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Gunman Turns Last Minutes of Gilroy Garlic Festival Into Devastation Nation: Trumpsignsbillensuringvictims’compensationfundhelpingthoseimpactedbySept.11,2001,attacksneverrunsoutofmoney.A4 ThenewspaperofSiliconValley 111 Volume 169, issue 41 TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019 24/7 COVERAGE: MERCURYNEWS.COM » $1.50 ‘Everyonewantstoknowwhy’DEADLY MASS SHOOTING Gunman turns last minutesofGilroy Garlic Festival into devastation By Julia Prodis Sulek, Thy Vo, Erin Woo and Jason Green Staff writers GILROY » Nineteen days before the ram- page at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, 19-year- old Santino William Legan bought an AK- 47-style assault rifle at a Nevada gun shop. HebroughtitbacktoCaliforniaand to Gilroy, the town where he grew up, po- licesaid.OnSundayevening,cladinpar- tialfatigues,hecarriedtheweapontoa creek near the festi- val grounds and cut a Editorial: No path through a security credibility in fence. With the sounds Trump’s Gilroy of lively rock music and condolences. A6 smellofgarlicintheair, he walked toward a music stage — and be- gan America’s latest inexplicable slaughter. “I think everyone wants to know why,” said Gilroy police Chief Scot Smithee, who said Monday authorities still are investigat- ingwhatdroveLegan’sdeadlymotivations. NHAT V. MEYER — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The teen sprayed gunfire, killing a 6-year-oldboynearabouncehouseand Robert Ramirez sits with his son Robbie, 10, during a vigil for the victims of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting outside of City Hall wounding the boy’s mother and grand- in Gilroy on Monday. A gunman killed three people Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. mother.Hekilleda13-year-oldgirlanda 25-year-old college graduate, whom festi- valgoers frantically carried to the back of Victims: The awhitepickuptruckandtriedtosavewith CPR. three slain were a Hewoundedmorethanadozenothers, includinga12-year-oldgirlwhowasshy child, a teen and by nature, and now her family can barely get her to speak, and a cheerleader, a ju- nior from Gilroy High School who was vol- recent college grad unteeringinaboothsellinggarlicbraids andaprons.Shelaybleedingonthedusty By Maggie Angst and Joseph Geha Staff writers fairgrounds for 15 minutes while a friend’s momusedherhandasacompressandkept Onewasahappy,6-year-oldboy calling out, “We need help! I need help!” who had just savored one of life’s GARLIC » PAGE 3 earlymilestones—graduatingfrom kindergarten. Another was a teenage girlwhodreamedofsomedaydraw- San Jose inganimations.Athirdwasarecent collegegraduatelivingwithhisgirl- Map Monterey Rd. Santa area friend in Santa Cruz. Cruz Allthreehadcomewithfamilyor - friendstotakeinthefun,fareand d. smells of Gilroy’s world-famous gar- licfestivalonasunnysummerSun- NOAH BERGER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS day. Before the close of the festival’s Police officers carry evidence bags from the family home of alleged Gilroy Garlic Leavesley R thirdandlastday,allthreeweresud- Festival gunman Santino William Legan on Monday in Gilroy. denlygunneddownbya19-year-old Santa Teresa Blvd. Gilroy man who authorities say had broken Wren Ave. into the festival grounds and sprayed Suspect: Gilroy High grad from longtime gunfire into a crowd. 152 Authorities identified the deceased countyfamilyhadlivedinNevada,policesay 10th St. victimsMondayas6-year-oldSte- 101 phen Romero of San Jose, 13-year-old Santa Clara County family. His late KeylaSalazarofSanJoseand25-year- By Leonardo Castañeda, grandfather, Tom Legan, was a two- old Trevor Irby of Romulus, New York. Ethan Baron, Robert Salonga term county supervisor, the sole Re- and Marisa Kendall Gilroy Atleast19peopleweretakentoSt. Staff writers publican on the board at the time, and Home of Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy aformerengineerandaKaiserCement Garlic suspect’s and Santa Clara Valley Medical Cen- Santino William Legan, the 19-year- executive. As a supervisor, Legan lost a 1/2 mile terinSanJosewithinjuriesrelatedto old identified by police as the teen who reelection bid in 1988 after a jury ac- Festival parents the shooting. shotdeadthreepeopleSundayeve- quittedhimonchargesofmolestinga Asof5p.m.Monday,fivepatients ning at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, was young female relative. BAY AREA NEWS GROUP remained at Valley Medical Center, a2017graduateofGilroyHighSchool TheextendedLeganfamilyalso with one in critical condition, one in whoboughtanassaultriflelegallyin gained prominence in the region HELP FOR VICTIMS serious condition and one in fair con- Nevada this month and apparently cut through the award-winning Kukar’s dition. The other two requested pri- throughasecurityfencetocarryout HouseofPizza,foundedbyGeorgeKu- A family assistance center will be hosted at vacy about their conditions. the seemingly random killings. kar,thelatehusbandofTomLegan’s