Vista for american film. This is cnn breaking news. Im Natalie Allen at cnn center in atlanta. We are following breaking news here. A shooting has occurred in california at a Food Festival near san jose. This is video new into cnn from a witness. The sound of gunshots there and people running as this festival was about to end. This is when it happened. It happened in gilroy, california at the annual and very popular gilroy garlic
festival marketed as one of the countrys largest Food Festivals. According to local news reports quoting witnesses, there are people hurt, and a Law Enforcement official tells us that the atf is responding. This tweeted a short time ago from the Police Department. It says the hearts of gilroy pd and entire community go out to the victims of todays shooting at the garlic festival. The scene is still active. We are closely following the developments from the breaking news. Cnn is monitoring the story from our l. A. Bureau. Also with us, cnn crime and justice rep
that is because the police department have not come out formally. it s been a little while. they normally come out relatively quickly. we are in pursuit, so to speak, or someone is. and we ll just have to wait because obviously the most important thing is the saving of lives. and quickly, the focus on family unification. unfortunately you and i and cnn have done enough of these at this stage that the key the sort of primary and priority issue right now is family unification. i was looking on the twitter feed for the gilroy police department. they do have a phone number, 408-846-8503. the most important thing is to get families together. that s how you have an accounting of who was there. that s how you get people to remain calm and be calm. once a mother knows her child is okay, then things tend to get better after that. with focus on family unification which is key and important and the most important thing today obviously. right. and let s talk about the chaos.
festival marketed as one of the country s largest food festivals. according to local news reports quoting witnesses, there are people hurt, and a law enforcement official tells us that the atf is responding. this tweeted a short time ago from the police department. it says the hearts of gilroy pd and entire community go out to the victims of today s shooting at the garlic festival. the scene is still active. we are closely following the developments from the breaking news. cnn is monitoring the story from our l.a. bureau. also with us, cnn crime and justice reporter shimon prokupecz. thank you both. i know you re working sources on this story. paul, first to you. what do we know about what happened? do we have information about whether this shooter has been apprehended? no information of that nature yet, natalie.
this is a still developing story. but we do know that witnesses have told cnn that they heard multiple shots fired here at the garlic festival. some of you may be asking where is gilroy, california? it s about 80 miles south of san francisco. as you illuded to earlier, this is an extremely popular event. garlic is big business in the gilroy area so this is well-attended. we ve seen numerous reports that suggest many victims have been taken to local hospitals and people have reported that they have seen people on the ground at this festival. but right now the information is just trickling in, and as you showed earlier, the gilroy police department saying active shooter. so, it is not known whether or not, natalie, to your question, that shooter has been app remend hended. i ve just gotten news from our producer here that the shooter has not been apprehended. so, let s talk about what that
hearts of gilroy pd and community go out to the victims of today s shooting, at the garlickest in val, the scene is grlis garlickest in val, if e looking for loved one go to rekuhncasiorereunification cent. confirmation comes. on the ground from gilroy police, a small community just south of san jose. while we wait for more information. saying that still active scene is active, we bring in ted williams. williams. gilroy police saying that the scene is still active. what do you that mean to you. what you can tell us? well, probably means that the