Seven shot in ‘mass murder’

Scene of the shooting ... in California. Picture: France Kirsten, Twitter Source: Supplied

A GUNMAN went on a drive-by shooting rampage in a uni student enclave in Southern California, leaving at least seven people including the shooter dead and wounding seven others, police say.

Driving a black BMW, the suspect opened fire on pedestrians from his vehicle at several locations in the town on a busy Friday night at the college town of Isla Vista, near the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the shooting "appears to be a mass murder situation" and believe he acted alone.

The gunman — who has not been officially named — twice exchanged gunfire with deputies before speeding off each time, finally crashing into a parked car.

Cops found the suspect inside the BMW, dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

It is not know if the suspect was shot and killed by deputies, or if the gunshot wound was self-inflicted, said Mr Brown. A semiautomatic handgun was recovered at the scene.

Seven victims are currently being treated in hospital for gunshot wounds and trauma, and at least one is in surgery, the sheriff's spokesperson told CNN.

Mass shooting ... Bodies are seen covered on the ground after a mass drive-by shooting near the campus of the University of Santa Barbara in Isla Vista, California. Picture: AP Photo/KEYT, John Palminteri Source: AP

It wasn't immediately clear what touched off the gunfire or what the suspect's motivation might have been.

Authorities searching for a motive were looking into a YouTube video that contains a man's tirade against women who supposedly rebuffed him, Mr Brown said.

The suspect was "severely mentally disturbe," Mr Brown told KEYT.

Police are "analysing both written and videotaped evidence that suggest this atrocity was a premeditated mass murder," Mr Brown told reporters.

The sheriff is not releasing the suspect's name until a positive ID can be made.

Mr Brown, however, confirmed that written and video material left by 22-year-old Elliot Rodger of Calabasas in the hours and days leading up to the shooting is being reviewed as evidence in to the massacre.

"It appears to be connected," he said, the Independent reports.

"We have identified nine separate crime scenes," Mr Brown said, describing the situation in the streets of the college town at an early morning press conference as "chaotic."

Paramedics on the scene ... a night-time drive-by shooting in a student enclave next to the University of California. Picture: NOOZHAWK Source: Supplied

Brown said the shootings occurred at several sites in the town, resulting in nine crime scenes.

Santa Barbara County sheriff's spokeswoman Kelly Hoover told KEYT-TV the gunfire broke out around 9.30pm Friday in the Isla Vista neighbourhood.

Bloody scene ... Seven people, including the suspected gunman, died during the shooting rampage. Picture: AP//KEYT, John Palminteri Source: AP

A student told the station he saw shots fired from a BMW, fatally striking one woman and critically injuring another woman.

"I heard shots, scream, pain," Michael Vitak said.

"All emotions. I hope she is going to be fine."

Wrecked car ... a BMW sedan sits wrecked on an Isla Vista sidewalk after the driver — who allegedly gunned down six people during a blocks-long shooting rampage Picture: Urban Hikers Source: Supplied

Xavier Mozejewski told NewsChannel 3 reporter Victoria Sanchez that he witnessed some of the violence and described it as an "old western shootout."

The station said a black BMW slammed into as many as two cars.

The shooting prompted officials to issue alerts urging people to stay indoors.

The seven injured victims are being treated at Santa Barbara Cottage hospital — some for gunshot wounds, others for trauma sustained when the suspect crashed his car as he was pursued — and one recently underwent surgery for life-threatening injuries.

Nine crime scenes ... night-time drive-by shooting in a student enclave next to the University of California. Picture: NOOZHAWK Source: Supplied

Isla Vista is known for parties, including an annual spring bash that turned into a violent blowout last month as young people clashed with police and tossed rocks and bottles.

A university police officer and four deputies were injured and 130 people were arrested.

The incident occurred over a 10-minute period, from the first emergency call at 9.27pm to the suspect's discovery, KEYT-TV reported.

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