US police have confirmed that a man who killed six people in a rampage in California was 22-year-old Elliot Rodger.
The student was the son of Hollywood filmmaker Peter Rodger, who was assistant director on The Hunger Games.
At a press conference, police said Rodger had stabbed three male room-mates to death at his apartment.
He later went on a rampage through Isla Vista in a black BMW, shooting at people at random.
After exchanging gunfire with police, Rodger was found dead inside his crashed vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head, police said.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said Rodger apparently killed himself during a shoot-out with police officers.
A chilling video of a young man who identified himself as Elliot Rodger was posted on YouTube At a press conference, he called it a "chaotic, rapidly unfolding convoluted incident" that involved multiple crime scenes.
Investigators are analyzing a YouTube video in which a young man who identifies himself as Elliot Rodger sits in a car and and says he is going to take his revenge against humanity.
Sheriff Brown said that after leaving his apartment, Rodger had shot three women in the street, killing two of them.
He then drove his car through the beachside community, targeting people at random, and the sixth victim was shot dead in a delicatessen.
Seven other people were wounded.
Sheriff Brown said authorities had recovered three semi-automatic handguns after Friday's shooting.
All the weapons were bought legally and were registered to Rodger, he said.
US police confirm drive-by killer
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