Rucker Elementary School, 325Santa Clara Theshooter,identifiedasSan- FBI agents early Monday raided an aunt. Ave. in Gilroy, through at least Friday for tino William Legan, was killed in a apartmentlinkedtoLeganinaremote AtanewsconferenceMondaymorn- those affected by the Gilroy Garlic Festival shootout by three officers shortly af- town in Nevada’s Mineral County. ing, Gilroy police Chief Scot Smithee shootings. The American Red Cross, the ter bursting into the festival grounds Legan opened fire with what police saidtheattack“seemslikearandom District Attorney’s Office Victim Services throughacutfence,accordingtoau- describedasanSKSAK-47-stylerifleat act”butauthoritieshavea“longwayto Unit, and county behavioral health services thorities. the close of the three-day festival before go” with their investigation. The chief will offer grief counseling, help filing claims VICTIMS » PAGE 5 he was killed in an exchange of gunfire described the shooter’s gun as “an AK- forstatefundstohelppaymedicaland with three Gilroy police officers. 47-type assault rifle that had been pur- counseling bills and for other assistance, The three people killed were a chasedlegallyinNevadaonJuly9.” and referrals to medical, counseling and 6-year-oldSanJoseboynamedSte- In a post on an Instagram page days other assistance providers. phenRomero,13-year-oldKeylaSalazar SUSPECT » PAGE 5 The center will be open Tuesday, Wednes- ofSanJose,andTrevorIrby,25,from day,ThursdayandFridayfrom9a.m.to10 New York. More than a dozen others p.m., and could be extended after that as were wounded. Online: Hundreds turn out for vigil needed. For more information, call 408- Legan comes from an established for victims. WWW.MERCURYNEWS.COM 209-8356. Weapon: Assault rifle, illegal in California, was bought legally in Nevada members in Nevada when he purchased ual. He ordered the rifle off my internet By Casey Tolan and Marisa Kendall Staff writers the “AK-47-type assault rifle” on July 9, Gil- page. When I did see him, he was acting roy police Chief Scot Smithee told report- happy and showed no reasons for concern.” Thesuspectinthedeadlyshootingat ers Monday morning. The gun could not have been legally pur- the Gilroy Garlic Festival Sunday evening BigMike’sGunandAmmo,agunstore chased in or brought into California, Attor- legally purchased his rifle in Nevada ear- in Fallon, Nevada, about an hour’s drive ney General Xavier Becerra said at a news lierthismonthandbroughtitacrossthe east of Reno, posted a statement on its conference Monday. state line even though it’s illegal to possess Facebook page confirming Legan pur- “ThereachofCalifornialawendsatour TWITTER theweaponinCalifornia,authoritiessaid. chased his gun there. borders, so we cannot control what other A social media post shows Stephen Santino William Legan, the 19-year-old “WefeelsoverysorryfortheFamilies, states do,” Becerra said. “That’s what makes Romero, 6, who was killed at the Gilroy believed to have killed three people and I am heartbroken this could ever happen,” itsotoughifotherstatesdon’tmatchus.” GarlicFestivalonSunday. injured 12 others, was living with family the post read. “I did not know this individ- GUN » PAGE 5 NEWSONYOURPHONE INDEX Comics/TV ...............B8 Obituaries .................B6 WEATHER H: 72-78 L: 53-58 Subscribe: Download the Mercury News Business ....................C7 Lottery ...................... A2 Puzzles...............B6, C5 MercuryNews.com Full report on B10 ©2019 mobile app for iPhone or Android. Classified.................. C6 Movies.......................B4 Weather .................. B10 6 40493 00001 1 TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019 111 BAY AREA NEWS GROUP A3 HOW YOU CAN HELP Nonprofit sets up fund to benefit victims IMPROVEMENTS By Linda Zavoral For community members needing support or counseling services, behavioral health clinicians are available at lzavoral@ bayareanewsgroup.com Live Oak High School, 1505 E. Main Ave. in Morgan Hill, and Christopher High School, 850 Day Road in Gilroy. The Gilroy Foundation, People also can get connected to services by calling a nonprofit that’s been 800-704-0900, and selecting option 2. The Suicide and operating for decades in Crisis Hotline can be reached at 855-278-4204 or by TO THE this southern Santa Clara texting RENEW to 741741. County city, has established 6 a special fund to benefit vic- tive relief to those affected.” Melone. tims of Sunday’s shooting. The Gilroy Foundation The Gilroy group has The Gilroy Garlic Fes- was created by about 60 been affiliated with the tival Victims Relief Fund community leaders in 1980 SVCF since the early 1980s was created in partnership to “meet the needs of the as part of the latter’s Non- with the Silicon Valley Com- community in the specific profit Investment Partners munity Foundation, and the areas of Health, Educa- program. SVCF has donated an initial tion, Recreation, Technol- Donations may be made $10,000
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