a gunman killed three people at the gilroy garlic festival. >>> president biden says his administration is monitoring the situation in san jose. the incident happened as the atf nominee was facing a hearing. diane feinstein mentioned the shooting in a question to the nominee. >> i would like to say thank you for that question but i'm sorry to hear that news i wasn't aware of that. one of our priorities would be focusing on gun trafficking. the unlawful transfer of guns to criminals. in these cases a crime like this could be prevented. as the atf tries to solve crimes we will strive to prevent them from happening in the first place. >> he had been involved with gun control groups. something he's facing opposition for. >>> the effects of this terrible day will be far reaching not just for us here in the bay area but in homes, neighborhoods, schools, officers across the country and certainly on capitol hill. you can keep on top of the very latest when it comes to the issue of gun violence. we have every development as soon as it attention, california. new federal funding of $3 billion is a

and most recently, gunfire broke out at the gilroy garlic festival.s two years ago when a shooter killed three people including a 6-year-old boy. in four of those tragedies, the shooters ultimately turned the gun on themselves, taking their own lives. the exception, though, in 2012, that shooting at oikos university, the gunman, jess and janelle, went to prison but died behind bars two years ago. all of this violence of course in a state that has what some consider the most toughest gun laws in the country. >> and many local law enforcement and city and state leaders want more gun laws enacted including getting rid of those ghost guns where you can't even track the serial numbers. bigad shaban, thank you so much. >> we heard the governor talk about that today, being exasperated by the situation. >>> meteorologist jeff rainier, we're heading into a holiday weekend. everyone wants to know what's going on and what temperatures we'll be seeing. >> saturday and sunday we'll be good. once we hit memorial day we'll be getting into some record heat, potential

we opened a family assistance center for the gilroy garlic festival shooting less than 2 years ago. we served 750 people after that nightmare. 2 years later, people there still need help and are being helped at our gilroy strong resiliency center. but this morning. all of us woke up to a new nightmare. this one. 2 blocks away from my office. this whole county carries the scars mental and physical. of gun violence. their graves plaques memorials candles and obituaries. and while the da's office prosecutes the surviving killers. we are trying to do so much more. we are working hard and diligently through our crime strategies unit. to identify guns used in multiple crimes to participate and sponsor gun buybacks to take dangerous ghost guns any legal assault rifles off the streets. importantly, perhaps most importantly to remove dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people through gun violence. restraining orders are what are known as red flag laws. there are so much more to do. in coming days. there will be more details about the wise and the whites of this terrible day. today

. >> the second year anniversary of the gilroy garlic festival shooting. don't have to be in it to be emotionally impacted. here is more on how we need to cope with this. >> please, whatever you need to to get support, i know i need it myself. >> reporter: an emotional transit president encouraging people who are struggling to seek out help. >> it's important to remind yourself you're not experiencing it alone. >> reporter: professor of psychology lescy tinson says it can impact the entire community. >> the biggest thing is that our safety and strategy. >> reporter: they recommend listening to everyone, adults and children. >> i think it's important that people have an outlet. not keeping it inside. not feeling like they are the only one who feels that way. >> reporter: the rail yard shooting comes two years after the gilroy garlic shooting. he said it's hearing from gilroy survivors and medical professionals who said yesterday's violence is triggering emotions. they will be sending counselors to st. luiz hospital. they said, shem available. >> we are here

as the community grieves another mass shooting less than two years after the gilroy garlic festival, the d. a's victim services unit, pledging to stand with them in this dark time. we're here for you. we will be here for you today. we're here for you tomorrow. we are here for you in the weeks, months and sometimes years that you may need us this support. it will go on his. long as they need us for this family assistance center will be open until seven tonight to offer services and then throughout the rest of the week, frank julie, it has just been heartbreaking to see the anxiety, the stress and the sadness from these families waiting, going back and forth, hoping for any sort of information and those that are getting the worst news that a loved one has passed back to you. it's just so painful to think what they're going through right now and not knowing and waiting and probably expecting the worst when they have it. heard. greg. do you know how much longer they're going to have to wait and are those families who are haven't heard from their loved ones who worked there? are they all

facility in san francisco, the veterans home in yountville, youtube's headquarters, and the gilroy garlic festivalat shooting took place nearly two years ago. it was july 2019 when a gunmanh. >>> washington poll signalses have offered their thoughts and prayers, but is there more concrete action ahead? >> let's bring in scott mcgrew to continue our coverage. >> good morning. we've seen some action from the biden administration in the form of a few executive orders. i don't think you've seen the big action that many americans were expecting when they elected joe biden president. he has repeatedly called for stronger gun control, but when asked at his first and so far only press conference when some of those big proposals would come, he said it's all about the timing, saying he wanted to make sure his infrastructure plan passed first. that led a top gun control advocate to say "i'm disappointed he has the nerve and the audacity to say he's going to do things in sequential order. it's out of order to bury your child. it's out of order to be shopping for eggs and have your l closel with california's d

