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It’s now been a little more than a week since a gunman opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival — a major tourist draw that community members say has always felt more like a family reunion — killing three and injuring 13 others, before killing himself.

I had reached out to Mark Turner, the president and chief executive of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce, in the frantic aftermath of the shooting, hoping to talk with anyone who had witnessed the chaos. I also wanted to learn more about the festival’s role in a tight-knit community.

By the time we caught up by phone this week, 31 more people had been killed in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio. That’s 31 more people whose families will never be whole. Dozens more were injured, and survivors who don’t bear physical scars will almost certainly carry emotional ones.

None of that will make Gilroy’s healing process any easier.

On the day of the shooting, Mr. Turner said, he was starting to take down the beer booth the chamber operates every year when shots rang out. He thought his wife and daughter were still at the festival near where the gunfire was coming from, so he took off in that direction.