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Was engaged in a shooting. or whether they may have been in a support role for the person we have accounted for. we have at least 15 people injured. we have four fatalities that we know of. including the suspect. the officers that engaged this suspect obviously we have protocol to deal with for that. so the county has a protocol on dealing with officer involved shooting. that's layer of complexity with the shooting that we're investigating from the suspect. we put out a call for assistance. we had many officers in the park at the time that this occurred. as we do any day during the festival. w...

Whether that person also fired shots or if they simply played a support role. but there is a manhunt under way and that is what we have been seeing for the last several hours. live scenes, police in tactical gear pointing guns into the field, looking for something. they are looking for a acceptingo second person police believe was -- look for a second person police believe was involved. they have no security video to lean on, just witness accounts as they continue to search the active crime scene. steve rogers a former member of the joint terrorism task force. steve, one question that wasn't a...

Witnesses heard short burst of gunfire and opened fire again causing panic and confusion as people ducked under music stages or hid behind food tents, the annual garlic festival was in third and final day when authorities say one and possibly second suspect came through creek, cut through a secured perimeter fence to gain entrance to the venue and than began to open fire, security at this event is always heavy and gilroy police were there and they responded quickly. >> we had many, many officers in the park at the time that this occurred as we do any day during festival which accounts for quic...

Assisted the gunman. >> we have some witnesses reporting there may have been a second suspect, but we don't know if that suspect was engaged in any shooting or whether they may have been in some sort of a support role. >> reporter: survivors of the attack are grateful they made it out alive. >> we were lucky we didn't scream or anything. we were that close. he would have shot us. >> reporter: now, witnesses describe the shooter somebody being in his mid to late 20s, maybe even his early 30s. they say he was wearing shorts and a protective vest. as you heard there, authorities believe that ther...

Tool to cut through the fence to be able to gain access through the secure fence line. and that's how they got into the festival area itself. we have one suspect, you kn we t is down. we have some witnesses reporting that there may have been a second suspect. but we don't know if that suspect was engaged in any shooting or whether they may have been in some sort of support role for the person that we have accounted for. we have at least 15 people injured. we have four fatalities that we know of including the suspect. the officers that engaged the suspect, obviously we have a protocol that we n...