he was also weihan wang -- weihan wang was also in the apartment. his parent left this morning from santa barbara. more reaction coming up at 5:30 p.m. >>> a bay area man who survived that deadly attack is making progress in his recovery. now a picture of nick. in a hospital bed. you can see him there. police say both of his legs were broken when elliot rodger struck him with his car. his friends say he is trying to focus on recovery. >> she in much better condition than he was -- he is in much better condition than he was yesterday. but today he is more lively. been holding more conversations with him. so that is nice to see. >> she a member of the water polo team at the university of the pacific in stockton. >> in light of the events, tomorrow is a day of mourning and reflection for students at uc santa barbara. classes will not be held tomorrow. instead students are invited to take parts in a all day event to make 10,000 memorial ribbons. teachers will be available to meet with students. class resume on wednesday and on thursday students are enco

weihan wang was from fremont. ktvu's ann rubin is in san jose where she learned more about the men killed. >> reporter: high school graduates who appeared to be thriving at uc santa barbara. >> those that knew george chen are filled with anger and grief. she lived next door to the family. >> i am really sorry from the bottom of my heart. i hope somehow this stops. >> violent rampage that took his life. hewas stabbed by his apartment. elliot rodger killed three others and injured 13. >> it needs to start from the home. you know? parents. have to teach the kids the value of life. other people life. >> reporter: she was a -- he was a 2012 graduate who worked with kids at the ymca. he was devoted to giving back. >> good boy. they involved in the community volunteer. and they try to help people. >> reporter: cheng yuan hong worked with kids, he was studying commuter engineering. friends call him brilliant and gendal. they -- gentle. they wish this could have been prevented. >> no one deserves that. especially not him.

they say that weihan wang was liked by everyone, now they can't believe he's gone. the parents of weihan wang are overcome with grief ever since they got the horrible news their only son was killed in the rampage in isla vista. >> i'm so proud of him. >> reporter: that's how she describes her son who she says goes by david, just 20 years old, one of the three uc santa barbara students stabbed by elliot rodger. a friend at the family's home said david had already made plans to move out of the apartment. >> in the middle of the night and david complained to the manager of the apartment and that they were planning to move out. >> reporter: she shares pictures of her son who graduated from free mont, christian school. >> every time i think about him, i feel heartbroken. >> reporter: she said she found out her son was one of the victims while she was at work. now friends are trying to help her keep going as she remembers her son as kind, caring, responsible. the type of teen that drove slowly when he got his license. played basketball with his dad. and now they're left w

the family of weihan wang. he has been the most outspoken in the last days. calling for greater gun control and calling on students to commit themselves to end the violence. >> and not good enough. >> reporter: student body president asked her classmates to look at one another and remind themselves that they are in this together and that they will remember those who died. but it was richard martinez who brought the crowd together. >> once the father came forward and spoke and really got the crowd involved, it felt much more uplifting and empowered, and, you know, felt like we could all gather together as a community and do something about it, for once. >> now martinez asked the students to use social media, to use whatever they could command to try and change the policies that he believes helped exacerbate this problem of campus violence, particularly, gun violence. a crowd of about 30,000 is what the police are saying. just the very last of them now leaving this stadium on the uc santa barbara campus. it has been a very emotional day. and it has touched a lo

the other victim was weihan wang from fremont. they have a vigil planned at his school and as the morning goes on we will talk to those who knew these victims. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> thanks janine. students at uc berkeley are planning on holding a victim tomorrow near the campus. people are being cold and one question that is on everybody's mind is could this have been prevented. he sent out a warning shortly before his rampage. one who works for schools and looks through computers looking for key words and then has people evaluate whether it might be a legitimate threat. >> no single parent or guardian can filter through all of the information that is out there in an effective manner. >> they tried to get help for the students and in this case, his family was alerted and they did try to upper but just last week, they promised to put the matter before voters if the board does not approve a program by this summer. >>> they are still searching for it, and one person was killed, two others were hurt, this

that's right, we spoke with a family friend of weihan wang. she says he is the family's only child,nly son and that they are just devastated by what has happened and can't accept that their 20-year-old son is gone. a student at uc santa barbara there to study computer science. she immigrated with the family from china to the united states ten years ago. at this point authorities say it's not clear if wang was a roommate with elliot rodger or perhaps a visitor to the apartment but one of the three young men stabbed to death in that apartment and all uc santa barbara students victims in the isla vista rampage. wang had a very friendly personality and seemed to get along with everyone. >> really, really friendly to everybody. not have any conflict with anybody. that's what i said, no reason. >> she says that he graduated from fremont christian school here in the bay area and this tragedy makes her scared to send her own son away to college next year. she tells us that wang's family is expected to leave today for santa barbara. reporting live in f

