According to the local news, several people have reportedly been injured in a mass shooting at Gilroy garlic festival, an annual three-day event south of San Jose,
a popular annual family event in California.
Details of the incident are yet to be surfaced, but local media says at least 11 people might have been injured.
Two suspects might have been involved in the shooting, law enforcement sources told media.
Police and ambulances rushed to the scene responding to reports of a shooting at Gilroy’s Christmas Hill Park at around 5:30pm on sunday.Gilroy PD tweeted about the incident without any details.
Footage posted online showed confusion and panic at the event as people were running for cover as shots rang out at popular Californian gastronomy festival.
To the scene to help local law enforcement, San Francisco’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has also been dispatched to the spot.
“What’s going on?” a woman can be heard asking on one video. “Who’d shoot up a garlic festival?”
Maximo Rocha, a volunteer with the Gilroy Browns youth football team, said he saw many people on the ground, but he could not be sure how many may have been shot and how many were trying to protect themselves.
Describing itself as the world’s greatest summer food festival, the Gilroy Garlic Festival features food, drink, live entertainment and cooking competitions.It is founded in 1979.It is being held at the outdoor Christmas Hill Park, where weapons of any kind are prohibited, according to the event’s website.
To give a secure, family-friendly ambience, it said, no one was allowed inside wearing clothing or paraphernalia indicating membership in a gang, including a motorcycle club.
