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Thirteen-year-old Keyla Alison Salazar of Gilroy, California, was killed on July 28, 2019, during the mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. She was at the festival with family celebrating her upcoming 14th birthday when the gunman, 19-year-old Santino William Legan, opened fire. Legan cut through a fence to enter the grounds and used an AK-47-style rifle he had legally purchased in Nevada.

Keyla was remembered by her family as bright and caring, with interests in science, technology, and animation. Family members say she stayed behind to help a relative who used a cane and was struck by gunfire. The attack also killed 6-year-old Stephen Romero and 25-year-old Trevor Irby, and injured more than a dozen others. Legan was shot by officers and then died by a self-inflicted wound at the scene; investigators said no clear motive had been determined and reported that Legan had referenced extremist material and kept a target list.

The FBI and local authorities conducted an extensive investigation and explored the possibility of additional accomplices based on witness reports, but no further arrests were made. Does anyone who knew Keyla or was at the festival have memories or information to share?