Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting
Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting | |
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WASR-10 AK-47-style semi-automatic rifle[2] | |
Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator)[3] |
Injured | 19 (11 by gunfire)[4] |
Perpetrator | Santino William Legan[3] |
Motive | Unknown |
On July 28, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California. The gunman killed three people and wounded 17 others before killing himself after a shootout with responding police officers.[4][5]
As of 2020[update], investigators had not determined the motives of the gunman, identified as 19-year-old Santino William Legan. The
Background
The Gilroy Garlic Festival was an annual three-day event held at Christmas Hill Park.[7] One of the nation's best-known food festivals, centered on garlic, it drew 80,000[8] to 100,000[9] visitors from around the country and was described as a family event.[10] Located about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of San Jose and the Silicon Valley area, Gilroy is home to about 60,000 people, and the city is a major producer of garlic.[7] As Gilroy's top fundraising event, the Garlic Festival was staffed with volunteers to raise money for nonprofit groups, including clubs and schools.[10]
Shooting
The shooting occurred during the 41st annual gathering of the festival on Sunday, July 28, 2019—its third and final day—shortly before the scheduled closing at 6:00 p.m.
The gunman opened fire on festival-goers near an inflatable slide, ultimately shooting 39 rounds.[11][5] Eyewitnesses described a white man wearing a green shirt and a grayish handkerchief around his neck firing into the food area.[14][15] Witnesses reported that he appeared to be firing at random.[16] Jack van Breen, the lead singer of the local band TinMan (which was performing an encore when the shooting began) told KPIX-TV that he heard someone shout, "Why are you doing this?" The gunman's response was, "Because I'm really angry."[17]
Police at the scene engaged him within a minute of the first shots being fired, firing 18 rounds and hitting the gunman several times.
Along with the Gilroy Police Department, the San Francisco Field Division of the
Victims
Three people—Stephen Romero, age 6; Keyla Salazar, age 13; and Trevor Deon Irby, age 25—were killed, all by single gunshots to the torso.[3][11][23][24] An additional 17 people were wounded.[4]
The Santa Clara County Healthcare System's two hospitals treated 19 patients, including the gunman. Some were also treated but not admitted. The patients ranged in age from 12 to 69; 11 had gunshot injuries and eight had other injuries.
Perpetrator
Santino William Legan, a 19-year-old male, was identified by authorities as the shooter.[27][28] Police believe he acted alone.[18][29] Legan spent most of his life in Gilroy and attended Monte Vista Christian School through his freshman to junior years and graduated from Gilroy High School, but in the months before the shooting lived in the remote town of Walker Lake in Mineral County, Nevada.[30][31] He purchased the rifle used in the shooting in Fallon, Nevada, on July 9, three weeks before the festival.[13] The possession and sale of the weapon are banned in California, but legal in Nevada.[13]
An
Investigation
Authorities discovered a
Investigators have not determined a motive for the attack.
The Santa Clara County district attorney report, released in March 2020, stated, "In light of the grave circumstances of this case, [law enforcement's] actions were unquestionably lawful and justified."[36]
Reactions
U.S. President
Organizations, such as
The owner of the Nevada
The shooting was highlighted by Pope Francis during a speech in St. Peter's Square on August 4, 2019, following the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, in which he condemned attacks on defenseless people; the pope said that he was spiritually close to the victims, the wounded and the families affected by the attacks that had "bloodied Texas, California, and Ohio".[44]
In response to the shooting, in early September 2019, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously declared the National Rifle Association a domestic terrorist organization. Supervisor Catherine Stefani stated, "The N.R.A. exists to spread pro-gun propaganda and put weapons in the hands of those who would harm and terrorize us ... Nobody has done more to fan the flames of gun violence than the N.R.A."[45] Mayor Sam Liccardo of nearby San Jose proposed to prevent straw purchases of firearms by requiring gun owners in the city to carry insurance. Liccardo put the proposal on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic but revived it in 2021 after a mass shooting in San Jose.[46]
In January 2020, the Gilroy Strong Resilience Center opened to support survivors of the mass shooting.[47]
See also
- List of homicides in California
- List of shootings in California
- List of mass shootings in the United States in 2019
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