. >> reporter: less than a mile away from the gilroy garlic festival mass shooting, this neighborhood mourned another innocent life lost to gun violence. adrian beas a, husband, father, friend, and one of nine lives taken wednesday morning. >> i was in bed, i woke up, turned on the tv. i saw what had happened. and the first thing that came to mind was adrian. because he's my neighbor. and i knew that he went to work at 4:00 in the morning. >> reporter: his neighbor beatrice texted him after learning the news with no response. she and the neighborhood were shocked to learn later that they lost their friend. she remembers how her friend leaves behind a young son and wife. trotter still remembers the first time she met him. >> he stood at my friend door and we had a conversation. and we talked about the lord. and i know that he was a christian guy. he loved his family. he loved his community. he was a people person. he loved his job. meeting the people on the bus and taking care of his customers. >> reporter: trotter, a former employee herself, says the county needs to do more about the

a community all grieving another mass shooting less than two years since the gilroy garlic festival. de a. rosen talked about that, and said that he is continuing to be here for these families as they go through such a dark time and that they will continue to be here for these families. now this site behind me will be open until seven p.m. tonight. continue to be open throughout the week for any families or witnesses that need help during this time that need to speak to someone on dsa. certainly a neve ent that's gonna have an impact on all of these folks for a very long time, julie. it's just a heartbreaking thing to be going through our hearts go out to the families involved, greg. i'm just wondering if anyone wants to help or send support. how would they do that? i think the best thing to do right now julie is to go through the district attorney's office to see if there's things that they could do or things they can donate. but i mean right now, certainly to send your prayers. if you pray to send your thoughts if you can, to a lot of families that are grieving and just heartbroken

the mass shooting at the vta comes as we approach the two-year anniversary of the gilroy garlic festivalg. experts say you don't have to be directly involved in either incident to be emotionally impacted. >> please, whatever you need to do to get some support, i know i need it myself. >> reporter: an emotional amalgamated transit union president encouraging people who are struggling after the mass vta shooting to seek out help. >> it's important to remind yourself that you're not experiencing this alone. >> reporter: san jose state adjunct professor of psychology leslie tenson says it can affect every member of the south bay community and beyond. >> the biggest thing is our sense of community safety have been altered by this tragedy. >> reporter: tinson recommends checking in on and listening to adults and children. >> this is a complicated discussion, but i think it is important that people have an outlet, right, not keeping it inside, not feeling like they're the only one that feels that way. >> reporter: the vta rail yard shooting comes almost two years after the gilroy garlic shootin

you might recall about maybe 20 miles from this location back in 2019 was the gilroy garlic festival where people were killed there as well. in this particular case, you can see its lockdown. it's impacted not just the people who were killed it's impacted the people who live on this street. we just want to go about their lives now, unfortunately for the next several days, you can clearly see their neighborhood is under lockdown. back to rain. >> thank you for that report. be checking in with will throughout the morning. now, this morning the families of the victims are grieving as they wait for answers about what exactly happened kron 4. sarah stinson is live at the scene of the shooting this morning with the latest on what we know so far. come morning, sarah. >> reena, as you know, yesterday was a difficult day not only will rehear rushing trying to figure out what was going on. there was family members of now 9 victims or trying to figure out if their loved ones were still alive. and then they got the worst news of their life that their loved one had been shot and killed here behin

