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Police respond to active shooter situation at California food festival (VIDEOS) | |
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Multiple people have been injured at the Gilroy garlic festival in California, amid reports of an ‘active shooter’ at the popular annual family event, according to local media. | Multiple people have been injured at the Gilroy garlic festival in California, amid reports of an ‘active shooter’ at the popular annual family event, according to local media. |
Details of the incident are yet to emerge, but local news outlets say at least 11 people might have been wounded. | Details of the incident are yet to emerge, but local news outlets say at least 11 people might have been wounded. |
Police and emergency personnel responded to reports of a shooting at Gilroy's Christmas Hill Park at around 5:30pm. The scene was still "active" more than two hours after the shooting, Gilroy PD confirmed in a tweet, without providing further details. | |
“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,” an alleged witness, Evenny Reyes, told San Jose Mercury news. | “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,” an alleged witness, Evenny Reyes, told San Jose Mercury news. |
Footage shared online showed confusion and panic as people were running away from the food stands of extremely popular Californian gastronomy festival. | Footage shared online showed confusion and panic as people were running away from the food stands of extremely popular Californian gastronomy festival. |
San Francisco's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has also been dispatched to the scene to help local law enforcement. | |
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