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Park remains closed after shooting at Gilroy Garlic Festival

Saturday, August 3, 2019
GILROY, Calif. (KGO) -- Saturday morning's massacre in El Paso comes less than a week after the mass shooting in Gilroy.

People are still arriving at Christmas Hill Park, the scene of Sunday's tragedy at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, to retrieve belongings.
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Parts of the venue are still a crime scene.

Teams of federal, state and local law enforcement officers are still processing the area for evidence.

Residents say they're ready to clean up reminders of the violence.
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"It takes a lot of effort and a lot of people have arranged their whole schedules to tear the festival down and get it ready to be a park again," said Alan Heinzen, a festival volunteer.

Three people died. At least a dozen were wounded.



The coroner said on Friday that the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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