we spoke with a family friend of weihan wang tearful and distraught over what happened. she immigrate would the family from china to the united states ten years ago and at this point authorities say it's unclear whether the 20-year-old was a roommate to elliot rodger or just a visitor. he was one of three young men stabbed to death in rodger's apartment. part of rodger's deadly shooting spree. she held back tears as she talked about wang who she says was a graduate. in china there is a one-child policy. he was the center of the family. >> they are really sad? >> yeah. definitely. only one kid, only one son. >> now she worries about sending her own child to college next year who is a 16-year-old. she says weihan wang was a computer science major and the family is headed down to santa barbara this morning. reporting live in fremont, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you, christie. bob redell is in san jose, where one of the victims went to school. good morning, bob. >> the school district cannot confirm that cheng yuan hong graduated here in 2012, but they will

weihan wang and george chen and cheng yuan hong from san jose. "today in the bay" bob redell is live at the high school this morning. bob, grief counselors will be on hand. >> right, because cheng y, uan hong graduated from here not too long ago, back in 2012. students here at lynbrook high who remember him and that's why the school district is sending in counselors here today the first day back from break in case there is somebody who needs to talk to somebody. cheng yuan hong was 20 years old and engineering student at uc santa barbara and room mates with two of his best friends and also elliot rodger, the man who allegedly stabbed to death those three room mates. hong did have a run-in with rodger he made a citizen's arrest and hong pled guilty to the petty theft. george chen, he's the second roommate who was murdered. a computer engineering student also at ucsb and seen here in pics from his facebook page. he is 19 years old and camp counselor at the ymca and we spoke with one of his neighbors who lives across from his family home in san jose

she tells us that weihan wang was majoring in computer science. christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> the suspect in this deadly rampage had been apparently plotting these killings for five years. investigators say 22-year-old elliot roger wanted revenge for what he believed was a lifetime of isolation. he detailed his plans in writings called "my twisted words" he e-mailed his manifesto to his parents and uploaded a video to youtube just minutes before the shooting. >> tomorrow, is a day of retribution. a day in which i will have my revenge against humanity. >> the santa barbara sheriff said his department had been in contact with roger before the killings, but officials say he did not appear to be a threat to himself or others. here you see surveillance video as the shooting happened. as for the friday night attack, it all happened or started at roger's own home where he stabbed the three men from the bay area to death. from there armed with three legally purchased handguns and more than 400 rounds of ammunition he continued his attack at the

the south bay. 20-year-old cheng hong, 19-year-old george chen, from san jose, the third victim, weihan wang was from fremont. they were stabbed to death. we know as the rampage was taking place eliot rodger's parents were trying find him after receive egg the manifest from their son. he i'm emed to several people, including his therapist, not long before the shootings began. tonight six of his victims remain in the hospital. three in good condition, two serious, and one in fair. sergio quintana is live at rodger's apartment with more on the victims. reporter: this is where those three young men from the bay area lived. this is where they're bodies were found. we understand from neighbors in this complex that two of those young men were roommates of eliot rodger, the other young man one of their friends. from here, after authorities say he stabbed them, rodger then drove to a sew -- sorority house. >> today this collection of flowers and memorials to have gown. some people didn't know the young women but wanted to pair the respects to katherine cooper and very ran nick -- very ron nick calif

they're identified as 20-year-old cheng hong from san jose, george chen, and 20-year-old weihan wang of fremont. in youtube posts, eliot rodger said this violent rampage was retribution for being treated badly by women and getting pick on by the larger community. but his anybody tells us it was difficult to enter act with him. >> he describes him as a gentleman. of course. >> he never talked. to be a gentleman you have to say stuff. >> that neighbor tells us that eliot rodger lived at this complex for several months. he says he and other neighbors repeatedly tried to interact with him. sometimes with very little success. reporting live, abc7 news. >>> here's the latest on the investigation. investigators believe eliot rodger shot and killed himself as officers chased him after the stabbings and shootings. in the vehicle, rodger had three legally purchased handguns and more than 400 rounds of unused ammo. rodger, sent out a manifesto on friday. "the los angeles times" reports his therapist called his mother at 9:17 p.m., 13 minutes before the shootings began. right now, six people are

