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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 offic...

The investigation or what happened. >> what about the facility? can you describe the facility? how many employees regularly work there? that sort of thing? >> i don't have number of people that are normally there but it's early in the morning when light rail service is starting. this is a light rail yard where we do maintenance and where the vehicles are dispatched from. >> my name is sam lacardo, i'm the mayor of san jose and serve on the vta board with chairman hendrix. this is a horrific day for our city. and it's a tragic day for the vta family. our heart pains for the families and the co-...

California, sam lacardo is with us. we understand san jose is about 30 minutes north of gilroy. what have you learned about this shooting and what the situation is right now in searching for who or if there were more people responsible? >> well, it is still an active scene. so, i can't comment on what they've learned so far. but i can tell you we've deployed more than a dozen police units down there. we've got a lot of fire units, providing paramedic service. and we're going to continue to send people down as gilroy needs help. we know that they're going to need help with patrol and all the ot...

As a reminder, please do not come to christmas hill park. that is where the festival took place. this is still an active crime scene. we'll be sharing information with the media soon, and thank you for your patience during this rapidly evolving situation. back to you mayor. how important was the response that gilroy being a town of 50,000 got support from san jose and other areas? >> well, it's pretty common for all the cities and towns to rely on mutual aide when something this awful happens. and we're always happy to provide it. talked to the police chief just an hour ago and he said that, y...

People need to be held responsible. is the legislators? is it the leaders of california or other states making these decisions? i think they should be held responsible. are they just as much to blame as the person who wields the knife? maybe. >> laura: san jose mayor sam lacardo addressed this issue on fox business back in 2017. he's also quoted in a bunch of articles written about this case. let's watch. >> the san jose police department will not be involved in enforcement. we don't enforce federal security laws, environmental or tax laws either nor should we get involved in enforcing federal...