. >> sadly, they learned a lot of that by helping people during the gilroy garlic festival shooting.he sheriff's office also have a help line. 408-321-7550. it's just for victims' families and vta employees. the sheriff's department help line is also for victims' families. both are on our website. i'll also try to tweet that out as well this morning. >>> several political and law enforcement leaders are speaking out about how the city is grieving this loss of life. their words were genuine, many filled with sorrow and support. governor newsom spoke at the scene and had a truss traited and pretty raw reaction. >> take a little damn responsibility, all of us, to do a little bit more and better this time and move beyond the platitudes of the usual rhetoric that tends to mark not just these moments but the aftermath of these moments. as all of you go away and this stays out of view and we rinse and repeat some place else in this country. >> the governor implored lawmakers to take action and deal with what he called the country's pre-existing condition of gun violence. >> vice president k

the employees and witnesses as well and it is the same center opened up for victims of the gilroy garlic festival shooting two years ago, so sadly, this county is all too familiar with helping victims after a tragedy like this. we are standing quite a ways from family members to give them respect but we can hear them crying and this is the first time that we have heard these cries out here in this parking lot in the last several hours that we have been here. so assuming that the news they have heard has not been good. we will send it back to you. >> it is gut wrenching. thank you. >>> the city has announced a vigil to honor the victims of the massacre and it has been scheduled for tomorrow at city hall and that vigil will start at 6:00 p.m. and the mayor and elected officials and community members are all expected to deliver their remarks. >>> looking live at the state capital right now where the flag is flying at half staff governor newsom was scheduled to be in los angeles today but rerouted to san jose to respond to the shooting and he called gun violence the pandemic before the current pandem

the family assistance center and it is the same center that opened for the victims of the gilroy garlic festival shooting two years ago, so, sadly, santa clara county is all too familiar with these types of tragedies. we are live in san jose. >>> the breaking news continues now at 6:00 on kpix 5. new information about the suspect blame for the mass shooting at vta . >>> federal and local investigations are now underway and the search for answers about the lives lost. >> our hearts are broken. >> when they said goodbye to their spouse this morning, their husband, they didn't mean goodbye forever. they meant goodbye until dinner time. and, i'm just so sorry. >> there is a sameness to this and that numbness is something i think we are all feeling. >>> good evening. the shots rang out at a vta railyard in san jose early this morning. law enforcement was steps away entering the building as it was happening and tried to get people to safety. >> sometime before that a fire broke out at this house and we now know it was the suspects home. federal agents cleared the block and have been checking for possi

here at the red cross for the victims, employees, or the same center that opened up for the gilroy garlic festival two years ago. sadly, this county is all too familiar with helping the rooms after a tragedy like this. again, the district attorney spoke not too long ago here and here is some of what he had to say. >> this morning, all of us woke up to a new nightmare. this one two blocks away from my office. honestly, i pray that this is the last time we have to open such a center in our county. we will do everything we can today and in the weeks or months ahead to support all of the victims and their families. >> reporter: this parking lot is full not just with the media but we have seen a lot of people in the parking lot like families of the vta employees possibly those still missing as relatives look for answers and the district attorney said during our conference that they are still trying to notify some of the family members so that is probably why we do see somewhat of a delay, but again, the mood out here is very somber and heavy hearts. one woman actually asked the district attorney during

of course you remember a gunman killed 3 people and then himself at the gilroy garlic festival that happened in gill in gilroy in july of 2019. we will stay on top of the story throughout the evening. keep you posted as more information comes in. grant vicki, appreciate it. can right now. local and federal investigators are in san jose processing. >> 2 scenes connected to today's deadly shooting our kron 4 s jonathan karl just finished talking with a former fbi agent about what we can expect from this investigation moving forward and in the next say 24 hours. john, it's you know, the big question everyone know wants to know is who is sam cassidy. we heard a little bit about him from michelle kingston earlier tonight. >> there's still so many layers that investigators from the atf and the fbi still have to go through. that is going to be their main focus over the next 24 to 36 hours. i got a chance to talk with michael anderson who spent nearly 30 years with the fbi. he says that the agency will be flooding. san jose with resources, making sure to turn over every stone to learn more about 57

facility, the veterans home, youtube headquarters, and most recently the gilroy garlic festival. that shooting happened nearly two years ago and that's when the gunman killed three people including a 6-year-old boy before taking his own life while deputies moved in. >> it's hard to look at those. i've covered every single one of those shootings in the bay area. it's just tragic. and that's just in the bay area. we're talking about the country as well, all these mass shootings. the san jose shooting piercing the nation's soul. >> scott mcgrew, you have more from the white house's reaction. >>> we've seen the president reacting with compassion and grief quite a few times now in the 127 days he's been president. he, himself, so familiar with the loss of a spouse and a son and a daughter. the president writing immediately after the shooting of the families who will never be whole again. there are children, parent, and spouses who are waiting to hear whether someone they love is ever going to come home. now president biden has called for congress to take action, but his own legislativ

