south of san francisco. gilroy police say three people were killed in addition to the gunman and at least 11 people injured. a chief scott smithy telling reporters overnight that officers confronted the shooter almost immediately. officers were in that area and engaged the suspect in less than a minute. the suspect was shot and killed. we had many, many officers in the park at the time that this occurred, as we do any day during festival, which accounts for the very, very quick response time. smithy says witnesses reported a second attacker but he said it s unclear what role that person might have played. cnn s monitoring developments
with their loved ones. all right. thank you. i believe that was the mayor speaking. we have more coming to the microphone. this is the news briefing. we can tell it s going to be very brief. they re going to get straight to the points. let s listen in. i m the chief of police for the city of gilroy, scott smithy. obviously this is one of those press conferences that you never want to have to give in your community. can you speak loudly? sure. thank you. this is one of those press conferences you never want to have to give in your community. and it s sort of a nightmare that you hope you never have to live in reality, but unfortunately we find ourselves in the circumstances where we have to live this today. i m going to give you some brief information with the information that i have right now. we have literally dozens of officers working on this as we
when he gave the comments it meant something personal to him as is most often the case when we look at shootings luke this. to just recap for you in case you may have missed any of the details that the chief of police scott smithy did relate to us, 15 people injured, four fatalities including a suspect. a rifle, a first suspect that was killed within minutes according to the chief of police by an officer from gilroy police who were at this festival. again, they were saying it s the 40th anniversary. a second suspect is believed an unknown is the word that was used, a second suspect. the role, unknown at the moment, support or otherwise. this second suspect s involvement or details behind who this second suspect may be unknown and that potentially is why they have been consistent in saying this is an active investigation. this is an active scene as dozens of officers according to
like i mentioned earlier, this is an active investigation. it is fluid. we have multiple agencies currently assisting us. we will keep you appraised. once we solidify the time and location, rest assured that we ll put that out so that we can provide you the most current information. again, thank you, and i appreciate your patience. news briefing there, gilroy, california, 1024 t:24 local tim. roughly about 15 minutes providing the most information they could at this moment based on what they can confirm and the information available to them at that time. i think the chief of police scott smithy certainly shared a lot to us as we were watching here, not only the tone and the difficulty for the community itself, he being a local, he giving the information of gavolin college, the college he went to as a young teenager, returning as the chief of police, now giving the sad news.
thing. and it s just incredibly sad and disheartening that an event that does so much good for our community has to suffer from a tragedy like this. is a man hunt under way for the second suspect? is that a fair characterization? i would say that s a fair characterization. i m going to stop now. we re going to allow the executive director of the festival to say a couple of comments. good evening. i m brian bow, the executive director of the gilroy garlic festival. to reiterate a little bit of what scott smithy said, gilroy is an amazing community, a tightly knit community. we are family. we have the wonderful opportunity in this community to celebrate our family through our