The Latest: Police chief says festival gunman is dead
GILROY, Calif. — The Latest on a shooting at an annual food festival in Northern California (all times local):
10:25 p.m.
Police say a suspect has been killed after opening fire, killing three others, at a food festival in California.
Police Chief Scot Smithee says Sunday that witnesses reported a second suspect, but it was unclear whether that person opened fire.
Smithee says the suspects had used a tool to cut through a fence and access the annual garlic festival in Gilroy, California.
He says one of the suspects opened fire and police and officers in the area confronted the suspect in less than a minute. He says that suspect was shot and killed.
"He had some sort of a rifle"
Mayor Roland Velasco asked for the public's support of the investigation. "I would ask for the thoughts and prayers of the community as our Gilroy police officers continue to investigate this tragic and senseless crime," he said.
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9:25 p.m.
The band Tin Man was just starting an encore when shots rang out at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California.
Singer Jack van Breen said he saw a man wearing a green shirt and grayish handkerchief around his neck fire into the food area with what looked like an assault rifle.
Van Breen and other members of the band dove under the stage. Van Breen says he heard someone shout: "Why are you doing this?" and the reply: "Because I'm really angry. "
His bandmate Vlad Malinovsky from Walnut Creek, California, said he heard a lot of shots and then it stopped. Later, law enforcement came by and told the band members and others hiding with them to come out with their hands up.
A city official says the gunman killed three and wounded 12 in the late Sunday afternoon shooting.
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8:50 p.m.
A city councilman says three people have been killed and 12 others are injured after a shooting at a festival in Gilroy, California.
Councilman Dion Bracco tells The Associated Press those are preliminary figures following Sunday's shooting.
Witnesses reported confusion and panic as shots rang out at the festival in the city of 50,000 located about 80 miles (176 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco.
The shooting occurred during the annual garlic festival, a three-day celebration featuring food, cooking competitions and music that attracts more than 100,000 people.
Sunday was the final day of this year's event.
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8:30 p.m.
A spokeswoman for Stanford Medical Center says they have two patients there being treated from a shooting Sunday at an annual food festival in Northern California. Julie Greicius says she has no details on their injuries or conditions.
Earlier Sunday, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center spokeswoman Joy Alexiou said the hospital has received two victims from the shooting and expects three more. She also had no information on their conditions.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump sent a tweet saying: "Law Enforcement is at the scene of shootings in Gilroy, California. Reports are that shooter has not yet been apprehended. Be careful and safe!"
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7:45 p.m.
Witnesses to the shooting Sunday at an annual food festival in Northern California described the confusion and panic at the scene, the Mercury News reported.
Evenny Reyes of Gilroy, 13, told the newspaper that spent the day at the Gilroy Garlic Festival with her friends and relatives.
"We were just leaving and we saw a guy with a bandana wrapped around his leg because he got shot. And there were people on the ground, crying," Reyes said. "There was a little kid hurt on the ground. People were throwing tables and cutting fences to get out."
Reyes told the Mercury News that she didn't run at first because the gunshots sounded like fireworks. "It started going for five minutes, maybe three. It was like the movies — everyone was crying, people were screaming."
Todd Jones, a sound engineer, told the newspaper that he was at the front of the festival's Vineyard stage when he heard what sounded like a firework. "But then it started to increase, more rapidly, which sounded more like gunfire, and at that point people realized what was happening," Jones said.
At least five people were hospitalized Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, a hospital spokeswoman says.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center spokeswoman Joy Alexiou says the hospital has received two victims from the shooting and expects three more. She had no information on their conditions.
Video first posted on social media sites about an hour ago showed people running for safety at the festival,
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7:35 p.m.
Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are responding to the scene of a shooting at an annual food festival in northern California.
At least five people were hospitalized Sunday after the shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, a hospital spokeswoman says.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center spokeswoman Joy Alexiou says the hospital has received two victims from the shooting and expects three more. She had no information on their conditions.
Video first posted on social media sites about an hour ago showed people running for safety at the festival,
The Gilroy Police Department on its Twitter account issued a statement saying: "The hearts of Gilroy PD and entire community go out to the victims of today's shooting at the Garlic Festival. The scene is still active. If you are looking for a loved one, please go to the reunification center at Gavilan College at parking lot B."
The festival is a nationally known three-day event that attracts thousands of garlic lovers. Sunday was the final day of the festival.
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7:25 p.m.
At least five people were injured Sunday after a shooting an annual food festival in Northern California, a hospital spokeswoman says.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center spokeswoman Joy Alexiou says the hospital has received two victims from the shooting and expects three more. She had no information on their conditions.
Video first posted on social media sites about an hour ago showed people running for safety at the festival,
The Gilroy Garlic Festival is a nationally known three-day event that attracts thousands of garlic lovers. Sunday was the final day of the festival.
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7:05 p.m.
There are reports of a shooting at the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival in California.
The San Francisco Chronicle did not know how many people were involved in the shooting Sunday.
Video on social media sites showed people running for safety at the festival,
The festival is a nationally known three-day event that attracts thousands of garlic lovers. Sunday was the final day of the festival.
Source: www.startribune.com