Gunman at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids kills Canadian woman, injures others
MEXICO CITY — A man shot a Canadian woman dead and injured several others before killing himself on Monday at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids, a popular tourist and archaeological site outside of Mexico City, according to authorities.
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Mexico’s security cabinet said the injured people were receiving medical care. Canada’s foreign ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said authorities were in contact with the Canadian Embassy.
“What happened today in Teotihuacán deeply pains us,” she said in a post on X. “I express my most sincere solidarity with the affected individuals and their families.”
Six people were injured, the security cabinet said, including four who were shot and two who sustained injuries from falls.
American tourist Tim Chung, who is visiting Mexico from Seattle, was at the Teotihuacán pyramids with a tour group when the incident occurred.
“All of a sudden I see a guy fall off one of the viewing platforms and then I heard a shot and another person fall off and then I knew something bad was happening and heard screams,” Chung told NBC News in a phone interview.
He said everyone in his tour group is safe but described the event as “unbelievably sad.”
The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is in contact with “other embassies of affected individuals to provide timely follow-up on these events.”
Mexico’s Secretariat of Security said it will maintain a presence in the area in coordination with the relevant authorities while it investigates the incident.
The pre-Hispanic city was one of the most important cultural centers in Mesoamerica.
