another reporter who has been on the scene since this broke out at 5:45 this evening, this is at gavalan college in gilroy. you have spoken to a tremendous number of witnesses. >> reporter: that's right. we've been here and we've spoken to several witnesses that they tell me it was a terrifying scene. one of those witnesses, she said she met eyes with the suspect. she said she was working and she initially thought that gunshots were fireworks because everything took place at the end of the festival. she said she looked at her boyfriend and said, hey, are those fireworks, what's going on, and her boyfriend said, no, i don't think they are. and minutes later she looked around and realized the shooter was walking towards them. she said she met eyes with the shooter and as he was approaching them, police officers arrived to the scene and tackled him. she also said that she witnessed when police officers shot the suspect in the head. she sent us a picture that i tweeted earlier, and it's just terrifying to hear what she had to go through. she said many of her coworkers hid with her under the