Assassination attempt by Gilroy

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In an attack on a festival in Gilroy , California on July 28, 2019, four people (including the bomber) were killed and twelve others were injured. The FBI classified the case as domestic terrorism .

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Gilroy Garlic Festival, 2018

The attacked festival is the three-day "Gilroy Garlic Festival" (Gilroys Garlic Festival). The festival, which takes place annually in Christmas Hill Park , specializes in dishes containing garlic . Music groups also perform. The city ​​of Gilroy, around 50 kilometers southeast of San Jose , is a major garlic producer.

Sequence of events

The attack took place on July 28, 2019, the third and last day of the festival. The assassin entered the festival site at around 5:40 p.m. through a hole in a fence in order to bypass the security controls at the entrance to the site. He apparently began to shoot at random at visitors who were present, killing three people, a 6-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man, and injuring twelve others. The police reached the scene within a minute and fired several shots in the direction of the assassin, who died on the spot. The police initially stated that the assassin was killed by the officers' gunshots; however, a coroner found that he died from a shot in the head from his own gun.

Assassin

The 19-year-old Santino William Legan was identified as the assassin. He killed himself during the assassination attempt. The police have not yet been able to find out a motive.

Jack van Breen, the singer of the band TinMan, who just had a performance on stage, told the broadcaster CBS that he had heard someone ask the assassin: “Why are you doing this?” He said “because I'm very angry " responded.

At first, the police assumed there was a second assassin or an accomplice. However, this initial suspicion was rejected in the course of the investigation, even if it could not be said "with absolute certainty".

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Volksstimme Magdeburg: Fatal shots at a folk festival in California. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Jacey Fortin: Shooting at Festival in California Kills at Least 3 . In: The New York Times . July 28, 2019, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed August 4, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Four dead, including suspect, and at least 12 hurt in shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival. In: The Mercury News. July 29, 2019, Retrieved August 4, 2019 (American English).
  5. ↑ Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Jacey Fortin: Shooting at Festival in California Kills at Least 3 . In: The New York Times . July 28, 2019, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed August 4, 2019]).
  6. ↑ a b Two children killed in shooting that left gunman dead at Gilroy Garlic Festival in San Francisco Bay Area. Retrieved August 4, 2019 (American English).
  7. ^ Coroner: Gunman In Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting Killed Himself, Contradicting Police Account. August 2, 2019, Retrieved August 4, 2019 (American English).
  8. ^ Police: Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting investigation indicates no second suspect involved. Accessed August 4, 2019 .