Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting - Gilroy, CA - Infamous Crime Scenes on Waymarking.com

"A mass shooting occurred at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, on July 28, 2019. The gunman killed himself and three others, and wounded 17 people.

Investigators have not determined the motives of the gunman, Santino William Legan, age 19. The FBI has opened a domestic terrorism investigation into the incident.

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 suspect reportedly entered the festival by cutting through a wire fence along Uvas Creek, thus evading security screening. Police believe he acted alone.

The gunman opened fire with a WASR-10 semi-automatic rifle, shooting 39 rounds. He had a 75-round drum magazine and five 40-round magazines. The gunman bought the gun in Fallon, Nevada, on July 9, three weeks before the festival. The possession and sale of the weapon are banned in California, but legal in Nevada. Eyewitnesses described a white man wearing a green shirt and a grayish handkerchief around his neck firing into the food area. Witnesses reported that he appeared to be firing at random.

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."

Legan wore a bulletproof vest. Police at the scene engaged him within a minute of the start of the shooting, firing 18 rounds and hitting Legan several times. The police chief credited the fast response to a heavy police presence with "many, many officers in the park". The three officers who fired their handguns were placed on administrative leave. While initial reports indicated that the gunman was killed by the police, the Santa Clara County coroner reported on August 2 that the gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, after officers had already shot him multiple times.

Along with the Gilroy Police Department, the San Francisco Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and 30 FBI agents also responded to the scene."

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Date of crime: 06/28/2019 Public access allowed: yes Fee required: no Web site: [Web Link]

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