Hill park, in just the last hour, this is what weve learned from police about the gun man. At 5 41 pm, shots were reported to police. Police unseen engage the suspect immediately. The suspect was shot and killed by police believed to be armed with a rifle. We have learned that the shooter was able to gain entry into the venue by a nearby creek and managed to cut by the fence to bypass security. Police say they do believe based on witness statements, that another person may be involved in this incident. Here is the latest from police. There were reports of shooting on the north side of the garlic festival area. Officers were in that area and engaged the suspect in less than a minute. They had come into the festival via the creek which borders a parking area, and they used some sort of a tool to cut through the fence to be able to gain access through the secured fence line. Thats how they got in to the festival area itself. We have one suspect we know that is down. We have some witnesses
Gunman shot somewhat randomly throughout the festival area. That gunfire rang out on the third and final day, a population of 55,000 as we said, and this festival has been going on for four decades. They were playing on the vineyard stage and that is on the Northwest Side of the Festival Grounds. That is twh they heard those initial gunshots ring out. And actually one of the players actually was able to see the gunman facing the other direction. Abc 7 News Reporter amanda del castillo. Reporter Gilroy Police say at least a dozen agencies have responded to todays incident including agencies from Santa Clara County and Monterey County. While its been pretty calm at this staging area, in the last 30 minutes we did see three buses, charter buses full of people travel away from the garlic Festival Grounds. Were just standing a few hundred feet from that entrance. Now, its unclear who was on that bus at the time, but we do know it was likely the vendors. All day outside this specific staging
Latest. Reporter so many questions about the shooter motive. The gunmen made entry to the festival by cutting through a fence using a tool to cut their offense on the more north side of the festival near the parking lot bypassing the security checks. And at 5 40 pm just as the festival was wrapping up he opened fire killing three people including a sixyearold boy. There were thousands of people in the area at the time. My niece told me that one of the mexican lady is next to us got shot in the neck. There was a bunch of kids and babies on the ground. Within one minute pulley shot and killed the suspect. Witnesses reported that there might be a second suspect so the search has been going on all night but we dont know if person was involved in any shooting or if the person may have been an accomplice or if that was just a mixup. We are expecting to learn a lot more this morning at a News Conference with the Gilroy Police department and they have not told us when that will happen but we w
Reporter within about a minute. Police were able to shoot and kill jesus suspect. Theyre looking for a potential thoughts second suspect who may have been involved in the shooting according to witness reports. We do not know the persons involvement was in the situation, or if they were simply an accomplice. The fbi and atf are all on scene. And they are looking for any sort of witness video or witnesses that may come forward they will be holding a News Conference later this morning and we wish her to bring that to you life 11 gilroy, anne makovec, kpix 5. A dozen people were taken hospitals across santa clara. Jackie ward is live at san jose outside the Santa Clara Medical valley this morning. Reporter patients were sent to area hospitals all over the south bay including here at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in san jose. There are seven gunshot victims here, but more than a dozen victims total. One of the three people who died is sixyearold Stephen Romero shot in the back and he di
By the witnesses. E de there were thousands of people this packed garlic festival with the shots rang out. Please say the gunman used a tool to cut through a fence a creek bypassing the security checks the ival. At 5 40 p. M. As the festival was wrapping up he opened fire. Witnesses say it appeared he was shooting at random and among the people killed, a six yearold boy. As i mentioned, there were thousands of people in the area at the time. Black no explanation. Now look. Know nothing. He was focused at this way and he started shooting and walking towards our 10th. We have witnesses reporting there may have been a second suspect. We do not know if the suspect was engaged in tooting our whether they were in some sort of a support role with the person we have accounted for. Police right now are trying to figure out if there is indeed a second suspect. If the person was also a suitor. It looks like they were not and or if this was an accomplished to the shooting. They have a lot to sort