Actress wife found dead
A BOY aged six, a girl aged 13 and a man in his 20s were killed when a gunman went on a murderous rampage at a food festival in California yesterday.
Hundreds of people fled for their lives as the attacker opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle after breaking into the Gilroy Garlic Festival site near San Jose.
The 19-year-old killer, named locally as Santino William Legan, also wounded at least 15 others in a spree lasting seconds, before he was shot dead by police.
The gunman, who was dressed in army fatigues, reportedly told onlookers: “I’m really angry.” But police said his motives remain a mystery.
Stephen Romero, six, was the first victim named from the outrage. He was playing in an inflatable bouncy house with his mother when he was shot in the back.
Mrs Romero has been placed in a medically induced coma after being shot in the stomach, while her mother was being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg.
Mr Romero, who was at home at the time, said: “My son had his whole life to live.”
Police warned the scene was still “active” as they launched a manhunt to find a suspected accomplice reported by witnesses.
President Donald Trump, confronted by what is said to be the 246th mass shooting in the US this year, warned people to “be careful and safe”.
The attack began at 6pm local time on Sunday at a festival that attracts more than 100,000 people. Visitors who had been wandering among the food stalls had to flee for their lives as the horror unfolded.
Michael Paz, 72, who worked on a stall, said: “He came ready to shoot because he was wearing a protective vest.
“He was shooting left, he was shooting right without any particular aim.”
Another witness said the gunman was asked why he was shooting and replied: “Because I am really angry.”
Gilroy police chief Scot Smithee said: “It’s incredibly disheartening and sad an event that does so much good for the community had to suffer from a tragedy like this.” THE estranged wife of notoriously violent convict Charles Bronson was found dead at her home yesterday in a suspected suicide.
Actress Paula Williamson, 38, married Bronson, 66, in the chapel at HMP Wakefield in 2017.
But their relationship fell apart over pictures of her in Tenerife, with men allegedly placing their heads on her chest and kissing her.
Paula filed for divorce from Bronson.
Her death comes days after he claimed to have “found true love” and to be planning to wed again.
Police said they were not treating her death as suspicious.
A statement from Staffordshire Police said: “A woman from Stoke-on-Trent who was found dead has been named as Paula Williamson, aged 38.”
In an interview last year Paula said: “I need to find somebody I can actually go to dinner with and have a relationship with.
“I need to sort myself out. I’ve got an alcohol problem, a prescription drug problem.”
A statement from Bronson about the split was read out when Paula appeared on ITV’s Loose Women last year.
He said: “I absolutely abhor alcohol and drugs. She needs help.
“I’ll miss her but she needs to sort herself out or she will be dead in two years.”
Paula appeared in Coronation Street three times between 2008 and 2012 as an unnamed nurse.
She also played a doctor in Hollyoaks.