Gunman Kills 6 in Drive-By Rampage Near California College Campus

A gunman fatally shot six people and wounded at least seven more in a series of drive-by shootings late Friday near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, authorities said. After exchanging fire with sheriff's deputies, the suspect crashed his black BMW and was found dead inside the car, apparently from a gunshot wound to the head.

"This incident appears to be a mass murder situation," Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said at a news conference. "It's obviously the work of a madman."

The shootings broke out in the Isla Vista neighborhood around 9:30 p.m. local time Friday night. Brown said there were nine separate crime scenes and that the fatalities were "spread throughout the Isla Vista area." He didn't know whether the suspect was shot by deputies or whether the gunshot wound was self-inflicted. Read more...