Surge Summary: A gunman at a California food festival wounded fifteen and killed three on Sunday. Details emerging.
Another hideous mass-killing from the Golden State …It took less than a minute for police officers to respond after gunfire erupted at a Northern California food festival Sunday night, with cops quickly engaging and fatally shooting the gunman — but not before the assailant’s brief barrage left three dead and 15 others injured. [Edmund DeMarch/Lifezette]
— In a Sunday PM press gathering, Gilroy Chief of Police Scot Smithee reported the shooting rampage began at 5:41 p.m. on the north side of the Gilroy Garlic Festival.
— The gunman reportedly gained access to the festival by cutting through a fence.
— Some witnesses thought they spied a second suspect, though police could not immediately confirm that claim and said it was unclear if that person also had a weapon or may only have been providing support to the assailant.
— NBC Bay Area has reported: a 6-year-old boy, Steven Romero, was among the victims.“He had his whole life to live,” Alberto Romero, the boy’s father, said. “He was only six.”
— Some witnesses said the gunman was in army fatigues. Another witness claims he was almost dressed like a police officer and that he raised up his gun up and started to “spray rounds,” walking through the crowd.
One observer, Ryan Wallace, remarked,
— In what has become a tedious cliché — but is apparently accurate — many witnesses said the shots sounded like fireworks.“He wanted to get stuff done. It was horrifying.”
— One witness relayed to KTVU that he heard what he believed was 30 rounds.
— Officials have said the San Francisco Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was responding to the scene. Smithee added dozens of officers are there investigating.
— The singer for a band performing at the festival, Jack van Breen, said he saw a man wearing a green shirt and grayish handkerchief around his neck firing into the food area. He believes he saw a weapon that looked like an assault rifle.
Van Breen also volunteers he heard someone shout: “Why are you doing this?” He reports he heard the shooter answer, “Because I’m really angry.”
— CBSN AM reports the mother and grandmother of the deceased six-year-old casualty are among the wounded, as well as an unrelated twelve-year-old girl. These three are all expected to survive.Stay tuned …
Image: Screen shot: CBSN AM; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0zSugF8vVA
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