the victims are chen yuan hong of san jose and george chen from san jose and weihan wang from fremont. investigators are being looking into whether wang was just a roommate or just visiting the apartment on friday evening. in mid-january, rodger accused wong of stealing some cameras and he was charged with petty arrest which he pled guilty to. we are hoping to learn more about the three victims from the bay area and as soon as we get anything confirm, we'll pass it along to you. kimberly terry, nbc news. >> timberly, thank you. one of the victims is nick pasichuke and the mercury news is reporting that he was visiting a high school friend in santa barbara when rodger hit him with his car, breaking both of his legs. family members are now in santa barbara and are seeing an outpouring of support from the community. >> adrian arambalo is showing us the chaos during the shooting. >> reporter: elliot rodger fired round after round and they duck, cover, and go to the back of the store. christopher martinez died just beyond this camera's view. people are unsure of where to turn. flowers are

the victims are identified as 20-year-old chen yuan hong, george chen and weihan wang from fremont. they were found dead with multiple stab wounds. investigators are looking to see whether wang was a roommate or just a victim. he killed two more after that and wounded 13 before taking his own life. >>> we are also just learning that the parents of elliot rodger were running to santa barbara from l.a. after they received a call from their son's therapist warning them about a written manifesto threatening to kill people. by the time they arrived in santa barbara, it was too late. >>> meantime, memorials are growing in front of the sorority house where three women were shot and in front of ivy deli. jennifer bjorklund is in santa barbara with the latest tonight. jennifer? >> reporter: you've got that right. the 140-page manifesto was very alarming to the family of the young man that went on the shooting rampage. they received it at 9:17, not enough time to warn people about the rampage that was already probably well under way. in that manifesto, he talked about killing his roommates, t

those three newly identified victims are. 20-year-old weihan "david" wang, of fremont, 20-year-old cheng yuan hong and 19-year-old george chen, both of san jose, sheriff's investigators say they believe rodger killed these three victims before going on a shooting rampage friday. another victim from danville was identified yesterday as nick pasichuke. he was struck by rodger's car. we start our team coverage as we head out live. to san jose. that's where george chen called home. kron 4's philippe djegal just finished speaking with a spokesperson of the family. philippe, what is the message for all those grieving tonight? vicki. this community is absolutely stunned right now. in the close to two hours that we've been out here, several neighbors have stopped by this home, asing to speak with 19- year-old george chen's parents and pay their respects. it appears that the family is just now learning that george was one of the victims. the family spokesperson came outside at around 10 oc'lock and tells me that george was a great guy. she says he was raised in this home. his parents still live h

weihan wang, george chen and 20-year-old cheng yuan hong. hong graduated from lynbrook high school. bob redell is live at the high school. grief counselors will be there this morning as students head back to class. >> you are correct. cheng yuan hong graduated back in 2012, so, you can imagine quite possible there are students here who knew him, remembered him and could be greatly affected by what happened to him thin isla vista. hong was a 20-year-old engineering student at uc santa barbara. room mates with two of his best friends from the bay area, along with elliot rodger the man who stabbed to death the three room mates. he did have a run-in earlier in the year in january. stealing three candles worth $22 and hong pled guilty to the petty theft. george chen, a computer engineering student at ucsb seen here in pics from his facebook page. he attended leland high and had been a camp counselor at the ymca and a neighbor we spoke with described him as a wonderful boy for taking the time to help out her elderly father. a third roommate, 20-year-oldwork eihan wang, he is from fremont.

they're identified as 20-year-old cheng hong from san jose, george chen, and 20-year-old weihan wang of fremont. in youtube posts, eliot rodger said this violent rampage was retribution for being treated badly by women and getting pick on by the larger community. but his anybody tells us it was difficult to enter act with him. >> he describes him as a gentleman. of course. >> he never talked. to be a gentleman you have to say stuff. >> that neighbor tells us that eliot rodger lived at this complex for several months. he says he and other neighbors repeatedly tried to interact with him. sometimes with very little success. reporting live, abc7 news. >>> here's the latest on the investigation. investigators believe eliot rodger shot and killed himself as officers chased him after the stabbings and shootings. in the vehicle, rodger had three legally purchased handguns and more than 400 rounds of unused ammo. rodger, sent out a manifesto on friday. "the los angeles times" reports his therapist called his mother at 9:17 p.m., 13 minutes before the shootings began. right now, six people are

