| 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 / 36.99778°N 121.58528°W |
| Date | July 28, 2019 5:40 – 5:45 p.m.[1] (PDT (UTC−7)) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, murder–suicide |
| Weapons | 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 FBI opened a domestic terrorism investigation into the incident.[6]
- ^ "Timeline: Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting". July 29, 2019. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
- ^ Winton, Richard; McGreevy, Patrick (July 30, 2019). "Gilroy Garlic Festival gunman used a rifle banned in California, officials say". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ a b Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs (August 2, 2019). "Gilroy Gunman Fatally Shot Himself After Killing 3 at Garlic Festival". New York Times. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ^ a b "Police say a 17th person was wounded in Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. August 29, 2019. Archived from the original on August 31, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
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