So sad, the garlic festival is a great regional event, such a senseless loss of life of those who were just enjoying a day out.
Officials and eyewitness accounts confirmed a shooting and multiple victims at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Christmas Hill Park on Sunday evening. Gilroy councilman Dion Bracco said there were three fatalities.
Joy Alexiou, a spokesperson with the Santa Clara Valley Health System, said 11 people with gunshot wounds are being treated at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy. Alexiou said that additional victims who had non-shooting-related injuries were transported to Stanford Medical Center.