Gunman kills 1 Canadian tourist and wounds 6 at pyramids north of Mexico City

Mexico’s government says a Canadian tourist has been killed and six other people were wounded.

when a man fired a gun at the historic Teotihuacan pyramids, a tourist site outside Mexico’s capital.

Mexico City — A man with a gun opened fire on the historic Teotihuacan pyramids on Monday, killing a Canadian tourist and wounding six other people at the tourist site an hour north of the Mexican capital, the Mexican government said.

The attacker later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Mexican authorities wrote in a statement. Officials said the injured were being given medical aid.

The local government reported that gunfire injured four people, while falls caused injuries to two others. The local government said the injured included Colombian, Russian and Canadian tourists.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took to social media to announce the investigation into the shooting and her communication with the Canadian Embassy.

“We are deeply saddened by what happened today in Teotihuacan. I express my deep solidarity with the affected individuals and their families,” she wrote.