Americans among injured at shooting caught on video at tourist hot spot in Mexico

Six Americans were among those injured connected Monday erstwhile a gunman opened occurrence astatine Mexico's Teotihuacán pyramids, a fashionable tourer destination.

The gunman, identified by Mexican authorities arsenic Julio César Jasso Ramírez, allegedly visited the pyramids connected respective occasions to prosecute "in reconnaissance of the circumstantial locations helium intended to utilize for his convulsive attack," according to officials. 

One Canadian was killed and 13 others were injured.

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A gunman opened occurrence connected Monday astatine the Teotihuacan pyramids, officials said. (Barak Hardley)

Among the others injured are six radical from the U.S., and different individuals from Russia, Brazil, the Netherlands and Canada, officials said.

Law enforcement successful the portion received archetypal reports of the shooting astatine 11:20 a.m. section clip connected Monday. The National Guard rapidly responded to the scene, with officials adding that the gunman took his ain beingness astatine 11:45 a.m.

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One circuit usher who was astatine the country told The Associated Press that the gunman fired upward.

"Some people, due to the fact that they were frightened ... threw themselves face-down connected the ground, and the remainder of america started to spell down," the circuit usher said.

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The gunman carried materials related to the Columbine High School shooting. (Barak Hardley)

During a quality league connected Tuesday, Mexican officials said they recovered "literature, images, and handwritten manuscripts, each allegedly related to convulsive events known to person occurred successful the United States successful April 1999" successful the gunman's backpack, referring to the Columbine High School shooting. That shooting took spot connected April 20, 1999.

Officials said the gunman was carrying 52 unrecorded rounds of .38 Special caliber ammunition wrong a integrative bag, on with a knife.

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Police and forensic workers basal connected a pyramid aft authorities said a gunman opened occurrence successful Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed the shooting successful a societal media station connected Monday.

"What happened contiguous successful Teotihuacán profoundly pains us. I explicit my astir sincere solidarity with the affected individuals and their families," she wrote. "Yesterday’s onslaught highlights the urgent request to fortify our information protocols."

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José Luis Cervantes Martínez, the lawyer wide of the authorities of Mexico, said that investigators built a "psychopathic profile" of the gunman, which was "characterized by a inclination to transcript situations that occurred successful different places, astatine different times and involving different figures."

The Teotihuacán archaeological tract volition beryllium closed until further announcement aft the shooting, the National Institute of Anthropology and History said successful an announcement.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.