the victims are chen yuan hong and george chen from san jose and 20-year-old weihan wang from fremonthong and chen are listed on the lease for the apartment along with rodger. investigators are now looking in to whether weng was visiting the apartment or not. rodger accused hong of stealing three candles valued at $22. we have been a able to confirm that the 20-year-old hong volunteered a as a tutor in 2011 and in 2012. there are indications that hong attended high school and graduated in between 12 at linwood high school. they don't have enough information to confirm he was a graduate. but grief counselors are going to be available on tuesday when students come back from the holiday weekend. nbc bay area news. >> thank you, we are learning more about what happened in the hours leading up to that shooting. the parents of elliott rodgers say they are rushing from santa barbara to l.a. after they received a call from their son's therapist warning them about the written manifesto threatening to kill people. by the time they arrived in santa barbara, it was too late. memorials were growin

. >> reporter: the first were his roommates, 20-year-old cheng yuan hong and weihan wang. he took the lives of veronika weiss. they were members of the sorority. a camera caught chris michael martinez who stopped by a deli to get dinner. he was an english major who planned to go to law school. his father talked to him less than an hour before he died. >> normally, we would end our conversations with love you son, he would say love you dad. i didn't say i love you son because i thought he would be embarrassed saying that in front of his friends. >> ben tracy, cbs news, isla vista, california. >>> the head of nigeria's chief of defense says his military located nearly 300 kidnapped schoolgirls. he won't say where they are and it's too risky to go in. the girls were kidnapped six weeks ago. by the islamist extremists, boko haram. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the pentagon has not confirmed this discovery by nigeria's military, but it could represent a possible breakthrough in the search for the missing girls. nigeria's chief of defe

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he killed them in his apartment along with 20-year-old weihan wang. roger also took the lives of 22- year-old katherine cooper and 19-year-old veronika weiss, who were members of the tri-delta sorority. a security camera captured the chaotic scene inside a campus deli where 20-year-old chris michael martinez stopped to buy dinner. he was the last person killed. martines was an english major who planned to go to law school. his father richard talked to him less than an hour before he died. >> normally, we would end our conversations with, "love you son," and he would say, "love you dad." i didn't say, "i love you son," because i thought maybe he would be embarrassed saying that in front of his friends. >> reporter: now, after the rampage, many students here went home for the long holiday weekend and are just now returning to campus. and people here are defiantly still on edge. we just had sever squad cars come through here, police got out and went running down the street. jim, apparently they had the report of someone brandishing a weapon, but it turns

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chen yuan hong went to dark weihan wang went to fremont high school and will rename a basketball court he loved in his name. chen yuan hong helped to build theater sets even though he was very shy at first. george chen went to leyland high in san jose and they were helping students and staff members deal with their growth. they kept the casualty toll from getting even higher. >> law enforcement in and around the school had two purposes last friday, stopping that gunman and protecting people who got in his way. there is now this large banner with a lot of the written messages and has a very grateful community. >> i saw the patrol running across. everybody is instructed to get inside. >> deputies ran through the streets ordering people to get inside for their own safety but they have no idea how serious it was to clear the streets. >>> growing in size, they have dozens of people fleeing the homes and the fire is east of lake mcclure and has now burned 1,300 acres. it's now 20% contained and it's among those battling on the frontlines. several have already been evacuated and roads have be

george chen, weihan wang. veronika weiss and christopher michael-martinez. a lot of people were concerned that perhaps the gunman was getting more attention than the victims. and she doesn't want it to be that way. so tonight at 8:00, everybody is invited. going to be a few words spoken, then an open mic if you want to express yourself. there will be a candlelight vigil as well. terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> of course we'll have full coverage for you tonight at 11:00. >>> she changed hearts, minds, and for many, the world. that's the way many are remembering maya angelou tonight. she passed away at her north carolina home. she rose from poverty and segregation to become not only an acclaimed poet and novelist but an activist and educator. she has bay area roots. as a teenager she lived and worked in san francisco. >> when you have someone who brings wisdom as well as love to you, it's an enlightening, lifting sensation and feeling. >> she was a phenomenal woman. she had a profound impact in the bay area. coming up at 6:30, we'll have a live report o

