. >> abc reporter amanda del costillo at gilroy high school. >> you spoke to festival vendors who happened to be just feet away from that shooting. >> reporter: yeah, and they say because it was the third and final day of the gilroy garlic festival they initially thought that the shots ringing out were fireworks celebrating, again, a very successful gilroy garlic weekend. that was not the case, unfortunately. feet away from these vendors that i spoke with they say they saw people running. it was a mad dash to escape, and in that escape some people experienced or suffered some injuries, but nothing compared to what more than a dozen people are recovering from in the hospital right now. and we know three people have been confirmed dead and the fourth would be that shooter who was also killed on site. we are standing at gilroy high school. this is just a few hundred yards from the entrance from the gilroy festival grounds i should say. it has been pretty common the last few hours. this has been the staging area for several agencies. more than a dozen from across santa clara county and montere