the last attack two years ago a gunman killing the gilroy garlic festival.ontrol. a new study released showing 63% of those surveyed say they think laws covering gun sales should be stricter. that goes up to 86% of people in the bay area. the public policy institute of california survey says people in the bay area and l.a. favor stricter gun selloffs. 22% of people in the bay area say they are very concerned. we are somewhat concerned about the threat of a mass shooting in the area and that goes up to 50% statewide. >> a new california law went into effect in september. makes it easier for court in california to take away somebody's gun temporarily if they are deemed to be a potential danger. >> this is one of many tools we can use to prevent gun violence. they have been shown to work for what they have been en 00 ses e entire state of california and my lodges went into effect last september which allowed coworkers and people you go to school with to petition the court to take your guns away. that is why it is so critical. there are so many cases of workplac

and earlier that year, a gunman opened fire at the gilroy garlic festival. a 19 year-old fired k 47 towards food, tents towards crowds of people. officers patrolling the festival opened fire on him. although an autopsy later confirmed the shooter had killed himself 4 people were killed 17 people were hurt and in march of 2018, a former resident of the outfield veterans home killed 4 people including a pregnant woman. that's after you've been told to leave the facility that gunman also killed himself and today's shooting at the vta facility in san jose left 8 people dead. next 8 o'clock gunman who took those lives used to live in this place here where the smoke is coming out. >> that's a gators. dow say may have set his own home on fire before the shooting and neighbors are revealing wh in business, it's never just another day. it's the big sale, or the big presentation. the day where everything goes right. or the one where nothing does. with comcast business you get the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses and advanced cybersecurity to

we had a shooting at the gilroy garlic festival in july of 2018, and, you know, we, unfortunately, for us, this feels remarkably, eerily tragic. >> yeah, it's awful that it happens. where you are, it's happening sadly all over the united states right now we have these mass shootings. i know you've told us that a fund has been set up to help families impacted by this. tell us about that. >> yes, thank you. and i apologize. the gilroy shooting was july 28th of 2019. so what the labor movement, because these employees were all members of their unions, atu and they have set up a fund at act.wpusa.org. and that's really intended to help the families of the victims with any kinds of support they need throughout this tragedy. >> we know the shooter who is dead killed himself after murdering all those other people. was an employee over there. the mayor just told cnn and i'm quoting now, it's clear the victims and all the colleagues knew the shooter well. is that what you're hearing? do you have a sense of any motive -- possible motive at all? >> i don't know anything about motive, but there is

. >> less than a mile away from the side of the gilroy garlic festival mass shooting, this neighborhood mourns an innocent life lost. 29-year-old adrian balleza, a father, husband, loved one and one of nine lives taken wednesday morning and the vta shooting in san jose. i was in bed. i look up to turn on the tv. assault what happened. the first thing that came to mind was adrian because he is my neighbor. i knew he went to work at 4:00 in the morning. >> his neighbor said she texted him after learning the news with no response. she in the neighborhood were shocked to learn later that they lost their friend. as she looked at adrian balleza's facebook page she recalls how the family is left behind. trotter still remembers the first time she met him. >> he stood at my front door and we had a conversation. we talked about the lord. i know he was a christian guy. he loved his family. he loved his community. he was a people person. he loved his job. he loved meeting the people on the bus and taking care of his customers. just holding conversations and just providing support. providing mental

facility in san francisco, the veterans home in yountsville, san bruno and most recently the gilroy garlic festival. that shooting happened nearly two years ago when the gunman killed three people including a 6-year-old boy. this was before turning the gun on himself before deputies moved in. >> so tragic to see all of those and realize we've covered them all here in the bay area. this is not to mention the other tragedies that have happened across our nation. in fact, president biden says the san jose shotting is piercing the nation's soul. >> scott mcgrew, more reaction from the white house this morning. >>> we've seen the president reacting with compassion and grief quite a few times now in the just 127 days he's been president. he, himself, so familiar with the loss of a spouse and a son and a daughter. the president writing immediately after the shooting the families who will never be whole again. there are children, parents, and spouses waiting to hear whether someone they love is ever going to come home. president biden has called for congress to take action but his own legislative agenda ha

