The parents of David Wang and George Chen — the first two victims killed in the rampage near the University of California Santa Barbara campus — believe the tragedy could have been prevented, and are bothered that Elliot Rodger's parents did not extend their condolences. “There were several opportunities missed,” Jane Wang said during a “CBS This Morning” interview (above) on Thursday. “It is time for all Americans to wake up to do our own part. So maybe it's too late for our children, but it is not too late for all Americans.” Also read: Barbara Walters to Interview Ucsb Shooter's Father When.
- 6/26/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
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As grieving families and friends remember the lives of six University of California, Santa Barbara, students killed Friday in a violent rampage, questions remain about why the troubled young man behind the deaths wasn't stopped. Elliot Rodger, 22, went on an evening killing spree that began in his apartment and ended on the streets of Isla Vista, California. When it was over, Cheng Yuan "James" Hong, 20, Weihan "David" Wang, 20, George Chen, 19, Katie Cooper, 22, Veronika Weiss, 19, and Christopher Michaels-Martinez, 20, all lost their lives before Rodger turned his gun on himself. Rodger, who had been in therapy since childhood, according to Simon Astaire,...
- 5/28/2014
- by Alicia C. Dennis
- PEOPLE.com
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The mother of one of Elliot Rodger's roommates is speaking out about her grief after losing her only son. "I don't understand why this happened to me," said a devastated Jinshuang "Jane" Liu as she tried to come to terms with the loss of her son, Weihan "David" Wang, who was apparently killed by Santa Barbara college student Elliot Rodger. Wang, 22, had told his mother that he wanted to move out of the Isla Vista, California, apartment he was sharing with Rodger, also 22, and two other students who were found dead: George Chen, 19, and "James" Cheng Yuan Hong, 20, both of San Jose.
- 5/27/2014
- by K.C. Blumm
- PEOPLE.com
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The mother of one of Elliot Rodger's roommates is speaking out about her grief after losing her only son. "I don't understand why this happened to me," said a devastated Jinshuang "Jane" Liu as she tried to come to terms with the loss of her son, Weihan "David" Wang, who was apparently killed by Santa Barbara college student Elliot Rodger. Wang, 22, had told his mother that he wanted to move out of the Isla Vista, California, apartment he was sharing with Rodger, also 22, and were two other students were found dead: George Chen, 19, and "James" Cheng Yuan Hong, 20, both of San Jose.
- 5/27/2014
- by K.C. Blumm
- PEOPLE.com
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Three victims believed to have been stabbed to death by Elliot Rodger were his two roommates and their friend, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said on Sunday. Police said that they believe Rodger, the son of “Hunger Games” assistant director Peter Rodger, stabbed the victims prior to going on a shooting rampage in the campus community of Isla Vista at around 9:30 Friday night. Also read: Police Confirm Ucsb Shooter as Elliot Rodger, 3 Bodies Found in Shooter's Home The victims were identified as 20-year-old Cheng Yuan Hong and 19-year-old George Chen, both of San Jose, and 20-year-old Weihan Wang of Fremont,...
- 5/26/2014
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
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The idyllic town of Isla Vista was rocked when a man went on a killing spree, stabbing three men in his apartment complex, then fatally shooting three university students as he drove around in a BMW. The shooting victims - Veronika Weiss, Katie Cooper and Christopher Martinez - were remembered Saturday evening at an on-campus vigil that drew more than 1,000 members of the tight-knit University of California, Santa Barbara, community. (The names of the stabbing victims, also all Ucsb students, weren't released until Sunday.) Here's a closer look at three of the lives cut short by Elliot Rodger, 22. Katie Cooper,...
- 5/25/2014
- by Howard Breuer and Melody Chiu
- PEOPLE.com
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