Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting chaos captured in witness videos

ByKrisann Chasarik KGO logo
Monday, July 29, 2019
Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting chaos captured in witness videos
Some people who witnessed the panic and heard the gunshots at Sunday evening's Gilroy Garlic Festival shared their experience on social media.

GILROY, Calif. -- Some people who witnessed the panic and heard the gunshots at Sunday evening's Gilroy Garlic Festival shared their experience on social media.

Twelve people were wounded in the shooting and three victims died. The suspect was killed.

In one video, shared with ABC7 News, you can hear a woman sobbing. A wounded man lay bleeding in the back of a white pickup truck she's in.

The videos give us a sense of the confusion and chaos as people ran away from the gunfire.

At first, many people thought the sound was fireworks.

We know at least a dozen people suffered injuries as the crowd rushed away. Some people were literally running for their lives.

Get the latest stories, photos and videos on the deadly Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting.

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