“I saw the guy shooting from up on the pyramid, and there were a lot of people there, he had people as hostages. After a short time I saw him let one person down, a girl,” Torres said. “For a moment I thought he was going to shoot her in the back, but no, thank God he let her go. Shortly after, he let another guy down, but the hostages were still there.”
Torres recalled hearing more than 20 gunshots. She saw a tourist “lying about halfway up the pyramid” who was shot.
“If I come here as a tourist, there should be protocols in place. The National Guard should be present because all kinds of tourists come here,” she said. “This shouldn’t have happened.”
Officials have not identified a motive for the attack but said the gunman acted alone.
“As a result of a horrific act of gun violence, a Canadian was killed and another wounded in Teotihuacán, Mexico,” Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand posted on X. “My thoughts are with their family and loved ones, and Global Affairs consular officials are in touch to provide assistance.”
