they grow in gilroy, california. it is unfortunate though based on the decades this festival has been going on that this year in 2019 on a sunday at their local time, 5:30, it ended in a way that it never had before. and so now as we do look at these live pictures, we re trying to understand as the police are saying, this is an active scene, what does that mean? is there another suspect they re looking for? it would appear they are certainly canvassing what is a very large park. and this is about a 50-acre park that is involved in this space. now nbc now able to confirm that 11 people were shot. nbc news able to confirm 11 people were shot at the gilrfesl in gilroy, california. we ll want to get you the latest video that is safe that we can actually broadcast for you. i want to go to clint who s
tell. how loud was it? it kind of sounded like fireworks until i saw him walking around and walking up towards us so i just grabbed all the kids and ran. we were running one of the kids equipment and we had half of them up there, so i was pulling them out trying to get them out and run. a witness a bit earlier today speaking with our affiliate kntv and trying to remember some of the facts and details as he was leaving there scene there. local time 8:41 p.m. left side you can see one of the choppers surveilling the area. right-hand side, this is the scene we ve been watching all evening to see and get a sense of what is happening. because gilroy police here are saying this is an active scene, one that was potentially described earlier for some of the festival goers here at this food festival in gilroy, california krsh to remove folk tuesday the gathering area, the
complete clear of that park. you saw the k-9s coming in with some tactical officers there. they re just not totally sure even if they have one person in custody, they still have to clear everything, they still have to make sure there s nobody else out there that could be a danger. and even a wounded victim who might have made his way into the trees or something that could still be injured. we just don t know do they have one in custody or not or do they just have a description. hopefully the chief will come out in gilroy soon and give the community an update. specifically i think the most important thing for the citizens is there a danger of someone at large or not? do they have one in custody and they re still making sure there s not another or do they have specific information one got away? because citizens need to know.
there. we also heard from president trump he has tweeted as well. san francisco 49ers, they ve bib on twitter saying we are deeply saddened to learn of the horrific tragedy unfolding in neighboring gilroy, our thoughts and prayers are with today s victims, their families and first responders on the scene. our local affiliate in these breaking stories happen, we get the information directly from on the ground. they ve been working their local sources. the number sometimes are different than what nbc news is confirming. we are confirming right now 11 people shot at the garlic festival in gilroy, california. lots of different reports, and this is why we wait before we confirm the numbers we have just given you within the last three minutes. lots of different reports in terms of the number are injured, in terms of the number potentially and we cannot
unset happened about 45 minutes ago. and now law enforcement on the ground. it appears still very active. when we were able to be see what they were doing on the ground during the light of day, we saw seven, eight, nine law enforcement walking shoulder to shoulder with k-9 units around the perimeter, potentially of this location of this mass shooting. where is this location specifically in gilroy, california? it s in a park called christmas hill park. this is a park on three sides that is open to rolling hills. not necessarily at least from a layperson s perspective an area that would be easy to cordon off because three sides are open to the hills. and at the moment, what we understand is that they are still as we were talking about moments ago, moving vehicles. we have not seen a lot of activity in terms of law enforcement vehicles leaving the scene nor have we seen ambulances leaving the scene.