Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Suspect dead as three killed in US
A SUSPECT has been killed after opening fire at a food festival in California, police said.
Three people were killed and at least 15 others injured after the shooting that sent panicked people running at the annual food festival in Gilroy.
The shooter used a rifle and gained entry to the packed festival by cutting through a fence to avoid the tight security, including metal detectors, police said.
Some witnesses reported a second suspect, Gilroy Police chief Scot Smithee said, but it was unclear whether that person opened fire.
Police confronted the gunman within a minute of shots being fired.
Witnesses reported confusion and panic as shots rang out at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in the city of 50,000 located about 80 miles south-east of San Francisco.
The shooting occurred during the three-day celebration featuring food, cooking competitions and music that attracts more than 100,000 people.
Sunday was the final day of this year’s event.
The band Tin Man had just started an encore when shots rang out.
Singer Jack van Breen said he saw a man wearing a green shirt fire into the food area with what looked like an assault rifle.
Mr Van Breen and other members of the band dove under the stage.
He said he heard someone shout: “Why are you doing this?” and the reply: “Because I’m really angry.”
His bandmate Vlad Malinovsky, from Walnut Creek, California, said he heard a lot of shots and then it stopped.
Later, law enforcement came by and told the band members and others hiding with them to come out with their hands up.
Stanford Medical Centre has two patients being treated from the shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, spokeswoman Julie Greicius said.
She had no details on their injuries or conditions.