Really stubborn at the coast. As they pull back to the coast, theres a few that will be rolling across San Francisco and heading over to emeryville. 71 to 76 at noon. 72 to 82. No more 100s . No more 90s. A break from the heat is here today. Hi, sue. Good morning. An update for you on the situation over the Altamont Pass. It is only the right lane remains blocked at this point in time. They have cleared three left lanes. So a little better news with this two big rig accident with a fuel spill. It happened about 12 35 this morning. You can see traffic stacked up all the way to 205 for about an hour and 40 minute ride. Only the right lane remains blocked. Thats an update and improvement. Thats not expected to open until 8 00 a. M. Developing news in the south bay, authorities expected to release more information about the shooting at the gilroy garlic festival at 10 00 this morning. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live at the Festival Grounds to explain how this unfolded. Amy. Repo
By the witnesses. E de there were thousands of people this packed garlic festival with the shots rang out. Please say the gunman used a tool to cut through a fence a creek bypassing the security checks the ival. At 5 40 p. M. As the festival was wrapping up he opened fire. Witnesses say it appeared he was shooting at random and among the people killed, a six yearold boy. As i mentioned, there were thousands of people in the area at the time. Black no explanation. Now look. Know nothing. He was focused at this way and he started shooting and walking towards our 10th. We have witnesses reporting there may have been a second suspect. We do not know if the suspect was engaged in tooting our whether they were in some sort of a support role with the person we have accounted for. Police right now are trying to figure out if there is indeed a second suspect. If the person was also a suitor. It looks like they were not and or if this was an accomplished to the shooting. They have a lot to sort
Gilroy. Well talk more about whats ahead in the forecast, thats coming up in just a few minutes. Okay, kari, thank you. Back to that breaking news we were telling you about which we have been following for more than nearly 12 hours now, the deadly shooting rampage at the gilroy garlic festival. This happened a little before 6 00 last night, at the Christmas Hill park where that festival has been going on for decad decades. Here is the latest. Three people dead including a 6yearold boy, and were just getting an update on the number of people injured. Gilroy police are now saying 12 people were hurt. Police responded in less than a minute, and killed the gunman. Hes not been identified but sources tell our Investigative Unit the gunman was not on anyones radar as a threat. Witnesses talked about a possible second person involved but authorities are still trying to sort that out. There was an extensive search last night. Were expecting another News Conference at 10 00 a. M. This morning.
For possible clues as to where this other possible person maybe we did hear from the Governor Police chief last night talking a bit about not all the tragedy of the situation but also the investigation at this point. In killed. It appears as if though they had into the festival the uh the creek which borders. They use some sort of a tool to cut through the fence to be able to gain access to the secure fence line. And thats how they got into the festival area itself. So they know who he is he is wire cutters and they were able to shoot and kill him within about a minute of him shooting. But the question this morning is why and we all have not been told yet were way for press conference to find out who this gunman, us and for more from the fair grounds itself with kron fours will tran standing by is actually at the main gates that lead into it. With a and a better idea now of what exactly is happening behind and then theres got to be a lot of agencies out there will fanning the grounds l
Need. We need to know and these. And that theres justice. Her little grandson is the only one identified right now of the victims and we dont know yet the name of the shooter, but the police do they are investigating him in fact we know right now that the fbi is at a home about a mile away from the crime scene and theyre going in and out with evidence bags and initially the questions being asked about the shooter was why did he do it how to do it how to get into the park. With the weapon that he had we heard from the police chief scott smith, the of fuel right last night. Heres what he said that. In killed. It appears as if though they had into the festival via the creek which borders. They use some sort of a tool to cut through the fence to be able to gain access to the secure fence line. And thats how they got into the festival area itself. At the festival area this and there is an army of police and fbi and other officials at the scene right now and so is kron fours will tran hes at