officers engaged the suspect within a minute, killing him. >> and we have more information on those who were killed. we did tell you those names a moment ago. that 6-year-old, steven romero. you see our colleague dan ashley, he is actually live in gilroy right now because he's field anchoring for us as we get the latest information as of what's coming out about the suspect and those vic timtz. >> yeah. let's check and see if dan is set at this point. they were getting organized and ready -- no? all right. we'll keep going with what we have here now and, again, such a tragedy when you talk about especially the young people involved. we mentioned steven romero and kayla salazar as well as 25-year-old trevor irby. irby was from new york. he graduated from cuca college in 2017 where he was employed. gilroy's police chief had a hard time today when he was talking about the victims. >> i think any time a life is

lost, it's a tragedy. but when it's young people, it's even worse. >> that 6-year-old as we say has been identified as steven romero. look at that smile. he was at the festival with his mother and maternal grandmother. they, too, were shot, but they are expected to survive. stephen's paternal grandmother said she was at home when she was called and was told what happened. happy boy. there is no word to describe what the family has been feeling, they tell us. >> a news conference is just getting underway right now. as soon as it begins, we will join it to give the update on the latest information. this was scott smithy from earlier. let's go to dan ashley right now who is in gilroy.

dan, what's the latest? >> larry and ama, good afternoon. as you can imagine, this community is absolutely grief stricken, trying to assess what exactly happened here 24 hours ago, almost to the hour, and why. we still don't know why, but we are gathering a lot of information about what exactly took place, how this attack was perpetrated and how police responded to it. the community is really still quite numb. you can sense it. i've been talking to people i know down here and they're trying to really trying to come to terms with why such a fun family friendly event turned so ugly and so violent with no warning whatsoever and no reason. of course, the big concern, we have three victims that were sadly killed in this attack, but a number of people were injured. and we are covering that live for you as well. abc7 news reporter kumasi aaron is live at one of the hospitals where people are being treated. kumasi. >> reporter: well, dan, there are five victims who are still at this hospital right now. one of them is in critical condition. the other in stable condition.

one is in fair condition. the other two victims did not want to share updates ton their condition with the media. and earlier today, the governor stopped by to talk with them. we didn't have any advance notice that the governor was here. we were standing outside at the hospital when they told us he'd be outside to talk with us after visiting the victims. he told us he was able to speak with four of them and instead of him bringing them comfort, he told us they comforted him. he said the victims shared what happened when shots rang out at the festival. a 12-year-old girl told him she was jumping in a bounce house when she was shot. but today the governor said she was smiling when he came in the room. governor newsome also said he spoke with the grandmother of 6-year-old stephen romero, and another victim both of whom he called courageous. >> i met a woman whose husband was shot. she was shot. and i asked her, she had connected with her 3-year-old

that was there, she said, i haven't yet. 3-year-old. and she talked about the courage of the 3-year-old who all she wanted was to go with mommy and daddy when they got in the ambulance. this is america. >> reporter: and the governor very emotional here earlier today. we just got an update from hospital officials. they told us at 4:30 they will be holding another press conference here just to give us another update on the patients and their conditions. of course we'll bring that update to you live at santa clara valley medical center. kumasi aaron, abc7 news. >> okay, kumasi, thanks very much. we will take that news conference as soon as it's available. i do want to let you know gilroy police have created a phone line for witnesses. they very much want to hear from people who may have seen something valuable. that number is 408-846-0583. there is also a number for anyone still looking for family members who were at the festival. in case you are looking for someone you have not heard are

from yet, the number is 408-846-0584. that's different than the witness line as you can see by one number. 0584. we have both numbers on our website, abc7news.com. now, of course, a lot of attention will focus on the person who perpetrated this terrible atrocity. as we reported the suspected gunman who was killed has been identified as 19-year-old santino legin, atf alcohol tobacco and firearms police searched his family home on church street early this morning trying to gakter any evidence they possibly could. it is less than two miles away from where with the garlic festival is held. so the proximity is quite close. they are trying to figure out a motive, trying to understand how he perpetrated this crime and why. we are also getting a look at his information on his social media account and some of the other things that they're trying to piece together to figure out

