Three people were killed, and 15 others injured after a gunman opened fire on attendees of the California Gilroy Garlic Festival, Sunday night.
According to Fox News, a shooter opened fire into a crowd of festival-goers around 5:41 p.m. on Sunday. Police took no more than one minute to arrive on the scene, where they engaged in gunfire with the shooter, ultimately killing him.
“We had many, many officers in the park at the time that this occurred as we do any day during a festival, which accounts for the very, very quick response time,” Chief of Police Scot Smithee said at a press conference Sunday evening.
Smithee noted that the gunman is believed to have entered the festival through a hole he cut in a fence surrounding the event. Some witnesses recall seeing a second suspect, but police have yet to confirm these claims.
Some witnesses also recalled the shooter being dressed in what some have described as army fatigues. A witness to the shooting – Ryan Wallace – told NBC Bay Area that the shooter appeared to be dressed similarly to the police officers. Wallace was working a rock-climbing booth at the festival that featured a rock wall for kids to climb on. When he heard the gunfire, he frantically worked to get all of the kids off of the rock wall before seeking cover.
Police have yet to publicly identify the shooter and according to NBC Bay Area, the shooter…
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