds. The shootings occurred at several sites in the Isla Vista neighborhood, and there were nine crime scenes, police said. "We have obtained and are currently analysing videotaped evidence that suggests that this atrocity was a premeditated mass murder," Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown told reporters. He said police were familiar with a YouTube video entitled Elliot Rodger's Retribution, which shows a young man complaining about years of rejection by women.  Top stories The embassy staff were evacuated to neighboring Tunisia "due to the ongoing violence, the U.S. State Department said. Another 10,000 fled Mosul after ISIS took control at the beginning of June and numbers dropped have fallen rapidly since. The announcement comes just two days after President Abdullah Gül confirmed that he would not seek a second term. In the report, the Observatory said its activists on the ground have the names of 5,641 rebels who have been killed in infighting.   Partner news |  Latest news Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi dies at 90  Bergonzi served in World War II in an anti-aircraft artillery unit, and was interned in a German forced labor camp for three years.Amazon opens doors to new 3D Printing Store "The online customer shopping experience will be redefined through 3D printing," says Sculpteo CEO Clément Moreau.Boston University former ‘First Lady’ Jasmine Chobanian dies Chobanian served on the board of trustees of Boston Ballet and was active in efforts to provide aid to the people of Armenia.Kyrgyzstan hosts CSTO joint military exercise Troops from five member-states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization arrived in Kyrgyzstan to take part in the drills. |