exactly what happened and why. and they're looking through everything that they can, all his communications on social media. this photo was on instagram and abc7 news reporter amy holly field spoke with the family's neighbors today. >> reporter: neighbors say the s.w.a.t. team and atf agents descended on this gilroy home at midnight. this is the family home of 19-year-old santino legin identified as the shooter at the garlic festival. >> it was a bit of a shock to hear the s.w.a.t. team pull up and realize what was going on. >> reporter: those who live here on church hill place say they never thought the investigation would focus on legin. >> the conversations that i had with him i would never suspect something like this. >> good family, lived here for a long time. just horrible to -- horrible to think that that's what really happened and in our neighborhood. it's just terrible. >> reporter: neighbors say

santino and one of his brothers werehink boxing or they're fighters. they trained, so they trained for a while. >> reporter: policas used in the killings. neighbors say they have only known this family to be peaceful and friendly. >> we just say hello, good-bye, and our kids used to play together, ride their bikes in the street. we used to have block parties here and we just -- once in a while. but i'm shocked. >> reporter: neighbors tell us in all, this couple had four sons, including san tin owe who was shot and killed by police. police were here searching the home for about eight hours. they left around 8:15 this morning. amy hollyfield. >> all right, thanks to amy. let's go now to the news conference being held here at the gilroy police headquarters. let's listen in live. >> it actually happened, but that will be happening shortly. we also obtained a search warrant for a residence in the

city of gilroy that was associated to our suspect, and that search warrant was served today. and again, i don't have any details on anything that came out of the search warrant, but that has now occurred. and i wanted to address -- there is a young man that thought it would be a good idea to post on social media that he just shot up the g-fest, and so we received a lot of calls from people and emails and concerns that, you know, this is a disassociated suspect to the garlic festival shooting, and this young man, his name is chase hello, he's 20 years old, but on his postings, he lists his name as chase m. killings. obviously that got our attention, so we had located him. we have taken him into custody,

and we have determined that he was not involved in the shooting, that he just thought it would be a fun way to get some attention apparently. so for the people that are sending that in or have seen that, we have followed that lead through and determined that that is not associated with this event. we also have -- our district attorney's office and other agencies are working together to open a family assistance center to help victims and people affected by the shooting. i just wanted to reiterate that, even though i know that went out as a press release. the d.a.'s office victims services unit, the american red cross and the county's behavioral health services are opening a family assistance center starting at 5:00 this afternoon. it will be at the rucker elementary school in gilroy. rucker elementary school is at 325 santa clara avenue in

gilroy, california, 95020. the services that they will be providing at that center would include grief counseling and emotional support, assistance filing claims for state funds for payments of medical bills, counseling bills and other assistance for victims and their families, and referrals to agencies for providers for medical services, counseling and other related services. and they're going to open up today at 5:00. they'll be opening from 5:00 this afternoon till 10:00 this evening. and then they'll be opened for the remainder of the week through friday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and then we'll reassess times and need at that point in time and issue additional hours as needed. and lastly, you know, we've gotten this assistance from all these different agencies. and sheriff roy smith is here with me today.

and obviously this is her county, santa clara county and her agency and her staff has been providing support. they were some of the first responders on scene. and whenever we deal with something like that, you know, we have a mutual aid process. and, of course, we reached out and made that formal mutual aid request and the sheriff's office has been really instrumental in helping us get those resources that we need to continue to investigate this case. so we very much appreciate that. i'm going to turn it over and get another update from the fbi with regards to the process that's going on at christmas hill park. >> thank you, chief. my name is craig. i'm the deputy special agent in charge of the san francisco division of the fbi. i'd like to thank everybody, the public for your patience as we very systematically, methodically and deliberately

process an extensive and complex crime scene which will take several more days to complete. this afternoon i want to provide you with updates on two issues. one, the assistance that we are seeking from the public and two, the efforts of our victim services program and what you can expect from the fbi and the district attorney's office over the course of the next several days. in terms of investigative publicity, we are asking the public for any information you might have on the shooting. any tips should be called into the gilroy police department at 408-846-0583. if you have any photos or videos, we have launched a website for you to send those media files. that is www.fbi.gov/gilroy. that's www.fbi.gov/gilroy.

if you have any photos or videos th t law finally, i want to share with you that the fbi is working with the local d.a.'s office on victims assistance and providing assistance to those affected by this tragedy. the fbi victims service division and our evidence response team will be working with the d.a.'s office to collect and return personal effects that are not considered to be of evidentiary value. and have not been entered into the chain. this process will take time and i'm asking, please, for patience while we identify, itemize, co-locate those items so they can be repatriated with the owners of the families. i will provide you with updates on that process as well as additional victim services as that information becomes available. thank you.

