holding area which is about a ten minute drive. nbc news is now able to confirm 11 people shot at this food festival in gilroy, california, a town known and it s maybe not a surprise given the type of festival here, known for its garlic. and the amount of garlic that s it s been traditionally able to grow in that space. we re also hearing from one of the eyewitnesses, what are your take-aways? clint, can you hear me? now, i can. we ve got a number of things going on. the multi-agency responses. i see everybody from sheriffs to federal agencies to police to fire departments. when a call like this goes out,
perimeter and let these officers work the inner perimeter. but know at the same time there s going to be police dogs that are going to be working it. there will be helicopters, aircraft. there may be drones up in the air. there s a tremendous amount of tactical resources that can brought in to a manhunt like this, and it would appear that that manhunt may continue based upon the number of vehicles that are there and the preparation that we see the vehicle on left-hand side that s pulling out going somewhere, those officers were checking their weapons, they were checking the sights on the weapons. so they weren t taking their gear off. they were going to a location possibly to participate in in ongoing manhunt or search. if you re just joining us here on msnbc, we re reaching almost the top of the hour. a breaking story coming out of northern california there in the city of gilroy, california, by the map it is about an hour and
enforcement sources. nbc also now saying 11 people shot. but according to gilroy city councilman, one of the gilroy city councilman and a law enforcement investigation, they are now saying three have been pronounced dead. and that is a new piece of information for us here at msnbc. we re now able to say at least 11 shot and at the moment, three have been pronounced dead. cedric, to you. yes, our hearts and prayers going out to this community tonight. those that have survived and those that are injured. here we are again in another one of these situations but in california as you ll find across the country, police are going to be relentless in maintaining their position and if they re still looking for a suspect or other suspects who may have been involved in this tragic event
park where this food festival was taking place. the town of gilroy, small. under 50,000. but during this festival they will see tens of thousands over the course of three days. we re now on day three. this report of an active shooter happened in the last 30 minutes of this festival. the last scheduled event at this festival was about an hour and a half before this shooting. so if there is a good time, and there is no good time, it was happening during a very quiet part of this three-day festival. how big is it? they bill themselves as one of the biggest if not the biggest food festivals in the country. if you are a northern californian you know about this festival, you go to it. it is always the joke of the town if you will that it smells great and you can smell it for a long way as you arrive and you leave, the little town of gil hp roy. this is what they are known for because of the amount of garlic
but again what we can report according to nbc news, three dead, at least 11 shot here in the town of gilroy, california, just to give you a sense, it s a small town about 40,000 people. and during this three-day garlic festival, in this town, which is called, they like to call themselves the garlic capital of the world. and on had festival, this year, 2019 is its 40th anniversary. this final day where they often will see thousands again coming to visit them overall. they have had this incident to finish off the four-decade anniversary of the festival in a small town in gilroy, california. we have with us still at this moment cedric alexander who is a former law enforcement executive and msnbc contributor. we also have clint van zandt former fbi agent who has been with us.