LOS ANGELES _ Five people injured in a shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in July are suing the event's organizers, saying negligent security contributed to the deadly encounter.
Randall Scarlett, an attorney representing the shooting survivors, filed a lawsuit Tuesday morning, four months after the July 28 shooting in Northern California that left three dead and more than a dozen injured.
Thousands were in attendance at the popular food festival at the "Garlic Capital of the World" in Santa Clara County when a gunman later identified as Santino William Legan opened fire, authorities said.
Gilroy police said Legan circumvented the festival's security by entering from a creek area and cutting through a fence. Chief Scot Smithee said the event, founded in 1979, had security checkpoints with metal detectors.
The famed fest was winding down when gunfire erupted at 5:30 p.m. Officers patrolling the end of the three-day event shot and killed Legan after the rampage began.