>> we will now take a few questions. >> the chief or the fbi, did you check -- always talk about a second suspect. did you guys check to see if a ballistics suspect gun matched the bullets in the people who died? and do they? >> do you want to answer that? >> so, that will be part of the investigative process. there will be, as in most cases, a forensic evaluation. that determination has yet to be made. the gun is still collected as evidence and is on-site. we have not taken any steps towards that forensic evaluation at this point. >> can someone confirm whether or not the gunman was armed with another gun in this case, possibly a hand gun? >> all right, i have not heard

that in any of the briefings that i've attended thus far. >> someone today said he saw the gunman shoot with a hand gun and then when the hand gun jammed, he started using the assault rifle. >> i have not. that's news to me. i have not heard that. >> is there a second suspect out there? have you concluded one way or the other there is somebody else you're looking for? >> as to the second suspect we have not made any progress other than what i gave this morning. we're no closer to determining whether there was or was not a second suspect. and if there was, what involvement they may have had. [ inaudible question ] >> i don't have that available in front of me, i'm sorry. >> you mentioned that a warrant was served on a house this morning or today. can you confirm -- >> that would be correct. >> okay have you been able to derive anything additional about the

suspect's motives or ideology? >> i have not. i have not had a briefing yet on the outcome of that search warrant or any relevant information that may have come out of it. >> anything from the fbi, have you learned any more about potential motives? >> we are currently -- we are currently undertaking social media scrubs as well as assessing information that's derived from other interviews and investigative techniques we've deployed over the past 24 hurs. >> can you guys just talk to the suspect moving to nevada? was he living there, why was he living there? -- and did he come back here just to do the shooting? >> so, there's a lot of different agencies involved. i'm not familiar with the search warrant that was served in nevada.

and i've heard a couple of different versions of the events as to whether he was living in nevada still or whether he had moved back to california. and i don't have confirmation on which of those is the actual story at this point. >> chief, is the family cooperating -- >> -- are you going to be using a couple as you try to determine a motive? and explain to us why you believe the suspect is dead, why there is a motive for any investigative agency --? >> well, you know, i think that motive is important. i think everybody wants to know why, the answer why. you know, if there is any affiliation with other people or groups of people that could potentially pose a threat in the future, i think that all plays into why that would be important to understand. >> chief, is the family cooperating? >> i can't answer that. i have not had contact with

them. >> what about the fbi, are they talking to you or is there a back and forth? >> we are conducting some of the interviews in conjunction with the police department. i can't comment on the results of those interviews at this point in the investigation. it's still very early. >> is there an open dialogue? are they cooperating? >> i can't comment on that right now. >> so, from your perspective of the fbi [ inaudible ]? >> events like this are occurring across the country every weekend, and it's up to those events, events coordinator to determine the extent to which they want to employ security features. this event was completely fenced in. police officers as well as fbi agents were on scene when the shooting occurred. there was patrols actively moving throughout the crowd at the time of the shooting.

as a result of that, that subject was neutralized within very, very short period of time. >> do you know what kind of social media presence the suspect has, in terms of the number of accounts or -- >> i can only speak to him having a facebook account which was recently opened. >> his instagram account, can you confirm whether that was his or not? >> i can't confirm that. >> can you provide a little clarity on the weapon? i think this morning the police chief said it was an sks, but then someone else -- there were reports that it was something like a wasr. can you clarify, can you find out exactly what type of weapon that it was? >> do you want to answer that? >> i can tell you what -- sorry. so, robert topper, resident agent in charge of the agency.