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this is where weihan wang lived. he could not find the words to speak of his only son, the boy who was the joy of his mother's family. her son was kind to everyone he knew, a bright boy who was supposed to come home from uc santa barbara in less than three weeks to take a family trip and to celebrate his 21st birthday. >> his whole life, i'm so proud of him. he's one nice guy. he was from little everybody like him. he's kind of quiet. nice to everybody. really considerate, nice to mom. >> reporter: she was at work when she got a call from police that his roommate stabbed him to death along with their two other roommates also from the bay area. george chen was a graduate of leeland high school and had once worked as a ymca camp counselor. james volunteered at the cooper chinese school while he attended lynn brook high school. the santa barbara district attorney says rodger accused hong of stealing candles and made a citizens arrest. he pleaded guilty to petty theft. they were days away from moving out of that apartmen

22-year-old cheng yuan hong, 19-year-old george chen, both roommates of rodger and 20-year-old weihan wang trying to find out if he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> thank you for your report this morning. moving to belgium now. >>> police are looking for the man suspected of killing four people at a jewish museum in brussels. police released security videos showing the suspect in the shooting. it shows the man entered the building, took a rifle out of a bag and opened fire. police have tightened security around jewish institutions in belgium. >>> a surprise from pope francis during his visit to the middle east. he invited israeli prime minister and palestinian president to a prayer meeting at his vatican apartment next month. both have accepted. while visiting bethlehem, he called for greater effort toward peace and he referred to the west bank as the state of palestine. while there he visited christian historic sites. >> president obama marks this memorial day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. at arlington national cemetery. he delivered a message in person to th

those three newly identified victims are. 20-year-old weihan "david" wang, of fremont, 20-year-old cheng yuan hong and 19-year-old george chen, both of san jose, sheriff's investigators say they believe rodger killed these three victims before going on a shooting rampage friday. another victim from danville was identified yesterday as nick pasichuke. he was struck by rodger's car. we start our coverage with kyung lah who recaps rodger's deadly rampage. this is where the rampage began inside the gunman's apartment. three people stabbed to death. detectives described it as a horrific crime scene. from here, investigators say he got into his bmw. and just as he predicted in his youtube videos, he would head first to a sorority. "on the day of retribution i am going to enter the hottest sorority house of ucsb and i will slaughter every single spoiled stuck up blond i see inside there." four blocks from his apartment the alpha phi sorority. they heard loud knocking from at front door but did not open it. the gunman then turned to three women who were standing over here. shot and killed veroni

rodger had already killed his roommates, stabbing to death george chen and cheng yuan hong and weihan wang and then rodger heads to the sorority house. he beats on the door but when no one answers, rodger shoots three women standing outside, seriously injuring one and killing veronika weiss and katie cooper. >> there was a young girl laying right here and she was -- i could just tell immediately she was gone. >> reporter: a couple of minutes later, rodger drives to a nearby deli and kills christopher martinez. surveillance cameras capture the attack. >> he was the most warm, loving, kindhearted kid you could ask for. i mean, it's just -- if you talk to people that know him, they would tell you he's a great kid. >> reporter: before the spree is over, rodger speeds off in his car firing at bystanders, driving down the wrong side of the road to get closer to his targets, hitting a bicyclist with his car. one woman records part of the rampage on her cell phone. he fires his gun at various pedestrians before shooting at sheriff deputies. >> three of the four sheriff deputies were able to return

we try to keep focus on the victim, such as 20-year-old weihan wang and george chen and cheng yuan hong when he attacked them as they slept. >>> and then the horror moved to the sorry sisters, katherine cooper, who went by katie for short and veronika weiss. she was a math whiz. the final victim was christopher martinez. he was shot dead at a deli. he was reportedly preparing for a year of studying abroad in london. the father of christopher martinez showed his anger and agony to the nation, blaming not just the man who killed his son but those who represent the rights of gun owners. let's bring in our own kyung lah who is live in isla vista, california. what did the father tell you? >> reporter: he said that this sort of pain is unimaginable. this was his only child who he lost. and he says he is filled with rage. he says he wants to talk to the press. as many reporters as possible because washington is refusing to talk, refusing to listen. and this father says it is congress' inaction that has led to all of this. >> where the hell is the leadership? where the hell are these people tha

