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Authorities investigate after a drive-by shooting that left seven people dead, including the attacker, and others wounded on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif. Alan Shifman, an attorney for Hollywood director Peter Rodger, who was an assistant director on The Hunger Games, said the family believes Rodger's son, Elliot Rodger, is responsible for the shooting rampage near the Santa Barbara, California, university campus.Peter Vandenbelt/The Associated Press

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Police wait at the scene after a drive-by shooting left seven people dead, including the attacker, and others wounded on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif.Peter Vandenbelt/The Associated Press

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California Department of Justice investigators walk near one of the crime scenes after a series of drive-by shootings in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014. A lone gunman sprayed bullets from a car in a drive-by shooting in a southern California college town, killing at least six people before his car crashed and he was found dead inside, authorities said on Saturday.JONATHAN ALCORN/Reuters

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The vehicle of the alleged shooter is pictured at one of the crime scenes after a series of drive-by shootings in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.JONATHAN ALCORN/Reuters

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Police yellow markers are seen after a drive-by shooter went on a night time rampage near a Santa Barbara university campus that left six people dead, including the attacker, and seven others wounded, authorities said Saturday, in Isla Vista, California May 24, 2014.PHIL KLEIN/Reuters

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An armed police officer stands beside emergency personnel near the scene of a drive-by shooting in Isla Vista, a neighborhood of Santa Barbara, California May 23, 2014. A gunman sprayed bullets from a car, killing six people, before his car crashed and he was found dead inside, authorities said.Zack Warburg/Reuters

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