3 mass shootings in less than a week, and in Gilroy some are blaming Trump
by Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, Los Angeles Times
Aug 04, 2019
4 minutes
GILROY, Calif. - The streets here were eerily quiet Sunday.
It had been a week since a gunman had shot and killed three people at the popular Gilroy Garlic Festival. Parks were empty, church parking lots were barren, and many businesses were deserted. Outside, the only people noticeable were families who had gathered for a girls softball game at Gilroy High School, next to the blocked-off entrance to Christmas Hill Park, where the Gilroy Garlic Festival took place.
A week ago, the world's eyes were on this city, the scene of the latest mass shooting in America. But this weekend, two other cities have taken that grim mantle, first El Paso, Texas, where
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