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KRON KRON 4 News At 5am July 14, 2024

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 looking for clues. More investigators arriving to the scene if you saw my live shot at 4. 30 we showed you a small convoy of Police Officers arriving from the Santa Clara Police departments own kilroy po Police Department, theyre reaching out asking for mutual aid from nearby departments for their expertise in the meantime this is still very much an active crime scene it would have been anyway had it not been for the second suspect as they needed to collect evidence. But with that second suspect possibly still out there that is why they want this area locked down this is as close as we are allowed to get you can see the yellow tape behind me you can see that police car parked right in the Center Making sure that nobody goes beyond that and unless theyre authorized personnel. The flashing lights in the background, they want this scene preserved as it was as they go through here collecting evidence and then of course there are thousands of witnesses that they still need to track down. They ran out fearing for their lives of course so they need to track down those people to give their accounts as to exactly what happened. Let me walk you through this scene many people reached out to me and they were grateful that i could lay out the lay of the land here this theres the sheriff from Stanford University so look at that even stand for university Police Officers are at the scene helping with this investigation. Let me quickly lay out the lay of the land for you on the right side of screen you see that speed limit 35 thats where a lot of people when the festival opens to the public and its a threeday festival people go through that area through metal detectors so they are metal detectors here to make sure that people are safe. But daria you talked about this the suspect used wire cutters to go through a fence along the creek which is on the left side of your screen you might be able to see that power pole right there thats where the creek area is beyond that area is gore meow is so there are thousands of people this is basically the heart of the festival you have the concert to the left side of your screen or may alley and on the right side of your screen. Thats where the vendors predominately most of the vendors are there so there are thousands of people and attendance at the time having a great time battling the heat, not knowing that they will be running for their lives after they heard the pop pop pop pop pop and. You know its pretty common. The first hear it you dont realize whats that is a fireworks and sure enough after you hear so many pox they knew unequivocally to run for their lives. Unfortunately, there were people in front of the suspect at that time including that 6 yearold boy who was shot and killed that we have identified him as Stephen Romero, he was there with his mom at this point we do know that 15 other people or in the hospital at this time we dont know their injuries. Hopefully the number killed does not go up, but theres always that possibility there were Police Officers on the ground at the time so they didnt have to race ear. And thats how they were able to quickly defuses and less then a minute they confronted the suspects shot at him the officers were not hurt thankfully. Their names have not been released or their years on the job and that has been released as well hopefully well hear more about that a little bit later this morning. We tracked down witnesses it all went down. Heres what some witnesses told us about the mass shooting. We know you think wed screamed and if we were to screen he would attorney shot this that the maligned were street lined up with him. So we just ran you know in a slow does gun and then start shooting in going straight for 10 so. Yeah, it was ike so in real we still have a process that all you know we just left a tip that he shot 2 people in 2 seconds with 2 minutes before that to go the bathroom and he was like 15 feet away from us when he was loading his gun and started shooting randomly you know. We do know that the suspect had an Assault Rifle. They could not definitively say if there is a second suspect, but they cant rule it out so they have to assume that there is especially with so many witnesses believing that there was a second person probably not the shooter but somebody who did help the actual gunman. Let me show you the lay of the land to the left of from my Left Shoulder to the right of your screen. This is what i notice when i rolled up here look at so many cars along the side, this is there are 2 entrances to the festival but this is the main entrance. Look at all those cars parked tn james and area dawned upon me that those people they ran for their lives. They did not have time to come back to their do they c this particularoi so chaotic at the Police Department even tweeted out there is a Reunification Center. If youre separated from your family members go to that location. Thats how crazy it was during that time this festival is about as friendly as you can possibly get ive been here so many times it is family oriented their concerts are vendors there are things that you dont see at other festivals they raise money for local charities and many of the volunteers. Our from the bay area so this obviously hits very close to home. We will try to talk to a lot of people this morning as the probably will come back to retrieve their cars but in the meantime this whole area under lockdown and well lets keep your microphone live will there youre in front of the entrance. The layout this is the 2019 map of the gilroy garlic festival so we can talk about and show you where the gunman got in through the fencing and then where he ended up and will i just want to ask you we had reports from members of the band that were on stage performing. That they saw the gunman early on when this first started happening is that down in the amphitheater areas that where the band is usually located a lower right hand corner. Let me just show you ok so right in front of me if you walk down here is a dark area. So if they was lit that is gore may alley we have been there weve done live shots all morning throughout the years thats where the chefs they do the calamari europe, the big flames which is always the attraction to the left you only if you can move over there beyond on the trees, it start down once it comes out, i will get a better viewpoint for you guys but beyond the trees air thats where the concerts usually happen. Ive been to a couple of concerts throughout the year so thats where if you hear the accounts of a band members actually spotting the shooter thats where it all the way a minute. Were in her 111 so the map again you lets see the map again hold on because is at the amphitheater. That we see this on the map that can bring up the map again where wills located on this map is at the top of the screen up where the caltrain symbol is right and his Vantage Point looks down that drag down into gourmet allen. So when he motion to the left from his Vantage Point thats actually pointing to the direction of the bottom of the map towards the amphitheater ok on and so by witness accounts that appears to be where the band. First spotted this gunman and the it with the band is 10 man so they were playing the encore. When the shots rang out the best clue we have right now is from their singer jacket and green, he says he saw the gunman died under the stage and according to the associated press. Were not just picking up any report on this. He said he heard someone scream out why are you doing this as the shots ring out and the gunman said because im really angry ok. And it was presumably on that half of the park that police then. Confronted the gunman and thats where they fatally shot him so again now that we have a better sense will of the layout we can kind of see how close