the weapon was a ak 47 variant. it's based on the original ak-47. i cannot give you the specific model or anything like that. >> were there other weapons recovered, sir? >> not that i'm aware of. >> is it imported? >> yes. >> is it legal in california, that would be a california law question? >> that would be a california law question. >> is it legally in california? >> i'd have to direct you to the california department of justice for that. >> why the alleged social media post with the aiming at specific people? >> that's something i don't know at this point. the descriptions that have been given to me, it appeared as though it was random, but i think we're still too early in the investigation to be able to say that definitively. >> when you look at the number

of injured, are we looking at a large number of minorities and people that are in the hospital right now? is there any -- can you tell us? >> we are compiling a list today of all the different victims and all the different locations. i do not have that list yet. once we're able to look at that list, you can draw conclusions from that when we see it. >> and, chief, because of the notoriety of the garlic festival, especially in this area to a number of people, can you tell us, was there always in the police chief's mind a concern that, yes, this could be a target? >> well, you know, any time you put on a large event with a lot of people, you're always concerned, which is why we try to run a very tight closed event where there's controlled access. and so do we think about it and do we think about how we would respond if something were to

happen? i would say the answer is yes. >> did he have a job, was he going to college, and how do you pronounce his last name? there have been a lot of different -- >> i don't know. >> what about job or college? >> i don't know that either. >> can you confirm a background with ammunition? >> i'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, that will be the end of this press conference. >> can you just confirm the back pack found outside the festival grounds? >> i don't have any information on that. >> i didn't hear the information. >> was there a back pack found with him. >> i don't believe one was found. >> at this point we don't have any information about a back pack. >> can we also say say say say y was found? >> it was a little bit northeast of the park off of laurel drive. >> what drive? >> laurel drive.

>> can you say anything about how the police apprehended him [ inaudible ]? >> we are finished with this press conference for this afternoon. i apologize. the chief has someplace he has to go. >> next update? >> it will be approximately 24 hours from now, tomorrow afternoon. no, there will be one tomorrow afternoon. >> if something -- >> you're watching a live news conference taking place behind me at the gilroy police department. the gilroy police chief along with officials from the fbi and atf, alcohol, tobacco and firearms, along with other officials briefing the media on what we have to date. they have confirmed an ak-47-style rifle was found. they did confirm a facebook page belonging to the killer in this case. still a lot of unanswered questions, and we are continuing to ask some questions to try to get more information for you. but it is a very rapidly developing situation.

today we learned a great deal more about those who were hurt and killed, and also a lot more about the person who perpetrated this atrocity at the gilroy garlic festival. i'll continue more live from gilroy in a few moments, but stay with us.

the issue of gun control was raised almost immediately after yesterday's shooting. gaby giffords, herself a victim of a shooting, tweeted, we're just 210 days into 2019. there have already been 246 mass shootings. david hogg, you remember him, a student at parkland florida, he

tweeted, i'm tired of tweeting out #insert city name here. strong every week. our guest this afternoon, california state assemblyman david chu, you tweeted when will the madness end. i have another question for you. what will it take to end this madness? >> it's going to take change at the national level. first, i need to just say all our hearts and prayers go out to the families. as a father, like any parent, it's just so hard to read about a 6-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl, young 20 something man, the beginning of their lives, and something has to change. the madness has to end. yet we have so many mass shootings one after another that hasn't changed anything. >> it's surprising because just on a personal level, sandy hook, we had that. i thought, okay, something is going to change. we had parkland. we have las vegas.

we have gilroy. and on a national basis, it just appears that legislators are paralyzed. so how does it change? >> well, i would agree that i think the national, national leadership has been numb. there have been 36,000 shootings about 100 a day, which is about four an hour. so if you think about it, four people dying in the hour of this news show, that's gilroy. every hour of every day, another gilroy happens. but what i'll say on that is in our state in california, we have acted. i'm part of a working group to move forward gun safety legislation, and we have passed many policies to increase the age in which people can purchase, to prohibit certain types of guns from being used, et cetera, et cetera, on many fronts. we have the strongest laws in the country. but that didn't save the victims yesterday because these laws don't protect us across state lines. so in california, the age that

you can purchase a gun is 21, and we discovered the shooter is 19 who can legally purchase in nevada. in california we have banned, since the 1989 stockton shooting on an elementary school yard, we have banned assault weapons. but you can go right across the border to buy an assault weapons as the shooter did yesterday. we need national policies that are as strong as what we have in california and we are not going to have that yet until this president and his republican allies do not control ma jortd of washington. majority of washington. >> i totally understand the tightening of the rules. and state by state you're going to have different areas of the country that feel differently about gun control. what i don't understand is -- i have friends that love to go hunting and i totally get those who want the protection that a gun can give them. i don't know what the argument is on assault weapons in particular because a hunter does not need an assault weapon, and

