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Gilroy Cops Awarded State Medal of Valor

Officers honored for heroism at the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting that left three people dead and 17 injured.

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Officers Robert Basuino, Hugo Del Moral, and Eric Cryar were awarded the State of California Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor for their extraordinary life-saving actions at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 28, 2019.
Officers Robert Basuino, Hugo Del Moral, and Eric Cryar were awarded the State of California Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor for their extraordinary life-saving actions at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 28, 2019. (Google )

GILROY, CA — Three Gilroy police officers who displayed heroism at the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting were honored by the state earlier this week.

Officers Robert Basuino, Hugo Del Moral, and Eric Cryar were awarded the State of California Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor for their extraordinary life-saving actions at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 28, 2019.

Gilroy Police Officers Awarded Medal of Valor We are proud to announce that Gilroy police officers Robert Basuino, Hugo...
Posted by City of Gilroy Government on Friday, January 22, 2021

The medals were presented to Officers Basuino and Del Moral by Assistant Chief John Marsh of the California Department of Justice, Division of Law Enforcement.

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Santino William Legan killed three people and 17 injured before the 19-year-old was killed in a shootout with police at the festival shooting.

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