‘We are in inconceivable pain’: Hunger Games assistant director speaks of horror at his son’s gun massacre as grandmother says he was ‘very disturbed’

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The father of mass murderer Elliot Rodger has spoken of his ‘inconceivable pain’ after his son shot six people dead in Santa Barbara yesterday before killing himself.

In a statement issued through his lawyer Alan Shifman, father Peter Rodger said: ‘The Rodger family offers their deepest compassion and sympathy to the families involved in this terrible tragedy.

‘We are experiencing the most inconceivable pain, and our hearts go out to everybody involved.’

Shifman added that family called police several weeks ago after being alarmed by YouTube videos ‘regarding suicide and the killing of people’ that Elliot had been posting.

'We are in inconceivable pain' Hunger Games assistant director speaks of horror at his son's gun massacre as grandmother says he was 'very disturbed'

Elliot Rodger (left) is pictured at the Hunger Games premiere with his father Peter (right). Peter has spoken of his ‘inconceivable pain’ after learning his son was responsible for shooting six people dead

With his hair dyed blonde, Elliot recalled being the smallest kid in his class at Topanga Elementary School

With his hair dyed blonde, Elliot recalled being the smallest kid in his class at Topanga Elementary School

Police interviewed Elliot Rodger and found him to be a ‘perfectly polite, kind and wonderful human,’ he added.

Mr Rodger added that the family are staunchly against guns, saying he had no idea how his son got hold of a firearm.

Police did not find a history of guns, but did say Rodger ‘didn’t have a lot of friends,’ and didn’t have any girlfriends.

He was diagnosed at an earlier age with Asperger’s Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism meaning he had difficulties with social interaction.

Rodger was living with roommates at the Independent Living Institute in Santa Barbara, a facility that offers ‘living skills instruction to help adults with disabilities to live more independently in their communities,’ according to the website.

Shifman added: ‘My clients’ mission in life will be to try and prevent any such tragedies from ever happening again.

‘This country, this world needs to address mental illness and the ramifications from not recognizing these illnesses.’

On the surface, Elliot had everything a young man in his prime could wish for: loving, wealthy parents, a luxury family home in California, the chance to mix with Hollywood A-listers, and a sleek BMW at the age of just 22.

Peter Rodger, father of Elliot, is seen in public for the first time since his son's deadly shooting spree

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Peter Rodger, father of Elliot, is seen in public for the first time since his son’s deadly shooting spree

 

Peter says the Rodger family will devote the rest of their lives to making sure nothing like this happens againPeter has also offered his sympathies to the families of the victims

In a statement, the family’s lawyer said they will be devoting their lives to raising awareness of mental health issues and making sure nothing like this happens again

But beneath the sun-kissed lifestyle, a desperate loneliness and sexual frustration were gnawing away and would finally drive him to the madness of his horrific, premeditated mass murder.

The recurring theme of his inner torment is evident in numerous disturbing videos he put out on YouTube and social network postings as he increasingly seemed to spend more time living his life in cyberspace rather than in the real world.

Time after time, he talked of his inability to get a girlfriend, confessing that even though he had been through college, he had never kissed a girl, let alone had sex.

A picture emerged of a troubled young man whose fellow students were enjoying the hedonistic lifestyle of surfing, spring breaks and sorority parties, while he was left out, later undergoing therapy.

Over time, his pitiful plea for companionship and sex developed a darker edge until the point where he promised ‘retribution’ on women in general.

On the surface Elliot appeared to have everything, but he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism meaning he struggled in social situations

On the surface Elliot appeared to have everything, but he was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism meaning he struggled in social situations

Haunting final video of Elliot Rodgers titled ‘Retribution’

Two years ago, on his YouTube channel, Rodger set the tone for what was to come, posting a video of fellow students partying in Isla Vista, the town where he studied at Santa Barbara City College, where it is believed he was studying politics and philosophy.

In an accompanying comment, he wrote: ‘It angers me so much to see these people having so much fun here.

‘I’m the perfect sophisticated gentleman, but these heartless girls only like to be with the obnoxious douchebags.’

Around a year ago he began posting on an internet forum called  Puahate – a site describing itself as the ‘Anti-Pickup-Artist Movement’ and offers advice to men on how to pick up women.

For his first post he wrote: ‘Revenge is something to live for’ on a thread titled ‘I have nothing to live for.’

As Rodger’s ‘vlogs’ or video blogs, became more and more chilling, his worried family asked him to remove some of them from the internet only three weeks ago.

