Gilroy police say they have identified an additional person who suffered a gunshot wound during a deadly shooting at a famous garlic festival last month. Authorities say a 58-year-old man sustained a graze wound to his head that required stitches. The man's injuries bring the total number of people shot...
Funeral Instead of 14th Birthday for Girl Killed at Gilroy Festival
SAN JOSE — Mourners used colored markers to write messages on Keyla Salazar's white casket before a funeral Tuesday for the middle-school teenager killed in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. "Keyla, you're an angel. We will never forget you!" read one. Another said, "Keyla, I love you...
Was Gilroy a Terrorist Shooting? 'Target List' Grabs FBI's Attention
LOS ANGELES — The discovery of a "target list" containing religious institutions, courthouses and other sites compiled by the gunman in a mass shooting at a California food festival has prompted the FBI to open a domestic terrorism case. Shooter Santino William Legan, 19, appeared to be interested in conflicting...
Rep. Costa: When Will McConnell, Trump Protect Americans?
Rep. Jim Costa took to Twitter to express his outrage Monday over the U.S. Senate's and President Trump's refusals to adopt meaningful gun violence legislation. Costa's remarks followed mass shootings over the weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that killed 31 people and wounded more than 50. "When...
Gilroy Festival Gunman Killed Himself, Coroner Says
The gunman in the deadly Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting killed himself, according to a finding by the Santa Clara County coroner's office that contradicts earlier police accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. Santino William Legan, 19, shot and killed three people— including two children — Sunday at the festival....
Gilroy Festival Killer's Motive Still a Mystery
GILROY — The 19-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Northern California food festival was "kind of a loner" and much of his life was shrouded in mystery, the FBI said Tuesday as investigators searched for a motive. Police believe Santino William Legan fired randomly Sunday, killing three people, after cutting through...
Gilroy Pledges to Remain Strong in Wake of Festival Shooting
GILROY — Only a few days ago, Gilroy was known for one thing: garlic. The rural community near San Francisco lived and breathed the prized, pungent crop. Now it's the site of the latest American mass shooting. On Sunday evening, a 19-year-old gunman with apparent white supremacist views slipped into...
Gunman Posted Online Minutes Before Killing 3 at Gilroy Festival
GILROY — Before a 19-year-old gunman opened fire on a famed garlic festival in his hometown, he urged his Instagram followers to read a 19th century book popular with white supremacists on extremist websites, but his motives for killing two children and another young man were still a mystery Monday. Santino...
6-Year-Old Among 3 Killed in Gilroy Festival Shooting
GILROY — A 6-year-old boy described by his grandmother as always kind and happy was one of three people killed and at least 15 others injured when a gunman heard to be "really angry" opened fire during the closing moments of the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee...