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| Gilroy shooting: Three killed at California garlic festival | |
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| At least three people have been killed and at least 11 injured in a shooting at a food festival in California, US media report. | |
| The Gilroy Garlic Festival was about to end for the weekend on Sunday evening, when shots were fired at the site. | |
| There was "a white man in his early to mid-30s firing a rifle," eyewitness Julissa Contreras told NBC. | There was "a white man in his early to mid-30s firing a rifle," eyewitness Julissa Contreras told NBC. |
| Video posted on social media showed people running away from the festival, 30 miles (48km) south of San Jose. | Video posted on social media showed people running away from the festival, 30 miles (48km) south of San Jose. |
| "What's going on?" a woman's voice asks in one video. "Who'd shoot up a garlic festival?" | |
| Police have said the scene is "still active". US President Donald Trump tweeted about the shooting, urging people to "be careful and safe". | Police have said the scene is "still active". US President Donald Trump tweeted about the shooting, urging people to "be careful and safe". |
| Gilroy City councillor Dion Bracco told several US media outlets that three people had been pronounced dead. | |
| At least 11 people, some in a critical condition, were being treated for injuries, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara Valley Public Health System said. | |
| The Santa Clara County Medical Center has so far admitted five victims, CBS reports. Two patients are being treated at a medical centre at Stanford University, according to CNN. | |
| Michael Paz, 72, a hat vendor at the festival, told the San Francisco Chronicle that he saw a gunman armed with a rapid-fire assault rifle. | |
| "He came ready to shoot because he was wearing a protective vest," Paz said. "He was shooting left; he was shooting right without any particular aim." | |
| As police swooped on the gunman and shots were fired, festival attendees dropped to the ground, Mr Paz said. | |
| "It was just rapid firing," Ms Contreras told NBC Bay Area. "I could see him shooting in just every direction. He wasn't aiming at anyone specifically. | "It was just rapid firing," Ms Contreras told NBC Bay Area. "I could see him shooting in just every direction. He wasn't aiming at anyone specifically. |
| "It was just left to right, right to left. He definitely was prepared for what he was doing." | "It was just left to right, right to left. He definitely was prepared for what he was doing." |
| Evenny Reyes, 13, was among those who scattered in confusion when gunfire erupted at around 17:30 local time (00:30 GMT Monday). | |
| "We were just leaving and we saw a guy with a bandana wrapped around his leg because he got shot," she told the San Jose Mercury News. | "We were just leaving and we saw a guy with a bandana wrapped around his leg because he got shot," she told the San Jose Mercury News. |
| The Gilroy Garlic Festival has been held annually since 1979. Christmas Hill Park, where the event was taking place, bans weapons of any kind, according to the festival's website. | The Gilroy Garlic Festival has been held annually since 1979. Christmas Hill Park, where the event was taking place, bans weapons of any kind, according to the festival's website. |