Rodger first killed his two roommates and their friend in the apartment they shared, ambushing and stabbing them one at a time as they arrived. Hours later, he drove to a sorority house , where he intended to murder its occupants but was unable to enter the premises. Rodger shot at three women outside the sorority house, killing two.
He later drove by a nearby delicatessen, shooting and killing a man inside. Afterward, Rodger drove around Isla Vista, indiscriminately shooting and ramming into pedestrians with his vehicle.
He exchanged gunfire with sheriff's deputies twice; in the latter occurrence, Rodger was shot in his hip. Shortly after, he crashed his vehicle into a parked car. As police examined the vehicle, they found Rodger dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. Before starting his planned attack on the sorority house, Rodger uploaded to YouTube a video announcing his intention to "punish" women—as well as the men to whom they were attracted—for their lack of interest in him.
During his attack, Rodger also e-mailed a page manifesto —in which he described his major life events, personal struggles, and frustrations at having remained a lifelong virgin—to several of his family members, acquaintances, and therapists. In the years after his death, Rodger has become an icon in incel and manosphere communities. He has inspired at least one other act of misogynist terrorism , the Toronto van attack. Following Rodger's birth, his family moved to Sussex , England, where he enjoyed an affluent and privileged childhood.
Li Chin left her nursing career to look after Rodger and soon bore a daughter, with whom Rodger's maternal grandmother, who later moved into the family home, developed a strong connection.
