Festival-goers ran in terror as they tried to get away from a gunman who opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, outside of San Jose. One woman says her boss and her boss’s husband were among the victims
“She got shot in the leg and she’s at the hospital in surgery. Her husband got shot three times. Three times, and he’s in the hospital right now in critical condition,” she says.
At least four people died, including the gunman, and 15 others were injured. A manhunt is underway for a second suspect.
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President Donald Trump says there was nothing racist about his weekend tweets calling Congressman Elijah Cummings’ Baltimore-area, majority-black district a “rodent-infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.”
Now Trump is trying to deflect the accusations of racism by labeling the prominent black congressman as racist himself and accusing Democrats of trying to “play the race card.”
Cummings, chair of the House oversight committee, has been a leading critic of Trump.
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Yet another weekend is marred by violence in downtown Austin near the ARCH homeless shelter.
For the second time in as many weeks, a person had to be taken to the hospital after being shot on 7th Street.
Austin-Travis County EMS says his injuries aren’t life-threatening. The shooter was not caught.
Last week, a man was arrested for allegedly shooting a woman at 7th and Red River during a fight.
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The Austin City Council doesn’t meet again until next week, and Travis County GOP chair Matt Mackowiak still plans to submit a petition calling on city leaders to rescind the camping in public homeless ordinance. As of this morning, the petition has almost 18-thousand signatures.
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The days may be numbered for Hancock Golf Course in Central Austin.
According to the Statesman, a report from National Golf Foundation Consulting recommends turning Hancock into a park, which would be turned over to a private company.
The report says Hancock is not turning a profit, and likely won’t without a full overhaul that could cost nearly $1-million.
