There are multiple eyewitness accounts and news agencies reporting an active shooter and multiple victims at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Christmas Hill Park.
KSBW has confirmed with Gilroy police that there is an active shooting situation at the festival. NBC Bay Area reported that ambulance crews were told that 11 people were down and there is video on social media of people fleeing the festival after hearing gunshots.
In the video, people are seen running in increasing numbers with someone asking "what's going on?" before what sounded like a shot is heard in the distance and the person taking the video starts running themselves.
yo somebody was shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. be safe pic.twitter.com/B39ZIYe8wr
— niah (@wavyia) July 29, 2019
In a later video posted by the same person. "This is crazy," someone can be heard saying as people continue to rush off of the festival grounds in a hurry. "This is actually crazy. How do you shoot at the garlic festival? Like who you got beef with at the garlic festival?" they continued.
Multiple people who said they were at the festival when the shooting began tweeted about it on Sunday evening.
"Holy sh*t I had just left the Gilroy Garlic Festival when some guy started shooting up the place," wrote journalist and Bay Area resident Sarah Belle Lin on Twitter. "I'm so scared for all the families and people still there.
This report will be updated as more details emerge.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Report-11-people-shot-at-Gilroy-Garlic-Festival-14191965.php