so what do you hear when you have these conversations with other legislators? >> my republican colleagues will say it's less about the assault weapons as it is, as they would say, an assault on the second amendment. but obviously we have a very significant difference of opinion. i don't think anyone -- our founding fathers did not envision that guns could kill half a dozen people every second would be what was employed here. and the idea that we can't have reasonable background checks, that you can't be of a certain age of maturity to purchase a gun, that there aren't conditions to ensure guns are used safely. i don't think any of us have any problem with guns being used for sport, but we need to make sure guns are used safely and that's not what's happening here. >> i know you came in to talk about homelessness. we had this scheduled, so let's just push that off to another date and hopefully you'll come back in when we have more time. but obviously this is the topic unfortunately of the day, and will be for quite sometime.

mr. chu, thanks for coming n. >> thank you. my hope is by continuing to talk about this, some day america will change. >> thanks. >> we hope so. all right. we do need to change our focus right now. we need to get over to spencer christian who is tracking our weather because we are now getting some relief from that heat we saw over the weekend, spencer. >> true, ama. we have a bright and much cooler day than we had over the weekend. this is the camera and blue skies. redwood stid 75, morgan hill, half moon bay. we see barely a cloud anywhere in the sky there. it's 87 right now in santa rosa. that's our warm spot. only 73 in napa and we have low 80s at petaluma, fairfield, concord and livermore. let's move along, take a look at our forecast features as we see the view from mount tam. coastal clouds and patchy bay sfog will be with us overnight. no intense heat is expected but there will be a slight warming trend at the end of the week going into the weekend. overnight we'll see a bit of fog

moving locally across the bay from the coast line. overnight lows will be low to mid 50s. a cool condition from the weekend. low 60s at the coast to low and mid 70s around the bay shoreline. mainly upper 70s, low to mid-'80s inland. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. a week of mild weather with no extremes and no major heat spikes, although a gradual warm up will begin at the very end of the week. in fact, going into the weekend we'll see high temperatures inland moving into the low to mid 90s, up to around 80 on the bay. that is not extreme or excessive. that's just your typical summer weather. so

dan ashley reporting to you live once again from gilroy. we want to take you live now to a news conference at the santa clara valley medical center where medical professionals are updating the people treated and the extent of their injuries. >> complement all of the people involved in the facility and the county. the first responders bringing patients to what was considered a hot scene. it was one of the more magnificent examples of what we can do when we all work together in a community. within trauma centers, you have

to work within a system and a community and involve both trauma center and nontrauma centers. and one of the big gifts that we have with this episode was our partnership with saint louise hospital in the south bay. that allowed us to really optimize our response to this occurrence that was centered in the communities of the south bay. when you build a trauma center, it's all about relationships, and the relationships you have to build before there is an incident like this because relationships save minutes, and minutes save lives in incidents like this. we're happy to say that patients who came here to access state of the art trauma care are all doing very well and are improved from when they arrived. and beyond our support for the care of their physical injuries, we're trying to surround them

with that sense of community and the emotional support that our entire community needs from this. the patterns of injuries that you see with this type of weapon, which is relatively high energy oern energy ordinance can occur on any part of the body -- >> hang on a second. are you guys okay sound wise? okay, sorry. go ahead. >> so, the types of injuries that you see with gunshot wounds, with high energy ordinance, involve tissue destruction. we have used the lessons we've learned from our military physicians in the theaters of war as well as the shootings that have happened across the country. all of the tools that allow stopping compressible bleeding were used beautifully by our first responders, ensuring patients got to definitive care in relatively good condition,

with wounds that were treatable and resulted in definitely better treatment and saving lives. i will open it up to questions -- no? oh, i'm going to introduce dr. coelho from employees. >> i'm the medical director. this is a beautiful community event that's been going on for decades in our community. the gilroy garlic festival. and we have a tight small community that participates, including our hospital. we had staff there at the event at the time. and unfortunately, a troubled loved family member of one of our communities brought horror to our beautiful community event. our hearts go out and our prayers go out to all the victims that are still recovering.

