'Ready to Do Some Damage': Witnesses Describe Gilroy Shooting
A garlic festival that attracts thousands annually in Gilroy, California became the scene of the latest mass shooting after a gunman opened fired on festivalgoers, killing three, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounding more than a dozen others Sunday night.
One witness, Ryan Wallace, described the chaos to NBC Bay Area.
"He just rose his gun up and started spraying out rounds all around," said Wallace, who was working as a vendor at the festival. Wallace said the shooter walked up wearing a tactical vest, cargo pants and boots looking "ready to do some damage" before panicked festivalgoers fled the gunfire.
"I heard at least 15 or 20 shots," Wallace said. "After that I just hid under the trailer and waited until I was told to run. And I ran."
Police shot and killed one suspect and were searching for a possible second person late Sunday night.
The festival, now in its 41st year, is one of the largest food festivals in California and exists as an "annual family reunion" for locals, said Brian Bowe, executive director of the Gilroy Garlic Festival at a press conference Sunday night.
"To have seen this event end this way this day is just one of the most tragic and sad things I have ever had to see," Bowe said.
In one video posted to Facebook, a man and his family hid behind a shuttle van as police sirens can be heard in the background.
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"You're ok," Greg Degrandis can be heard saying to a person crying nearby.
A voice off-frame shouts "Get out!" before Degrandis climbs into the van.
"Oh my god. I've never seen experienced anything like this," Degrandis said as the family drives away. "I just hope nobody is hurt."
President Donald Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other politicians reacted to the shooting on social media late Sunday.
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