Hero Campbell policewoman sues department over Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting injury, alleged sex discrimination

Campbell policewoman Margaret Leitz ran toward the gunfire at the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting, rescued a woman who had been shot in the head and helped others escape over a five-foot fence. For her heroism, Campbell’s police chief Gary Berg awarded Leitz a medal of valor. But now she’s suing the the City of Campbell, its police department, and Berg over what she alleges was ongoing sex discrimination, and malicious harassment related to an injury she suffered while saving festival-goers in Gilroy. The city, police department and Berg...