A six-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl were among those killed by a gunman who opened fire at a popular food festival in California on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Santino William Legan, 19, appeared to target people randomly as he began shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival after cutting through a fence to gain entry, according to the police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He killed three people and injured another 12 with an assault-style rifle before being fatally shot by police officers who responded to the incident in less than a minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Six-year-old Stephen Romero, the 13-year-old girl and a man in his 20s were killed, officials and authorities said. The motive for the attack is unclear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alberto Romero, Stephen’s father, told the San Francisco Bay Area news station KNTV: "My son had his whole life to live and he was only 6. That’s all I can say."<\/p>\n
The attack came at the end of the three-day festival in Gilroy, a city in north California known as the "Garlic Capital of the World\u201d. The event is attended by more than 100,000 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Festival attendees have to pass through metal detectors and have their bags searched, but the shooter is believed to have gained access through a fence near a car park. Details of the attack are still emerging.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n#BREAKING UPDATE: Ambulance crews were told 11 people down in a reported shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. https:\/\/t.co\/ufzR4VllUL pic.twitter.com\/giApm5t2bX<\/p>\n
— Stephen Ellison (@sj_ellison) July 29, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Jack van Breen, a musician playing at the festival, said he saw a man wearing a green shirt and grayish handkerchief around his neck fire into the food area with what looked like an assault rifle.\u00a0He and other members of the band dove under the stage.<\/p>\n
Mr Van Breen said he heard someone shout: "Why are you doing this?" The reply was: "Because I’m really angry."<\/p>\n
Donna Carlson of Reno, Nevada, told reporters she was helping a friend at a jewellery booth when "all of a sudden it was pop, pop, pop.\u201d She hid behind a table until police said it was safe to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Donald Trump, the US president, condemned the "wicked murderer\u201d during an event at the White House on Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n