you have the third roommate, a 20-year-old cheng weihan wang. they had dreams of starting a business when they finished. of course, all three of them from our area. the plan was, according to wei's parents they were moving out because they wanted to move on and they weren't apparently getting along with rodger. he played music loudly in the middle of the night and just overall anti-social. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell "today in the bay." >> continuing coverage throughout the morning and go to our website, nbcbayarea.com for the latest details. >>> bay area catholic school teachers are meeting with the diocese about a controversial morality close. now, christie several faculty are refusing to sign the clause. tell us about it. >> good morning to you. that's exactly right. they just have a problem with some of the language and that's why the bishop is going to be meeting with some of the faculty members this afternoon. specifically, about this morality clause. a handful of teachers have flat out refused to sign it. so, the bishop is

but the mother of victim weihan wang says her son planned to move out because it was rodger who was noisy, playing loud music in the middle of the night. today, uc santa barbara will hold a memorial service to remember the victims. classes on campus are expected to resume tomorrow. >>> a memorial day pledge from vice president biden, vowing to restore the united states's sacred obligation to care for veterans. the vice president speaking at the ride to recovery memorial bike challenge, amid the growing scandal at the department of veterans affairs. 26 va facilities now under investigation over allegations of doctored wait times. the vice president pledging to do something about this. >> the only truly sacred obligation we have before every other obligation that exists in this country is to equip those of you who we send into harm's way and care for you when you come home and your families. that is a sacred obligation. and we're behind right now. the va is having problems, and we've got to get to the bottom of it. >> a handful of lawmakers have called for va secretary eric shinseki to resi

we are learning more about the vic imit is killed. 20-year-old weihan wang, 20 cheerleader cheng yuanong -- 20-year-old cheng yuan hong and george chen 19. rodger acued honk saying he killed candles. rodger performed a citizens arrest over the candles. deputies say they found the candles on honk's bed. he d -- hong's bed. >>> another victim was a boarding who suffered two broken legs and had to undergo surgery as a result. keep it here as we post the latest information on our website. we will all morning long here on kron 4. >>> we are tracking your forecast as well. warm conditions once again on this memorial day holiday. here's robin with the forecast. good morning. >>> good morning, annie. maybely 50s around the area with a couple of low 50ings. livermore, you are waking up to 58 degrees. cool to mild temperatures. yes, another nice day on tap. perfect memorial day weather in store for you today. i will walk you through the day. by 7:00, we are under partly cloudy conditions. temperatures getting out of the 50s. we will mainly be in the 60s by this afternoon. sort of a rinse and re

he stabbed to death his two roommates, george chen a and cheng yuan hong along with weihan wang. katherine cooper and remember von veronika weiss and christopher martinez who was at a deli. his father spoke with kyung lah and she's joining us now. kyung, the only way you can describe how it is heartbreaking to hear what this man says. >> reporter: it's unimaginable. he says he's acutely aware that there is only a brief period of time that people are going to care about what he says. he says he's going to take advantage of it. he wants people to know he's not alone. there are six sets of parents affected here, countless others mass shootings that have ber of- happened in recent years and this is what is driving him as he goes before news cameras. >> our son christopher martinez and six others are dead. >> reporter: it was an extraordinary moment when you walked into the news conference. >> they talk about gun rights. what about chris' right to live? >> reporter: very unexpected. why did you do that? >> to honor the memory of my son. to make it try to mean something. that's why i'm

multiple stab wounds inside the gunman's isla vista apartment along with another man, 20-year-old weihan wangs at the university of california santa barbara were rodger's first victims before taking off in his black bmw to this sorority house. >> i saw a gunshot wound to her abdomen and side, and also one to her head. >> reporter: this is where police say he shot 22-year-old katherine cooper and 19-year-old veronika weiss killed right in the front yard. >> we need a second ambulance for another gunshot wound. >> reporter: less than two blocks away, rodger opens fire again at a deli mart killing 20-year-old student christopher martinez. surveillance video captured customers diving and scrambling for cover as the bullets flew. >> i'll never have another child. he's gone. >> reporter: cyy's kyung lah spoke to chris' father who blames the government for a lack of gun control. >> i can't tell you how angry i am! it's just awful! no parent should have to go through this, no parent! to have a kid die -- my kid died because nobody responded to what occurred at sandy hook. those parents lost little ki

