Seven people have been killed in a shooting near a university campus in Santa Barbara, California. Seven others were also wounded. <br /><br />It happened on Friday night in the neighbourhood of Isla Vista next to the University of California when a gunman drove by shooting out of his car. <br /><br />An eyewitness described the moment it happened: “I just thought it was an like an airsoft gun or something, so I was like… I was, like: ‘Hey, what’s up?’ And I turned around and I started walking the other way. And he… and then, like, he shot.” <br /><br />Police confirmed the attacker was amongst the dead and said he had exchanged fire with officers before crashing into a parked car. He was found with a bullet wound to the head, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether he had been shot by police or committed suicide.