. >> that community him, was just 2019, right when they had the gilroy garlic festival shooting where 3 people died. 17 people were injured. and that's that. that same south bay community that has been now through far too much of this and tonight we're also learning more about the person responsible for all of this them up monster, you could call chilling new details really about that. 57 year-old who's been identified as sam cassidy. her first. gayle ong is live for us outside his home in san jose with the latest now. >> and gail that the fence. what new about this guy. >> yeah, vicki and grant. apparently we just learned today that a biden administration member had confirmed that cassidy had was detained in 2016. it is quiet outside his home tonight. you can right now you can barely savoy. there is a light there now. there's a few police officers as that are guarding his home. this is on. and mark court in san jose. a very quiet neighborhood. but earlier a heavy law enforcement presence as investigators search for clues on the gunman's motive and now federal and local investigators

workers in the meantime say they are now hearing from people who survived or responded to the gilroy garlic festivaloting. for them wednesday's rampage suddenly triggering some difficult emotions. >> if you would like to help the victims' families, you can donate to a fund being set up by the south bay labor council. if you'd like to know more about the nine men lost, their lives taken too soon, we've posted about them on our website. our team will continue to update this gallery. just go to nbcbayarea.com. >>> right now, mike, we still want to talk about the vta light rail service that. has still been impacted by all of what happened on wednesday. >> absolutely. now it's just a technicality compared to the concern that we have for the people who are survivors of this tragedy over there at vta. we'll look at the impact as we look at the grid. we're talking about light rail service. that's still cancelled, but vta continues to provide service using buses to bridge that gap. call that number if you have any questions. the rest of the bay, south bay included, move very smoothly except for the tri-valle

health workers meantime say they are now hearing from people who survived or responded to the gilroy garlic festivaloting nearly two years ago. for them wednesday's rampage is suddenly triggering some difficult, new emotions. >> if you'd like to help the victims' family members, you can donate to a fund that's been set up by the south bay labor council. if you'd like to know more about the nine men whose lives were taken too soon, we posted about them on our website. our team continues to update that gallery. just go to nbcbayarea.com. >>> this morning mike is keeping an eye on the commute as well as that light rail service still impacted this morning, mike. >> obviously, just like people are impacted. things will have to recover because it's such a big loss for that shift and for vta service. the whole family there. we're looking at a practical look at the light rail service which is cancelled until further notice. buses will try to fill that gap but they're not able to do complete coverage. call this number in the orange section there if you have any questions. that's continuing until we hear othe

mass shooting that just took place 2 years ago, about 40 miles from this location at the gilroy garlic festival. >> we'll trend out there at the scene for us. thank you very much. well, and we know that for the victims and their families and friends. there will be a pair of vigils planned for today. one being hosted by the will be honoring the victims of the mass shooting. and we've got some information on your screen if you'd like to attend actually begins at 10 o'clock this morning out of the tea headquarters there on north first street. we'll be in the outdoor at the theater behind building be they'll be signage there to help guide you. and again, we've got one this evening. so if you'd like to join the that one that's going to be out of san jose city hall plaza. it will begin at 06:00pm mayor liccardo will be there. joining city leaders and other community members as they again remember and honor the victims and their families and friends after what was a very tragic day that unfolded yesterday. absolutely. and as we head to break. >> there are some of the images of the aftermath of yesterd

and i was at that scene as well. 40 miles from this location at the gilroy garlic festival where 3 people were killed in the mass shooting. 2 of them were kids back to you. >> it's a fortune. we keep seen to be covering this story over and over again thank you. will. well, this morning of eta is going to be honoring the victims of yesterday's rail yard shooting. and we've got that information. well, yes, kron four's camila barco is live at the vta headquarters with more details on that. good morning. camilla. >> hiring a high james. and that's here at the vta headquarters is where a vigil will be held to honor their own workers honor. and remember those workers who were killed yesterday in mass shooting. officials say that they are going to tell us more information about the operational impacts as well as give us more information about who these employees were, who they were as a person. and we know that 9 people died. and we're still learning more about the victims. and if you look at your screen, this is one of them. michael can. he was a close friend of san jose city council member rol

the gilroy garlic festival, there are so many of these tragedies that sometimes we forget about some of them. and this one, this was really the largest workplace shooting in san jose's history. nine people have lost their lives. and we just heard from not only city and county officials but also people from the vta, visibly and emotionally shaken. we're looking at the nine victims. all men, all vta employees who we learned a little bit more about today. some of these people have been working here for 20, 30 years. they have become ingrained as a family. you can just hear the heartbreak as they talk about their beloved colleagues that they lost. we heard evelyn train who just spoke, she said she saw immense pain at the transportation center. she said she heard the cries when she heard the news and it was heartbreak ig and she felt immensely helpless. we heard the vta board chair say we're not alone as we go through this journey. they still have a job to do. this is a major transit hub in the region. they're still trying to resume service back to normal. but we did hear the vta chair sa

