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Police, SWAT respond to active shooter situation at California food festival (VIDEOS) ‘He was shooting left & right’: California food festival marred by deadly shooting (VIDEOS)
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Multiple people have been injured in a mass shooting at Gilroy garlic festival, a popular annual family event in California, according to local media. Multiple people have been killed and injured in a gun rampage at Gilroy garlic festival, a popular annual family event in California. Witnesses say the perpetrator has been shooting “left and right.”
The details of the incident are scarce as authorities have yet to issue any official comment. Local outlets however claim that as many as 40 people might have been wounded in the shooting and the resulting chaos and stampede. Police and emergency personnel responded to reports of a shooting at Gilroy's Christmas Hill Park at around 5:30pm. 
“He came ready to shoot because he was wearing a protective vest,” one of the vendors at the festival, Michael Paz, told SF Chronicle, describing seeing at least one gunman, aged around 30, armed with a rapid-fire rifle. “He was shooting left; he was shooting right without any particular aim.” “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.
Two suspects might have been involved in the shooting, law enforcement sources told KTVU news' Maureen Naylor, noting that one of them was neutralized but another still “outstanding.” 
Nearly three hours after the initial incident, additional shots were heard in the area, Elissa Harrington a reporter for KTVU tweeted, noting seeing "police in full tactical gear" searching a nearby creek with dogs and helicopters flying overhead.Nearly three hours after the initial incident, additional shots were heard in the area, Elissa Harrington a reporter for KTVU tweeted, noting seeing "police in full tactical gear" searching a nearby creek with dogs and helicopters flying overhead.
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" hours later, Gilroy PD confirmed in a tweet, without providing any further details. “He came ready to shoot because he was wearing a protective vest,” one of the vendors at the festival, Michael Paz, told SF Chronicle, describing seeing at least one gunman, aged around 30, armed with a rapid-fire rifle.
“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. “He was shooting left; he was shooting right without any particular aim.”
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. Local medics initially said that one person was killed and 11 received injuries in the rampage. However, police later put the death toll at three, adding that more than a dozen people were shot.
The attacker was gunned down by law enforcement, Scott Smithee, Gilroy Chief of Police announced during a media briefing.
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