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Might associate this with a mini disneyland. you always think you have good memories of going to gilroy and the gilroy garlic festival. that's the sort of fame it has in california. today, it has a different story line and patrick, you were there and you would probably agree with me in terms of why you were there at this particular festival. >> yes, you know, it was a nice beautiful day. just sunday is a family day. got the day off. you know, so we decided to go to gilroy. i'm from san francisco. and we drove all the way to gilroy you know, to visit the festival. and yeah, just this is -- this...

Only picture it immediately. and i think that's why we've had you know obviously in addition to the shock of the news itself of having another mass shooting, it's also this piece of people's connection to that and it's visceral. >> andrew, the thick i think most individuals watching this story along with us during our breaking news coverage of this mass shooting in gilroy, california, is what's gilroy? this is a small town. >> it is. it is a small town. it's an agricultural town. i think of gilroy the same way as kind of monterrey peninsula and cannery row and stein back, john steinbeck who wr...

Anniversary of this gathering. a family gathering, a place that's always been known, gilroy calling itself the garlic capital of the world. this has always had this space of california, gilroy, a fame of fun. you go there with friends and as you were listening before the break if you were with us, families go there. as you saw the eyewitnesss there couples going there. young children, you have a good meal. high 70s today. they were enjoying themselves and then 30 minutes before the festival closes, a mass shooting. and at the moment, nbc news being able to report although we have varied report...

Scene. i gave some details here, and drew of what gilroy, california is. i'm a californian. this is a space that i'm familiar with. you would drive by it if you're going to los angeles or san francisco. this is a place you would see all the time and they would have the big signs, garlic capital of the world. you wanted to stop by. it was a fun town. this is a fun festival, if you grew up in northern california, you knew about this garlic festival in gilroy, california. again, this is one of those towns, andrew as you cover the west coast for nbc investigations is a town that has changed in the...

>> clint, stand by. we're going to take a short break because we're waiting for this news conference to happen on the left-hand side. that is expected to happen very, very soon. again, the chief of police, the mayor, as well as the festival organizer, it will be the first public statements where we can get some details. we're going to take a short break and take it right back to gilroy, california, and this breaking news story. to gilroy, california, and this breaking news story. -not this. ♪ -oh, what am i into? mostly progressive's name your price tool. helps people find coverage options b...