this is your worst nightmare event to happen in a community. we're all afraid of this happening in our community and never think it will happen to us, and it did. on the flip side, it went better than i could have imagined. it could have been 100 times worse. the first responders were there immediately. the police acted within a minute or so. and we had first responders with hospital staff on-site who triaged our patients in the field. mike cabano, our ems director for the county, did a fabulous job of triaging in the field. our small community hospital took the less acute injuries and/or critically injured, were triaged up to valley medical center which we're pleased to have a close relationship with now with the extent of excellent care throughout santa clara county. what is moving with the stories you'll hear the next several

weeks is how the community responded immediately. a lot of our injured and gunshot wound patients were resuscitated by community members. several were placed in cars immediately within seconds and driven to our hospital. because we had staff there at the event, gloria de la merced called our emergency room and immediately alerted that we had an active shooter. it was not a drill. we had an outpouring of physicians from the community, pour into the hospital, radiologists, anesthesiologists, e.r. physicians and nurses. we even had the c.e.o. of valley medical center paul lauren show up within a few minutes of the shooting at our hospital. incredible response by just peak professionals who have dedicated their lives to supporting and caring for our community. and i couldn't be more proud to be counted with this group. and just having coordinated care

that dr. garland said, that stopped the bleeding, programs where there's immediate compression of bleeding wounds and appropriate tuourniquets, saving lives, this was a terrible tragedy to our community physically. the emotional tragedy is going to take more time to heal and to address, and our thoughts and prayers and support go out to all the six individuals that landed in our hospital, plus all the others that were transported out, but also to include the suffering family of the troubled young man that inflicted this upon our community. >> the one victim who was upgraded today from serious -- from critical to serious, can you describe what took place today to make that happen? >> yes, to dr. garland. >> we really can't give particulars on an individual patient because tir private information. i will just say that the systems took care of all the patients

has resulted in excellent results and they're all on a trajectory towards healing. >> as doctors, can you talk about what that experience was like for both of you seeing this influx of patients come in from a mass shooting, something you called a worst nightmare? >> well, i've been involved in trauma for around 30 years, and here at valley medical center for 20 years. and we drill and drill and drill this in course work, in rehashing every tragedy that happens everywhere in the world, anywhere in the country so that we can learn lessons. you hate to see this happen, but it gives you a sense of how amazing the people who work around you are, and how tremendous the hearts, the souls, and the skills are that

make a trauma center, that make a community health system. >> another question? >> what are the challenges -- you mentioned [ inaudible ]. what are the challenges [ inaudible ]? >> with high-energy ordinance there is a lot more tissue damage, and that tissue damage may not be visible externally. and so you have to have your radar very high to look for every bit of -- of injury, whether that be from direct contact with a bullet or whether that be just a shock wave. and so patients are monitored for a period of time because what you see initially may not be the totality of what their injuries or the tissue damage is. >> is it more challenging when it's minors and children?

>> with children we all tend to go back to thinking of our own children and what we've done to protect our children and any child in this community, there is a special poignant feeling you get when there is a child is injured because it is a time of innocence lost, you know. before that time they were just thinking about how garlic ice cream would taste. and now their lives are changed forever by this experience, whether they were physically injured, near there, or just had to spend a night terribly frightened. and so that's the tragedy with children. in some sense the same is true for adults, but there is an emotional response with children mathieu just can't avoid. >> have we ever seen anything like this at this hospital before? >> i mean, we have had individual shootings hospital, you know. shoot sergio garcia part of

trauma care. i trained up in san francisco, so certainly this is a more peaceful valley. it's part of why i'm happy to be raising my children here and -- but this type of mass shooting i haven't seen since i've been here. >> i'm sorry. >> go ahead. >> you said you had some people already there on scene. did that help you do things quicker? >> by far -- within minutes of the shooting we had set up a command center. valley medical center was sent out, they set up a command center. the c.e.o. of valley medical was in our hospital within minutes of the shooting. the word went out instantaneously while they were still looking for other possible culprits. we had physicians, extra physicians showing up, we had a total of of the ftute huch a c