the pandemic put the brakes on mass shootings like the one today in san jose, or it that gilroy garlic festival2019. that one killed three people and wounded 17 others but in reality during the coronavirus lockdown mass shootings kept happening. they just weren't out in public is much the overlying trend of gun violence has been moving in a bad direction, both in 2020 and 2021. john donahue is a stanford university law professor who studies gun violence and mass shootings. the public mass shootings were suppressed a little bit in 2020, and as we come out of. by the pandemic in 2021, you've seen more of those pre existing condition that somehow sort of pushed aside last year, but now is raised its ugly head again this year. the gun violence archive, a nonprofit that track shootings, reports. 610 men shootings last year, almost 200 more than in 2019. the center's a shooting is the 230 mass shooting in the united states this year. webex the question what the hell's going on? in the united states. america the hell's wrong with us. a mass shooting is defined as an incident where four or more people

this the second mass shooting in the south bay in just two years or refer, of course to the gilroy garlic festival shooting back in 2019. and jose mayor sam accardo says will be a public vigil tomorrow night. six pm at city hall here in san jose, so that members of the public can grieve publicly or live in san jose jesse gary ktvu fox two news went back to you. all right, jessie. thank you, the red cross center on north first street has been serving as a reunification center for petey, a workers and their families throughout the day, the santa clara county district attorney just spoke from that center in just the past hour for more on what he had to say, let's get over to ktvu greg lee with the latest greg the d. a says that he and his team are going to spend today trying to notify all of those families who've lost loved ones. yeah, looks good afternoon, and that has been the major message here today from the families that we've spoken to that or simply heartbroken and just hoping many of them have yet to hear how their loved ones are doing. the d. a. said he's hopeful that by the end of the day t

and think the last shooting i believe last mass shooting in santa clara county was the gilroy garlic festival which july of 2019 almost 2 years ago. and i don't know if you ever really kind of. recover or forget situations like this or mass shootings, especially if you were involved or you have family members or friends that are involved. but this is just another painful reminder of of what has been happening. we were talking about it. there's reports that 230 mass shootings have happened across the country so far this year. another just interesting part about this is that it? we don't know specifically who the shooter is. >> we don't know if he's connected to vta, but initially that is the that is the belief that he is connected to vta. these workers are connected to the t a. it blows my mind to think that these people who worked with potentially worked with the shooter. probably had dozens of conversations with you know, talked with him on a daily basis. knew of him would also be the person who would potentially take their lives. yeah, that's a that's a hard. that's a hard thing to swallow.

if you recall, i think was the gilroy garlic festival shooting. there was a whole lingering issue with how that gunman had picked procured all these weapons so. yet that's clearly something law enforcement is looking at. as we speak, trying to find out what kind of guns were used if he had any assistance, and as as we know, california has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, and the mayor sam accardo mentioned that he wanted to do whatever he can to make sure a tragedy never happens again like this, so ah, lot of the questions that are still lingering. are was anybody involved with helping this guy? secure firearms? were these legal firearms? i mean, if cassidy didn't have ah, extensive criminal record, he very well may have been able to purchase the gun that he used or guns that he used in this rampage legally, garcia, right, right, but i know you've also reporting this is, you know conjecture to the ends degree here, but you've also reported on ghost guns, essentially a gun that's kind of pieced together from other weapons. untraceable

. >> a shooting in gilroy at the garlic festival a couple of years ago. the mayor has been putting out information about how we can possibly will handle on this in our city of san jose in macon city of san jose safer. i haven't seen any specific plans, but i know he intends to come out with something in a few days and i support his efforts to take whatever action we need to to make the city safe for our residents. >> but there are policies that we can implement at the local level to make to create some barriers gun purchases, maybe straw purchases or other policies that we enforce existing laws and the and just really. creates certain barriers to someone who has mental illness or has a criminal background from perth to seeing a person again. but there's only so much we can do at the local level. >> county leaders also said that people who want to help out the victims. families can donate to a fund that was set up over it. partnership. usa, dot org. meantime, a vigil for the victims is going to be happening for the vt shooting tomorrow night at 6 o'clock.