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BREAKING: Reports of a shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Details right now are coming mostly from witnesses. We've been given permission to run this video, in which you can hear a pop noise and see crowds running in a panic. @FOX40

As of a few minutes ago, Gilroy police are still calling #GilroyGarlicFestivalShooting an active crime scene, asking people to stay away @FOX40

3 people dead, 12 wounded in #GilroyGarlicFestival shooting according to Associated Press, sourcing a #Gilroy city councilman @FOX40

@FOX40 We have a crew on the way to #Gilroy now, we'll be reporting there all throughout our 10:00 hour tonight. #GilroyGarlicFestival #GilroyShooting @FOX40

@FOX40 "...there were people on the ground, crying...there was a little kid hurt on the ground. People were throwing tables and cutting fences to get out.”

"I thought, 'We’re open prey.' It was awful.”

Some of the harrowing witness accounts of the #GilroyGarlicFestival Shooting @FOX40

@FOX40 These witness accounts in my previous tweet are from the @AP

apnews.com/35e45f6d09e347…

MAJOR UPDATE: 4 dead including the gunman who police shot/killed about a minute after he opened fire. 15 hurt, not much information about a second suspect but #Gilroy PD looking for more info #GilroyGarlicFestival #GilroyGarlicFestivalShooting @FOX40

#Gilroy Mayor commending law enforcement for preventing further tragedy, responding quickly to the shooter at Gilroy #garlicfestival @FOX40

#Gilroy Police Chief taking podium now. Says they have police personnel on site through entire festival, which brings about 80,000 ppl to Gilroy @FOX40

Suspect was armed with an assault type rifle, as soon as suspect saw officers approach he took aim at them. 3 officers were able to shoot/kill suspect within a minute of his opening fire #GilroyGarlicFestival @FOX40

#Gilroy Police Chief confirms a six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl are among the dead, along with a man in his 20s. #GilroyGarlicFestival @FOX40

Chief also confirms the 19 year old shooter bought his weapon, an AK 47 style weapon, legally in Nevada a few weeks ago. Clearly a lot of emotion behind Chief Smithee’s words #GilroyGarlicFestival #gilroyshooting @FOX40

This is 6-year-old Stephen Romero, killed in the #GilroyGarlicFestival shooting. Family shared this pic. There’s no story assignment more difficult than something like this. As reporters we try just as hard to get the right TONE as we do to get the right facts. RIP Stephen @FOX40

Another media briefing from #Gilroy PD and city officials about to begin any moment. I’ll be following and we’ll break down all new info on #GilroyShooting #GilroyGarlicFestival @FOX40

#Gilroy police chief says person who was joking about being involved in it on social media brought in for questioning, released. @FOX40

Chief says Services, mental health counseling, grief counseling will be available tonight beginning at 5:00 pm, and then all week 9:00 am to 10:00 pm in #Gilroy @FOX40

FBI rep is asking for tips, info on shooting. They ask anyone with info call #Gilroy police at 408-846-0583. Also asking for any photos or videos from witnesses, those can be sent to FBI.Gov/Gilroy #GilroyGarlicFestival #GilroyShooting @FOX40

#gilroy police chief says no progress on information about a second suspect in #GilroyShooting @FOX40

FBI field agent confirms weapon was a type of AK 47 rifle-investigators looking into the shooters motives and whether he was targeting specific types of people, or shooting randomly. Witnesses described what looked like random shooting #GilroyShooting #GilroyGarlicFestival @FOX40

#GilroyStrong banner up at this community’s vigil tonight honoring the 3 ppl who died at their #GilroyGarlicShooting Sunday @FOX40

#Gilroy Mayor says the town will not let the person who perpetrated the #GilroyGarlicFestival Shooting keep his community down @FOX40

For a self proclaimed small town, #Gilroy certainly showed out for this vigil honoring the victims of the #GilroyGarlicFestival shooting. Mayor says it makes him proud to see the crowd @FOX40

Hearing now from ppl who were at the #GilroyGarlicFestival last night as the shooting happened @FOX40

A huge ovation for #Gilroy Police Sgt., one of the first responders to the scene yesterday at #GilroyGarlicFestival shooting @FOX40

“I said I can’t believe this is happening again.” -Alicia Olive, a survivor of the Las Vegas Route 91 Music Festival mass shooting, was leaving the #GilroyGarlicFestival when she heard gunfire. She’s now a survivor of 2 mass shootings @FOX40