SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were among the victims killed, in a shooting, at an annual garlic festival, held in Gilroy city, Northern California, Gilroy Police Chief, said.
Scot Smithee told a press conference, the deaths also included a male in his 20’s and the shooter, who was gunned down within “less than a minute” after police officers engaged and fatally wounded the suspect, who was identified as 19-year-old Santino William Legan.
He said, investigators found that the weapon the suspect used was an “SKS AK-47-type assault rifle,” which was purchased legally in the state of Nevada, on July 9.
The police chief updated the total number of injuries to 12, who survived the shooting. The injuries were previously put at 15, on Sunday.
He thanked the first respondent police officers, for engaging the suspect rapidly, to prevent more possible casualties. “It could have gone so much worse,” he said.
Craig Fair, deputy special agent, in charge of the San Francisco Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), said, FBI agents were assisting in the probe of the festival shooting, to find out what was behind the attack.
“Our principal concern at this point is, motivation and ideological leanings,” he said.
On Monday, Amy Storey, president of Keuka College in New York, confirmed that, Trevor Irby, a biology major, who graduated from the college in 2017, was the third victim of the mass shooting.
The Gilroy Garlic Festival, which started in 1979, is now known across the globe as the world’s greatest summer food fair, featuring three full days of garlicky food, live entertainment, and family fun.
Sunday was the last day of the three-day festival, which often attracts thousands of garlic lovers.– NNN-AGENCIES