Elliot's grandfather, George Rodger, covered the D-Day landings and later founded Magnum photo agency

Elliot’s grandfather, George Rodger, covered the D-Day landings and later founded Magnum photo agency

A good-looking boy, it is impossible to say what caused Rodger’s problem with women, but apart from his parents’ divorce, there are no clues in his background as to the deeply troubled loner he would become.

He was born in August 1991 in Lambeth, South London, the scion of a family steeped in photography and the cinema.

His Malaysian-born mother Li Chin, now 53, and film director father Peter, 49, moved to America’s West Coast when Elliot was five and his younger sister Georgia only a baby.

Elliot’s grandfather, British photographer George Rodger, was one of the founders of the renowned Magnum photo agency, and covered the D-Day landings in 1944.

He was also the first photographer to enter the concentration camps at Bergen-Belsen, an experience which left a lasting impression on him, according to his widow Lois ‘Jinx’ Rodger, herself a journalist and picture editor.

Speaking from her home in Kent, Elliot’s grandmother, 89, explained that he had suffered mental health issues for some time.

She said: ‘He was a very disturbed boy. He lived in California but of course I’d known him. This is just one of those very tragic things. I don’t want to talk about it any more. This is a rather difficult time.’

Peter Rodger loved helping his father on jobs and soon picked up the passion for photography. His own career began in advertising, filming and photographing commercials for cosmetics, cars and clothing.

Yesterday, a family friend told The Mail on Sunday that Peter and Li Chin divorced soon after moving to the US and Peter later married Soumaya Akaaboune, a French actress of Moroccan-French descent who appeared in Hollywood blockbuster Green Zone.

She was once married to Jamie Harris, son of the late screen legend Richard Harris.

Elliot’s early life was spent in Calabasas in the hills west of the San Fernando Valley, on the edge of Los Angeles.

He recalled in one Facebook posting ‘being the smallest kid in the class’ when he was photographed at Topanga Elementary School near his home, aged seven, in 1998.

His naturally dark hair seemed to have been dyed blond.

While Elliot’s father only became a big player in Hollywood relatively recently, it’s clear his mother may also have been well-connected from a photograph taken in the late 1980s, showing Michael Jackson, along with Harrison Ford and Star Wars director George Lucas, who has his arm around Li Chin.

Peter Rodger’s own breakthrough into Hollywood came in 2009, when Elliot was aged 17, with the release of his film documentary Oh My God, featuring Ringo Starr, Hugh Jackman and Baz Luhrmann and their views on organised religion.

Elliot, who was born in Lambeth, South London, came back to visit three years ago on a trip that took in the London Eye, Harrods and the Houses of Parliament

Elliot, who was born in Lambeth, South London, came back to visit three years ago on a trip that took in the London Eye, Harrods and the Houses of Parliament

But he made it clear that the success had been achieved at some price to his family life.

The project took Peter to 23 countries and he said in an interview that the previous three years had been tough on his family. He included Elliot in the on-screen credits, along with his sister Georgia.

He said: ‘I put my family through a lot of difficulties making this film because I was away a long time.’

Of children, added: ‘Kids are the purest form of humans. It’s when the influences around them start affecting them – their parents, their schools, their society, their culture, their country, their belief systems – that they start to become the people they are.

‘I find children to be ultimately pure in heart. If you are looking for Godliness surely you are going to find Godliness in children.’

Peter Rodger became assistant director on the 2012 blockbuster The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence.

Elliot was photographed at the film’s Hollywood premiere alongside his father, stepmother, and Sylvester Stallone.

Once women are brought to their knees, things can be reformed. The sooner this happens, the better.”
– Elliot Rodger

By then, he was enrolled at college, but he made it clear in one of his earlier, more poignant, blogs, he hated university life – because he felt so excluded from its social life.

In one of Elliot’s more recent videos, he said that he was happiest during his childhood when things were more ‘fair’, though what exactly he meant wasn’t clear.

Elliot was able to afford a trip to London three years ago, taking in the Houses of Parliament, Harrods and the London Eye, posting photos online.

But by January last year it was clear his social rejection had fuelled hatred in him when he wrote: ‘If you could release a virus that would kill every single man on Earth, except for yourself because you would have the antidote, would you do it?

‘You will be the only man left, with all the females. You would be able to have your pick of any beautiful woman you want, as well as having dealt vengeance on the men who took them from you. Imagine how satisfying that would be.’

