Suspected Teen Gunman Used Legal ‘AK-47-style’ Rifle

By dailypost 07/29/2019 Tragedy No Comments

According to Gilroy, California, police chief Scot Smithee, the gun used in last night’s mass shooting was an AK-47-type rifle that was legally purchased in Nevada on July 9th.

The suspected gunman, who is already identified by police, fired indiscriminately into the crowd at the annual food festival around 5:40 p.m. local time Sunday, according to authorities.

The victims were a 6-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl, and a man in his 20s. No word on a motive.

19-year-old suspect for the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting legally purchased his “AK-47-type assault rifle” in Nevada on July 9 — less than three weeks before the shooting https://t.co/IJVIdstvog pic.twitter.com/EatPmGWDyi
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 29, 2019

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