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    What we know about Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting suspect Santino William Legan

    by Ruben Vives, Richard Winton, Hannah Fry, Matthew Ormseth, Laura J. Nelson, Colleen Shalby and Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times Jul 29, 2019 5 minutes

    GILROY, Calif. - In the hours before Santino William Legan is alleged to have begun firing into a crowd at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on Sunday, police say the 19-year-old posted a photo on Instagram with the caption, "Ayyy garlic festival time come get wasted on overpriced ... ," using an expletive.

    He also posted a photo of a Smokey Bear sign warning about fire danger with a caption instructing people to read the novel "Might Is Right" by Ragnar Redbeard, authorities said.

    The book, published in 1890, includes discredited principles related to Social Darwinism that have been used to justify racism, slavery and colonialism, said Brian Levin, director of California State University, San Bernardino's Center on Hate and Extremism.

    "The notion that people of color are biologically inferior is a key

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