Six people died and seven were injured on Friday after Elliot opened fire in a student neighbourhood before turning the gun on himself

Six people died and seven were injured on Friday after Elliot opened fire in a student neighbourhood before turning the gun on himself

By June, he wrote: ‘Once women are brought to their knees, things can be reformed. The sooner this happens, the better.’

Three months ago, he started posting YouTube videos. Again, they started innocuously – ‘Enjoying the sunset in Santa Barbara’ and ‘Awesome view of LA from a landing airplane’.

Last month, a photo on Facebook showed Elliot with his father and step-brother Jazz on a garden swingseat. The body language spoke volumes. While the younger boy and his father embraced, Elliot sat sulking at the end of the seat.

Then in the last week or so, he ramped up his YouTube activity and started talking about how he hated women in his videos.

Widely ridiculed, he had become a mini celebrity on the Puahate site.

Saying goodbye to Puahate he wrote: ‘You’re all jealous of my 10/10 pretty-boy face. This site is full of stupid, disgusting, mentally ill degenerates who take pleasure in putting down others.

‘That is all I have to say on here. Goodbye.’

Additional reporting Chris Hastings and Mark Nicol

He mimicked American psycho – he wanted to be a star: Analysis by Dr Adam Lankford

Elliot Rodger was trying to act out the role of a film star when he went on his killing spree – to make up for the fact he felt like a failure in real life. Clearly he did not feel he had the status he deserved.

In his last YouTube video, which he explicitly filmed to leave a legacy, he casts himself as a movie star.

In another of his clips he appears to reference the film American Psycho, and it might be that he has taken the main character, Patrick Bateman, as a role model.

American Psycho follows anti-hero Patrick Bateman, the son of a US banker, who mutilates and kills prostitutes after having sex with them

American Psycho follows anti-hero Patrick Bateman, the son of a US banker, who mutilates and kills prostitutes after having sex with them

Bateman, played by Christian Bale, is a successful Wall Street banker who picks up women and then butchers them after sex.

The irony is that Bale’s character is both sexually successful and a killer.

But for Rodger, his sexual frustration was the driving force behind the anger. However, both share deep feelings of sexual desire for women and aggression towards them.

There are parallels between Rodger and the Columbine High School killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who fantasised about the idea that Steven Spielberg would make a movie about their lives.

Some might think that because his father worked as an assistant director on The Hunger Games, which involves teens killing teens, that could have planted a seed in him to go on the rampage.

But I think his father’s success in Hollywood is more relevant, as it may have heightened his own feelings of inadequacy.

Rodger is the classic rampage killer: young, male, isolated and sexually frustrated. And he appeared to have a pronounced victim mentality.

'The irony is that Bale's character is both sexually successful and a killer. But for Rodger, his sexual frustration was the driving force behind the anger'
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‘The irony is that Bale’s character is both sexually successful and a killer. But for Rodger, his sexual frustration was the driving force behind the anger’

In his video he says things such as: ‘You forced me to suffer all my life and now I’ll make you all suffer.’

He blamed his suffering on others, and therefore felt his violence was righteous. It was a disturbed reality.

He felt he was a victim of all of humanity. I think he was suicidal, and intended to kill himself after the shooting.

If you feel as if the whole world is against you, it makes it easier to start attacking random individuals – and then kill yourself.

Dr Lankford is professor of criminal justice studies at the University of Alabama.

Hunger Games showed a teenage bloodbath

Controversial film The Hunger Games contained violent scenes of teenager forced to fight to the death

Controversial film The Hunger Games contained violent scenes of teenager forced to fight to the death

The release of The Hunger Games in 2012 caused a storm of protest from parents and psychologists who said the movie was too violent for youngsters.

The film depicts a totalitarian world in which teenagers are forced to kill each other in a  gladiatorial-style contest.

It was initially given a 15 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification, but this was lowered to 12A after producers agreed to cuts.

This meant that children aged 12 and over could see it on their own, while younger children could go with an adult.

Some parents said children had become distressed watching the film, and experts said there was a danger that the violence depicted on the screen could become ‘hard-wired’ into young children’s brains.

At one point in the film, many of the contestants die in a bloodbath, while in another scene, a boy is mauled by a pack of mutated dogs before being shot in the head with an arrow.

The film also shows a girl of 12 being stabbed with a spear and another teenage girl’s skull being hit with a rock.

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