Records: Festival gunman had passport, survival guide in car

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press
Updated 5:25 pm CDT, Thursday, August 8, 2019

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court documents released Thursday show the gunman in the deadly California food festival shooting had a passport, clown mask, wilderness survival guide and bottle rockets in his car at the time of the attack.

The discovery came in the parked Honda Accord of 19-year-old Santino William Legan. Authorities also searched his family's home in Gilroy as well as his apartment in a remote area of Nevada.

Legan killed three people, including two children, on July 28 at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. He took his own life during a shootout with police.

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Among the other items found in his car were digital devices, California and Nevada license plates, shotgun, ammunition, first aid kit and a camouflage pack with a fire shelter tent.

Authorities found an AR-15 assault rifle and three high-capacity magazines in the master bedroom of the family home.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Records-Festival-gunman-had-passport-bottle-14291246.php

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[BigmanPigman]

1. If he was into surviving why did he

let the police kill him? He could have turned himself in like the dude in El Paso. The whole family must love assault weapons...lovely.

[riversedge]

4. This was his first killing(s). Maybe he suddenly realized the gravity of his situation. who knows?

[BigmanPigman]

6. I guess we are thinking with logic

and not like a RW nut job.

[Demonaut]

7. I thought he shot himself

[BigmanPigman]

9. If he shot himself my question applies twice as much.

If that was an option in his mind(?) why all the survival stuff? Doesn't make sense.

[Demonaut]

10. does killing children make sense?

we'll never know his mind

[BigmanPigman]

11. We are using rational thought and logic...not him apparently.

[metalbot]

13. There's not necessarily any correlation with the shooting

Lots of people have a crap ton of stuff in their car. I'm fairly sure I have a compass, flashlight, blanket, matches, water filter, and a basic first aid kit in my car, and that has nothing to do with what I might happen to be doing on any particular day.

[BigmanPigman]

14. What about a clown mask and passport?

Odd if you ask me but as you say, who knows what he intended to use and what was in there for a while and was just sitting around as misc stuff.

[C Moon]

2. Fire shelter tent and bottle rockets? Was he going to start a brush fire?

[3Hotdogs]

3. What the hell did he need to buy a clown mask for?

He's already clown certified as "Bonefied Clown," based on his actions and political beliefs.

[riversedge]

5. A clown mask. Now that is a mystery!

[Demonaut]

8. master bedroom?..his parents?

[BigmanPigman]

12. All in the family...how lovely.

[Harker]

15. The "equipment" list sounds like

what a six-year-old would think a twenty-one-year-old would need.