george chen chang james hong, weihan wang. uc santa barbara canceled classes tomorrow. they're calling it a day of mourning and reflection and planning a large memorial service at the stadium on campus campus campus. there is good news out here this morning. the six students still hospitalized are all improving, all now in fair condition or better. david? >> that's good to hear. what a horrific weekend. bazi, thank you. bazi showed us that image of 20-year-old christopher martinez, the last of the six people killed in the rampage. his grieving father, richard, giving the heartbreaking speech about suddenly and senselessly losing his son and making a forceful appeal for more aggressive gun control policies. and here this morning, richard martinez in his own words. >> christopher ross michael-martinez was born december 23, 1993, in san luis obispo, california. he was our only child and he died friday night. he was very smart, very active. he loved reading, loved sports, movies, he was looking forward to going to breakfast tomorrow with his new girlfriend and her family. h

here is the other roommate, his name is weihan wang. he was majoring in computer engineering.hird victim this one from fremont. all three of them were in the apartment. they were stabbed to death. they were the first three victims after stabbing them. authorities say that's when elliott rogers got into his bmw and started going around shooting people. i talked to lot of neighbors around here. they are scared to walk in the house to offer condolences. what do you say to parent who are heart broken. there are other people driving by. they didn't even know that this happened until we informed them. lot of people are saying, unbelievable. small world. you see it on the nowitzki and all of -- news, you all of a sudden you hear about it on your block. she will thai to come out -- try to come out and give us words on the family state of mind. back to you mark. >>> another bay area victim in the told rampage from santa barbara was in fremont. david wang. a family and friend telling us that david was a quiet and kind young man. she can't imagine why anyone would want to hurt him. >>> w

cheng hong studying computer engineering along with george chen worked as a ymca counselor and weihan wangistopher michael-martinez planned to go to law school. in sad hindsight, police, family and friends of elliot rodger are left with pieces of a puzzle that no one put together in time. >> you forced me to suffer my whole life. >> reporter: we've learned at least one therapist who received rodger's manifesto did call police as soon as it was read. by then the massacre was over. mental health professionals have a duty to warn police if someone threatens violence against themselves or others. just weeks before the shooting, rodger's parents themselves made that call, alarmed over videos like these. >> girls are not sexually attracted to me. that's a problem that i intend to rectify. >> reporter: deputies went to rodger's apartment but said they found him polite and had no reason to take action. in that manifesto rodger gloats that he fooled police, writing if they had demanded to search my room, that would have ended everything. those missed opportunities, now magnifying families' pain. >>

we really want to honor katie cooper, veronika weiss, christopher martinez and george chen and weihan wangn hong, we need to keep talking about this. >> kevin, thank you so much. just hours before this vigil. before i go, i wanted to share this. after this ex mauhausting three trip to the middle east, pope francis had enough energy to speak to reporters for an hour on his ride back to rome and said that allowing priests to marry some day is not out of the question. >> translator: celibacy is not a dogma. it is a rule of life that i appreciate very much and it's a gift for the church. but since it is not a dogma, the door is always open. >> just a short time ago i talked to cnn senior vatican analyst john allen who was on the plane when the pope said that. >> well, first of all, brooke, just to indicate how remarkable this was, you indicated that this came at the end of the three-day incredibly difficult trip to the middle east. you know, the pope came out to do this press conference. he was into it for about a half hour. his spokesperson tried to cut it off and the pope said, no, i want to

dead with multiple stab wounds inside the gunman's isla vista apartment along with 20-year-old weihan wangbara were, police say, rodger's first victims before taking off in his black bmw to this sorority house. >> i saw a gunshot wound to her abdomen and her side and one to her head. >> reporter: this is where police say he shot 22-year-old katherine cooper and 19-year-old veronika weiss killed right in the front yard. less than two blocks away, rodger opens fire again at a deli mart killing 20-year-old student christopher martinez. surveillance shows customers diving and scrambling for cover as the bullets flew. cnn's kyung lah spoke with his father who blames the government for a lack of gun control. >> i can't tell you how angry i am! it's just awful and no parent should have to go through this, no parent, to have a kid die. my kid died because nobody responded to what occurred at sandy hook. those parents lost little kids! it's bad enough i lost my 20-year-old, but i had 20 years with my son. that's all i'm going to have! >> reporter: the shooting spree injuring over a dozen more befor

