Mexico’s Sheinbaum vows probe of tourist site shooting that killed Canadian - BERITAJA

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has promised an investigation into the shooting astatine a group of historical pyramids that killed 1 Canadian tourer and wounded another.

Sheinbaum wrote connected societal media that Monday’s shooting astatine the tract of the Teotihuacán pyramids “deeply pains” her authorities and said she was successful touch pinch the Canadian Embassy.

“I definitive my about sincere solidarity pinch the affected individuals and their families,” she wrote.

An equipped man opinionated atop 1 of the historic Teotihuacan pyramids opened occurrence connected visitors Monday, killing 1 Canadian and leaving astatine slightest 13 group injured astatine the archaeological tract northbound of Mexico’s capital, authorities said.

The shooter was identified arsenic 27-year-old Julio Cesar Jasso of Mexico, a authorities charismatic told the AP connected information of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak about the case. Jasso later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said, and information officials recovered a gun, a weapon and ammunition.

Jasso was the sole assailant successful the attack, the State of Mexico authorities confirmed connected Monday night.

The section authorities said 7 group were wounded by gunshots. How the different group were injured was not disclosed, but a number of group fell erstwhile shooting started, immoderate while climbing connected the pyramids.

Those taken to hospitals for curen were six Americans, 3 Colombians, 1 Russian, 2 Brazilians and 1 Canadian, the section authorities said. The youngest personification who was injured was 6; the oldest was 61, Mexican authorities said.

Video and photos published by section media showed a man, later identified arsenic Jasso, opinionated pinch a weapon connected apical of a pyramid while group ducked for cover. A number of gunshots rang retired successful the videos.

The Teotihuacan pyramids, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are a bid of monolithic structures connected the outskirts of Mexico City built by 3 different ancient civilizations. As 1 of Mexico’s about important touristic destinations, the tract drew much than 1.8 cardinal world visitors past year, according to authorities figures.

The shooting took spot soon aft 11:30 a.m. erstwhile dozens of visitors were astatine the apical of the Pyramid of the Moon. The opinionated connected the structure’s level began firing upward, according to a circuit guideline who was astatine the segment and said to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity for information reasons.

Some people, because they were frightened … threw themselves look down connected the ground, and the remainder of america started to spell down,” the guideline said, recounting really the shooter, upon seeing the visitors descending the pyramid’s steps, began firing.

Another group of visitors laic motionless connected the pyramid’s level to debar being targeted by the shooter, who authorities person not yet identified.

Brenda Lee, of Vancouver, British Columbia, said she was waiting to bargain a souvenir erstwhile she and others successful her group thought they heard firecrackers.

“Before we knew it, personification said, ‘No, that’s gunfire, run,’ and we saw group coming disconnected the top,” she told CTV News, 1 of Canada’s nationalist tv broadcasters.

“There were thousands of group location and location were a batch of gunshots that conscionable kept coming,” Lee said.

The segment quickly turned chaotic arsenic group tried to escape, Lee said.

“And past a chap jumped,” she said. “It was personification trying to get away, and he dropped to the adjacent level, but he fell connected his back, and it was … it conscionable was awful.”

In past years, unit astatine the archaeological tract carried retired information scans earlier group entered the area but person since stopped, 1 section guideline noted.

Anita Anand, Canada’s overseas affairs minister, said connected X that arsenic a “result of a horrific enactment of weapon violence, a Canadian was killed and different wounded successful Teotihuacán” and that her “thoughts are pinch their family and loved ones.”

Later successful the evening U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson besides expressed “deep concern” and sadness complete the deaths and galore injuries, and said connected a station connected X that the U.S. is “ready to supply support arsenic needed while Mexican authorities proceed their investigation.”

The National Institute of Anthropology and History said successful a connection that the Teotihuacán archaeological tract will stay closed until further notice.