Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting
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.
| Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting | |
|---|---|
The venue, Christmas Hill Park, in 2017 | |
| Location | Gilroy, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 36°59′52″N 121°35′7″W |
| Date | July 28, 2019 5:40 – 5:45 p.m. (PDT (UTC−7)) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, murder–suicide |
| Weapons | WASR-10 AK-47-style semi-automatic rifle |
| Deaths | 4 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 19 (11 by gunfire) |
| Perpetrator | Santino William Legan |
| Motive | Unknown |
As of 2020, investigators had not determined the motives of the gunman, identified as 19-year-old Santino William Legan. The FBI opened a domestic terrorism investigation into the incident.
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