Police identify gunman in deadly Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, 6-year-old boy among those killed

GILROY, Calif. (KTVU) - Law enforcement officials on Monday identified the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter as 19-year-old Santino William Legan.

Outside his home in Gilroy, about a mile from police headquarters, police and ATF agents swarmed his two-story sand-colored home. An ATF agent answered the door, telling KTVU that no one from the family would be speaking.

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Neighbors said that two parents and two sons lived there and that they were nice. A woman who lives across the street said Legan had not lived there for at least a year, and SWAT officers came to the home Sunday night. Jan Dickson called the Legans "a nice, normal family." 

"How do you cope with this? They have to deal with the fact that their son did this terrible thing and that he died," Dickson said.

Not much else was known about Legan, other than what witnesses described they saw at the festival on Sunday about 5:40 p.m. Police say Legan killed three people -- including a 6-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl and a man in his 20s -- before he was shot to death by police. Twelve others were injured. Legan had sneaked into the festival by cutting a hole in a fence and he was armed with a rifle, witnesses and police said. Police Chief Scot Smithee said a second suspect could be on the loose, but later said "we really don't know." 

The Gilroy Garlic Festival features food, cooking contests and music. It's a decades-old staple in the agricultural city of 50,000 about 80 miles southeast of San Francisco. Festival goers pass through metal detectors and their bags are searched at the event.

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The 6-year-old was identified by family as Stephen Romero. The boy's grandmother, Maribel Romero, told Los Angeles station KABC-TV that she searched several hospitals before learning he had died. She said he was "always kind, happy and, you know, playful."

The names of the other victims were not released. The chief said he wanted the coroner to be able to name them once next of kin has been notified. 

Honey vendor Candace Marquez was going to the bathroom when she came outside and heard what she thought were fireworks. She quickly turned and saw a man with a rifle. He was dressed in khaki shorts, a green vest and a brown hat.

"I still can't believe this happened," Marquez said, ading that her boss at Honey Ladies got shot in the calf and the woman's husband was shot three times. "It's so scary. Especially here in Gilroy."

President Trump addressed the deadly rampage from a podium at the White House. 

"While families were spending time together at a local festival, a wicked murderer opened fire and killed three innocent civilians, including a young child. We grieve for their families, we ask God to comfort them with overflowing mercy and grace, praying for those recovering in the hospital." 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.