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>> it is a active scene. because of the magnitude it will continue to be active for sometime. >> eyewitness said -- >> i do not know. >> one more question. >> shooting at random? >> i don't feel comfortable making an assumption. it appears that way. at least initially. it was somewhat random. as he moved out into the festival area. i'll make that the last question. the city of gilroy is an incredible community. and we have incredible people

Been shot. they're in the hospital. their conditions range from fair to critical and there is one person who has been killed from this shooting. again, we're just a few minutes away from hearing from the police department here at the festival. let's go to our paul vercammen. he is gathering information there in our los angeles bureau. you know, paul, when i first heard that this happened at the gilroy garlic festival, that was hard to comprehend. this is a family festival. it is very popular. it supports the community. what more can you tell us about it? >> well, you're right. it supports the ...

They did an amazing job of controlling the situation as quickly as they possibly could. we thank them for that. that's about all i have to say. i'll refer questions to anyone else here. thank you very much. >> that is yet to be determined. more than likely somewhere closer to city hall. we will push that out on digital media. i want to thank you for your patience and understand the community is grieving. i mentioned earlier this is an active investigation. it's fluid. we have multiple agencies assisting us. we'll keep you updated and once we solidify the time and location. we'll put that out s...

Here. and i'm really proud to have been the chief here. and lead this force because we have such a wonderful community. and community support. i think this festival is a per perfect example of that. it takes thousands of our residents that volunteer time to put this on for people. and to raise funds for all of our community based organizations and charities and whatnot. you can't say that about a lot of communities. i think the number of people that are willing to give their time for the betterment of other people is a wonderful thing. it's just incredibly sad and disheartening that an event t...

>> i wouldn't say that's a fair characterization. i'm going to stop now. >> good evening. i'm brian bow. executive director of the gilroy garlic festival. to reiterate what he said, gilroy is an amazing community. a tightly nit community. we are family. we have the wonderful opportunity in the community to celebrate our family through our garlic festival. and for over four decades that festival has been our annual family reunion. and it is such a sad just horribly upsetting circumstance that this happened. on the third and final day of