The shooter in the California festival attack legally purchased his firearm in Nevada.
Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee said 19-year-old Santino William Legan appeared to randomly target people when he fired with a rifle Sunday afternoon at the end of the three-day Gilroy Garlic Festival.
A 6-year-old boy and a 13-year old girl and a man in his 20s were killed during the attack, and 12 other people were injured.
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Police shot and killed the gunman, who was wielding an AK-47 type assault-type rifle.
The rifle was purchased legally on July 9 in Nevada, but officials didn’t provide any further details on the location of the purchase.