in proximity not only amphitheater is to the edge of the park, but also theres a whole open area there were theres bride is a Rock Climbing Wall a lot of families who congregate with tense with vendors selling their wares and selling food and over here, we dont know how many will we dont know how many will we dont know how many of those 11 other injured. How many of them were kids. Absolutely i mean we dont know the details at this point this is ive been many times let me show you this is basically the heart of the festival. It spreads to the left to the center to the right your screen to the right your screen obviously is dark now, but thats where most of the vendors are to the left started screen that is gourmet alley the amphitheater the right said james was talking about that is where it all went down and it makes perfect sense because this is where the creek runs along as well so if you follow what investigators are saying that he went through offense area using a tool next to the creek while the creek is right there right where you see all the trees are is obviously darken beneath the ground and so its not ground level but i can hear running water. So thats the creek thats the amphitheater thats grimmie alley right basically 12 oclock center of your screen that score may alley and if you cross the street here you go talk to the other side of the park thats where all the vendors are most of the vendors. So it does not appear. We dont know if people were shot to the right side of your screen. But thats where we do know that suspect made his way into the park and yes there are metal detectors here so obviously this person. Pretty much knew that there were metal detectors and went through an entrance that was not allowed. It did have fencing so this person obviously planned it using bolt cutters to get through or some sort of device to cut through the will you get out always a big event and im just wondering in experience. To our events today have cameras up yet for most of this type of thing you know remote cameras or is that something that that we might see in the future. I will ask them because that crossed my mind to whether or not they have cameras at this event probably not if youre just asking me. I dont think so because this is a park naturally so when theres not a festival a lot of people come here, play soccer do picnics so normally this is not say like oracle whether cameras everywhere so they had to inutall cameras than they would have to be just for the festival, but lets face it this events 41 years old never has this ever happened. So if i had to guess is probably not surveillance cameras around the well just have to wait and see him, lets face it this plane is surveillance cell phone video as well so theyll be tracking people down to see if they can possibly get their hands on some cell phone video unfortunately. The suspect died. They cant answer they cant ask this person questions to get answers for a motive which im sure sure every victim out there wants to know why did you do this and they have and they do have his guns, so theyre going to be analyzing that see what kind of gun it was a everybody so far that it was an automatic weapon right where did it come from was at lehigh only going get there is there a car park somewhere nearby that they have yet to discover where was this person living is their home they need to search is that home boobytrap thats why atfs involved weve seen this in Mass Shootings before with the extra cautious. As theyre trying to track down the residents that the gunman lived in is there anything there that could harm investigators as they make entry. So its going to be slow process but again so many facets to this that were trying to track for you in the morning after 2 at a time on that press conference to weve heard around 10 oclock this morning is what were expecting in fact Sarah Stinson is standing by live at the Police Department now theyre in the south bay with more on what we know sarah. And live here the gillray Police Department where weve heard that this press conference is going to be at 10 oclock this will give them a good amount of time as theyve been investigating all night and into the morning by then they should be able to give us a bit more information about what they have learned especially about the gunman, a lot of people wondering who this person is why they would do this and how how they were able to get inside and bring out those shots you shooting so many people theres thousands of people there so im sure as soon as this person, you know cut through the fence of that tool and got into the festival they were able to shoots just anybody inside in the police chief has said that it does appear that this. It was a random at random shootings person was just shooting anybody and everyone in his sight. And many people saying you know i got nice be had eye contact with the gunman. A lot of people saying you know i just ran for my life. But the miraculous thing about this is that the police to the Police Officers were able to come intoon one minute. That means they were doing their Due Diligence and making sure they were patrolling this festival making sure everyone is safe and then they were came into contact with this man shot and killed him and then it was all about investigating and checking in on all of the victims making sure they were rushed to the hospital. Theres a lot of people now in this investigation. I mean were talking from monterey san jose i mean campbell so many Police Departments and Sheriffs Office are now out here. The atf is here a lot of people trying to assist with this investigation. We did catch up though with the gilroy mayor role in glasgow to talk about this tragedy. This is an active investigation. Orhour our deal Police Officers continue to thi senseless crime. And i mean the entire community of gilroy all of california and now the entire country is standing with gilroy with the victim saying we are with you. This is really hitting home with a lot of people i mean this is a festival that you know his near and dear to everyones hearts. Theyve been going since they were young and then when they become parents they bring their kids so this is really just hitting home in this festival does so much good for the community. All the volunteers, thousands of people just to put this on and to have someone go in there and just to ring out shots, its its a horrific scene and again we will bring you the very latest because i know everyone at homhas so many more questions and that is why investigators from several like dozens of Police Departments and Sheriffs Office theyre working tires, leslie to get those answers freeze will bring them to you as soon as we learn more for now send it back to you all right, thanks a lot and just to read you quote from one official in this is from the democratic president ial candidate joe biden. Because everybody is that you yeah and reacting to it and and some especially lawmakers are reacting with quotes about you know what to do with our gun control. He says how many more families will have to lose a loved one before we fix our broken gun laws. He says this violence is not normal and lets not forget that their greed were grieving the loss of a 6 yearold boy this morning. A 6 yearold boy, the rest of his family was injured. He was killed and then to other people so 3 people were killed this morning. And then the gunman died as well, keep it to the kron 4 will have continuing coverage for you all morning long and dont forget at 10 00am when that press conference is expected to start. We will have live uninterrupted coverage to our 24 hour news app called kron on go to kron on dot tv download that now so you can watch that press conf so that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Finally, an eggo thick and fluffy waffle all to myself, whoa. Karen, karen youve got to try this. 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