. >> reporter: parents, incoal solable, including the mother of weihan wang. i don't understand why this happened to me. >> reporter: this 21-year-old remember thirg studious and happy friend. >> never had any enemies, always super friendly. a really good guy. absolutely did not deserve this. >> reporter: the sheriff says the gunman was apparently severely mentally disturbed and for at least a year planning to attack and kill women, and those he saw as the popular kids. taping this youtube video titled "retribution." >> love, affection, adoration. you think i'm unworthy of it. that's a crime that can never be forgiven. >> reporter: rodger outlined his dre grievances in a diatribe. i will kill them all and make them suffer just as they have made me sufferone of his classmates mentioned in the document, describing him as quiet. >> he didn't say much. i don't remember him saying anything. he only spoke when he was spoken to. >> reporter: a family friend says rodgers family feel a pivotal moment was missed last night when a well-being check was made on rodger afte

cheng yuan hong and george chen, who worked as a ymca camp counselor and their visiting friend, weihan "dave" wangovernight, chen's parents adding their name in chalk to a memorial outside the apartment complex. >> we don't want our kids to get hurt. it shouldn't happen to any family. >> reporter: rodger's next target, the alpha phi sorority. where he wrote that he wanted revenge on all the girls who he said rejected him, but they wouldn't let rodger in when they heard him banging on the door. around the corner, he shot three women, killing 22-year-old katherine cooper, just days away from graduating with an art degree and 19-year-old veronika weiss. rodger then opened fire at this deli filled with students. chris michaels-martinez, an only child who wanted to be an attorney, did not make it out alive. >> we want to do what we can so nobody else has to go through this. >> reporter: the minutes that followed filled with carnage. after a gunfight with police, he finally crashed his bmw, apparently turning the gun on himself. the university of california santa barbara has declared today a day of mour

the victim's names george chen, weihan wang, cheng yuan hong, katie cooper, veronika weiss, christophermpuses in los angeles and san diego, just to name a couple. this morning, many media organizations are reporting that a now 20-year-old woman was named in rodger's manifesto. rodger allegedly blamed that woman for this rampage. nbc has not confirmed those details. we certainly will not identify her or her family. but again, many people have put her right out there. >> yeah, she's in the papers. >> and another victim in all of this, which is horrific. >> yeah, it is. and we heard again from mr. martinez, the father of one of the victims, and his passion and his love and his anger and all those things, that stew of emotions coming out and speaking for so many people after this terrible event. >> also the girl who helped christopher martinez. she ran to his aid, like so many others, ran to assist and she said she was administering cpr, she looked and she recognized the face and she turned to others and said this is chris. can you imagine the grief and pain they have today? but they're all

george chen, 19, and weihan wang and cheng yuan hong who were both 20, richard. >> and the non-roommatesfesto, and the vid, descriptions of women at times blond women specifically. what do we know about the relationship of the other victims and rodger, himself? >> well, what we know is that after the stabbing happened, investigators say that he went to the sorority house here which he mentioned in one of the manifestos and on the alpha phi sorority house, and knocked on the door, but nobody answered and then he went inthe house, and killed two of the women there who were from a different sorority, and so those were the women victimized in the tragedy. >> of the college town that you know, and in the aer rea of the isla vista, california, la jolla, and it is idealistic sites across the country, and many of them had to mourn, and you were there, and tell us about the tempo and the feeling that you saw there? >> yeah, they are really trying to support each other, and there was a mass last night at one of the chur canches here in isla vis tashgs and ta and the fathe we are looking for answer

wang, could not speak a word to us. she got a could from police in santa barbara that elliot's roommate, elliot rodger, stabbed him to death. weihan was a graduate opportunity who was once a camp student. cheng yuan hong volunteered at the cooper chinese school. he was studying computer engineering. the three friends dreamed of studying together. and rodger played loud muds nick the middle of the night and did not interact with them. and nothing makes since to the mother, who lost her child. >> sometimes, i ask why god didn't take me instead of my son. >> there was one incident between rodger and one of the roommates in january. he accused hong of stealing $2200 worth of candles. and he pleaded guilty to petty theft. chris sanchez, nbc bay area. >>> let's bring in mark matthews at cottage hospital. a young man from alamo is recovering at the hospital. how is his condition? >> he is getting better. nick pasichuke was down here visiting a classmate from his high school days. the two water polo players were out skate boarding on friday night when the sheriff says mass murder suspect elliot rodger ran them down in his car. the family