community and a cohesive community of professionals from nursing, the police on-site, the emergency medical services. and then the outpouring of the physicians that -- and nurses that showed up on weekends, on holidays, and at night. it was instantaneously, we were very fortunate to have such a responsive group of people. >> can you reiterate the conditions of the patients that you can tell us their conditions of that are still here? >> we have five patients remaining in the hospital. three of them are in either serious or fair condition. two patients have asked that no information be provided. >> anything else you'd like to add? it's importnt

to continue to get the our comm united states that we're strong and resilient. we would like to never have to use these systems of care, but they're here for you. >> you did mention stop the bleed. is that -- talk about that program. >> yes, stop the bleed was a result of the task force put together after sandy hook shootings. that was based on the analysis that there were some types of compressible bleeding that may have resulted in preventable deaths. it translated to a move in the military called zero preventable deaths. at this point in time there are over 40,000 instructors across the country. it's administered through the american college of surgeons. and it is something that every

bystander can do to change the outcome after a tragedy like this. dr. coelho mentioned that this is truly a community, but across the country everywhere is a community. and when you ask people if you would be willing to take some risks to keep someone from dying in a situation like this, they say yes. and so stop the bleed has provided the tools, the knowledge, the training and the mo modicum of protection so that you're not with icky blood or something of that sort. and it has translate today tremendous gains in survivability both in military and civilian trauma. >> so this is the last in-person briefing tonight. we'll make an assessment tomorrow whether we need to do it again. we put the twitter up there. if we get new information tonight and even tomorrow, we

will be tweeting it out. so if you guys want to follow us, that's the best way -- >> you're listening to the tail end of a news conference at santa clara valley medical center where five people are still being treated. to butt son it up, they discussed something at length, high energy ordinance, that's a fast-moving bullet. that is why there is so much concern about assault weapons on the street, ak-47. it moves at 1500 miles per hour. a bullet from a .9 millimeter moves at half that, 680 or so miles per hour. causes a lot more damage. that's why people can be so grieve usually injured so quickly with that style of weapon. one last point. they mentioned the response which was so tremendous and relationships save minutes, minutes save lives, she said at that news briefing. and certainly that was true yesterday with everyone in r involved. the response was quick, dramatic and effective. although terrible results still, could have been much worse had that gunman not been stopped so rapidly. we'll have more here coming up

on abc7 news at 5:00, but for now, dan ashley reporting live in gilroy. ama, let's go back to you. >> all right, dan, thank you. we also heard about innocence lost. as we know, two of the victims of yesterday's shooting in gilroy children. it can be difficult for all of us, but especially for other children. so joining me today is dr. michael anderson. thank you so much for coming in. you're the president of ucsf benioff children's hospital and pediatrics at ucsf. thank you for coming in a day after the tragedy. it must have hit very close to home for you. >> oh, it does. you can feel the grief and the anger and the sorrow throughout the hospital. really throughout the city. why did this happen again? >> right. >> and the senseless act of harming children. i mean, it just makes no sense. >> so for the children who may be hearing about this, it's hard to escape hearing about it on the news, everyone is talking about it. how do we even begin to talk to our children? i assume it depends on how much they can understand. >> great point. i think first and foremost, we

do need to acknowledge our own feelings because some of us are angry, we're sorrowful over this. first acknowledge your feelings. consider the age of the child, developmental stage. older kids want details and to talk so deeply about it. the second bit of advice our psychologists say is talk about safety. don't minimize the child's concerns, but say, you know what, mommy and daddy are here to keep you safe. think about how the schools are here to keep you safe. think about the brave men and women from the police and ems that responded. they're all here to keep you safe. so it's not diminishing the child's perspective, but it really is saying there's a lot of people here that are working to keep you safe every day. and the third, you're right, that the news is saturating these poor kids. and we recommend limiting the exposure to just the bare minimum if at all, and try and keep kids in a routine. let's make sure we're having dinner or doing the normal things we do during a beautiful summer day. >> i assume some kids maze say,

but, you know, the poor kid who was killed, they couldn't be kept safe. if your kid is really exhibiting signs of being afraid and anxiety, are there other steps to help calm them down? >> there really are. first, once again, patience, and listening with time. i'm still safe, my family is here to take care of me. there are kids we worry about. kids that have been previously traumatized so god forbid there is a child that experienced violence in the past and is reexposed to this, kids whose behavior really changes dramatically, they've lost interest in what they're doing, their appetite has changed, they're exhibiting significant anxiety more than normal, then that's a time you have to see your pediatrician or mental health professional because that rare kid is probably going do need some serious help. >> start to intervene at that point. >> exactly. >> what this they just don't want to go to other festival events, they're scared to go out in those public places? >> it's a real quagmire.

