Thousands of people filled UC Santa Barbara’s Storke Plaza on May 24, 2014, to honor and remember those killed and wounded in a horrific rampage through Isla Vista the night before. As part of the candlelight vigil, the crowd then walked in silence to Anisq’Oyo’ Park amphitheater in Isla Vista. (Josh Molina / Noozhawk) A long and hushed column of supporters paid tribute to those killed and wounded by walking from UCSB’s Storke Plaza to Anisq’Oyo’ Park. (Josh Molina / Noozhawk) Sitting on the grass at Anisq’Oyo’ Park during Saturday’s candlelight vigil. (Josh Molina / Noozhawk) (Josh Molina / Noozhawk) At a Saturday news conference, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown provided a detailed accounting of the murderous rampage that led to seven deaths and 13 injuries Friday night in Isla Vista. (Urban Hikers) A map provided by the Sheriff’s Department shows the multiple crime scenes associated with Friday’s shooting rampage in Isla Vista. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) UCSB student Katherine Breann ‘Katie’ Cooper, 22, of Chino Hills, was shot and killed with her friend and Delta Delta Delta sorority sister Veronika Weiss. UCSB student Veronika Elizabeth Weiss, 19, of Westlake Village, and her friend and Delta Delta Delta sorority sister Katie Cooper were gunned down on Embarcadero Del Norte near Segovia Road. Christopher Ross Michaels-Martinez, a 20-year-old UCSB student from Los Osos, was also shot and killed in the rampage. A large contingent of journalists, many from out of town, showed up for Saturday’s news conference about the Friday night murder rampage Isla Vista. (Urban Hikers) Dozens of reporters listen to Sheriff Bill Brown talk about the killings. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) A makeshift memorial has been erected outside of Isla Vista Deli Mart in the 6500 block of Pardall Road, where Christopher Ross Michaels-Martinez was gunned down. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) Young people peer into Isla Vista Deli Mart in the 6500 block of Pardall Road where at least one person was killed Friday night during a deadly rampage by a sometime Santa Barbara City College student. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) The scene of one of several shootings. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) Bloody towels are strewn across the floor of Isla Vista Deli Mart. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) Police cars line up outside the Isla Vista 7-Eleven where several people were shot Friday. (Lara Cooper / Noozhawk) Alan Shifman, the family attorney for LiChin and Peter Rodger, whose son, Elliot Rodger, allegedly killed six people in Isla Vista on Friday night, speaks to reporters outside the family’s home in Woodland Hills on Saturday. (Los Angeles Times) Elliot Rodger, the gunman in a rampage that claimed seven lives in Isla Vista on Friday night, is seen behind the wheel of a black BMW coupe in this photo from his Facebook page. The inset picture is one of dozens of “selfie” photos he posted on Facebook. (Facebook) Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Office personnel prepare to transport a body Saturday from the Capri Apartments in the 6500 block of Seville Road in Isla Vista. Three people were found stabbed to death at the complex and they are believed to be the first victims in Friday night’s deadly rampage. (Zack Warburg)

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