The 19-year-old man who killed three people Sunday during a food festival south of San Francisco committed suicide, said the medical examiner on Friday, contradicting police reports that the gunman was shot dead by police of the order.
Police claimed to have intervened quickly and shot her
Santino William Legan opened fire with an AK-47-type assault rifle during the Garlic Festival, one of the country's leading gastronomy gatherings, which ended on Sunday in Gilroy, a California city of 50,000. inhabitants. He killed a 6-year-old, a 13-year-old girl and a 25-year-old boy. The police claimed to have intervened quickly and shot him, avoiding carnage. But according to US media, the medical examiner has found a suicide. The shooter's motive is not known to the investigators. According to the NGO Gun Violence Archive, there were 247 mass shootings in the United States this year.