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Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting

At least 3 dead, 11 hurt in shooting at California festival. At least three people are dead and 11 people are injured after a shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California, according to law enforcement and medical officials.

Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee said the shooter also was killed. He was shot and killed by officers who engaged him within one minute of the shooting, Smithee said. A manhunt is underway for a possible second suspect, Smithee said. That person's role in the shooting is unclear, he said. Neither the shooter nor the second suspect have been identified.

The shooting occurred at the end of the final day of the festival, about 30 miles southeast of San Jose, sending people screaming as they tried to escape the chaos. Witnesses described pandemonium, with people running, hiding behind tents, crawling under tables or climbing fences to escape the gunfire. Ref. CNN.

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Shooting Festival Garlic Gilroy

Police release details on victims, weapon and ID gunman in Gilroy festival shooting. Authorities in California on Monday identified a 19-year-old gunman whose rampage at the Gilroy Garlic Festival left three people dead and at least a dozen injured. Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee also said the deceased are a 6-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl and a man in his 20s. The gunman used an AK-47-type rifle that he purchased legally in Nevada this month, Smithee said. Ref. USAToday.

Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting History & Civil Business Politics

Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter killed himself, coroner says. The gunman who opened fire on unsuspecting festival-goers, killing three at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California, died by suicide, the Coroner's Office found. Source 2u.