you want to show them we're here to keep them safe. don't push them. take some time, realize they're at home and they're okay. you have to get them back into a routine. there is a difference between the possibiity of it happening and the probability that it's going to happen. is that's very difficult for a young child to understand. but i think getting kids back into a routine where we can go to the movies, we can go to school, we can go to a festival. i think that's what parents have to work towards. >> okay. so let them reset, but then baby steps getting back out there. doctor, thank you so much for coming in and giving us some

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ask your doctor about entresto. where to next? we have new details out of italy now. the funeral was held today for the police officer who was stabbed to death in rome. investigators say he was trying to recover a back pack after a botched drug deal. the two suspects are from the bay area. >> the i-team dan noyes flu to italy to document the journey and what he's learned so far. here's dan's full story. >> reporter: i have spoken with close friends of both teen suspects back in the bay area. they say the drugs were part of their circle. both in high school, then the first year of college. italian police say it was a drug deal gone bad that led to the death of that officer on this street in rome. ♪ ♪ in the same church where he was married just over a month ago, 35-year-old officer mario rega was laid to rest. hailed as a national hero with

politicians attending the funeral, the site where he died is now covered with flowers. the nudly we had officer bled to death, stabbed 11times police reports show. security footage show suspects fleeing the scene. documents identified by local media saying the murder weapon was a 7 inch long serrated knife similar to ones used by u.s. marines. police say americans gave natale and 19-year-old elder responsible. the two men are from the bay area, both recently graduated from tamalpais high in 2018. she is one of the neighbors. >> i'm in shock. he's the nicest guy, one of the nicest neighbors i have. >> reporter: in a recorded confession, police say elder admitted to stealing a back pack and allege a drug deal gone wrong. today they are sitting in this italian prison as they investigate this photo showing one of the teens blind folded and handcuffed before being questioned. police admitted it was a mistake to cover his eyes. blind folding a suspect police

say is illegal and not allowed. investigators say they found overwhelming evidence in the teen's hotel room, including the supposed murder weapon cleverly concealed behind one of the ceiling tiles as well as bloody clothing. in a statement released today, the elder family said the family is completely focused on working with the state department and gathering the facts they need to proceed. an attorney for finnegan elder says the teens are in good condition, but that elder faces a complicated challenge ahead. under italian law, prosecutors have a year to file charges. lawyers for the teens will try for an early release, but not much chance of that, the judge saying they pose a flight risk. for the i-team in rome, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> and you can follow dan on twitter, at dan noyes to stay up to date with the latest developments in italy. we'll have his reports throughout the week here on abc7 news, abc7news.com, as well as the abc7 news app. >> all right. that is going to do it for this edition of abc7 news at 4:00. thank you for joining us.

i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> mass gun violence is an epidemic in the united states, and yet one never imagines such a thing can happen here. >> get in the car. >> it happened here. gilroy is in shock after a shooting spree kills three people, including two children. the police chief says it could have been much, much worse. >> despite the fact that they were outgunned with their handguns against a rifle, those three officers were able to fatally wound that suspect. >> new details just this past hour about the gunman, the victims and the renewed push for gun control. >> announcer: live, this is abc7 news. >> first i heard two shots. >> police have now identified the three people killed at the gilroy garlic festival. a 6-year-old boy, a 13-year-old

girl, and a 25-year-old man. the shooter has been identified as ligen. atf and s.w.a.t. swarmed his place this morning, less than 2 miles from the shooting scene. good evening. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley live in gilroy, a community still stunned and grief stricken by what happened just 24 hours ago, almost to the minute. we have live team coverage, extensive team coverage on this tragedy for you tonight. reporters all across the bay area giving you the very latest information as it comes in. we're going to begin tonight with abc7 news reporter chris reyes, also here with me at gilroy police headquarters. with more in a news conference and updates from authorities that just wrapped up. chris? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. well, police held their second briefing of the day right here this afternoon. the chief told us that they are now in the process of searching the home and vehicle associated with the suspect.