{"id":620250,"date":"2026-04-21T00:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620250\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:27:11","slug":"shooting-at-historic-tourist-pyramid-in-mexico-leaves-one-dead-multiple-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/620250\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting at historic tourist pyramid in Mexico leaves one dead, multiple injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\ufeff <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/canada\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Canadian\">Canadian<\/a> tourist has been killed and multiple others injured after a gunman opened fire at a historic site in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/mexico\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Mexico\">Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities said the man began shooting at the Teotihuacan pyramids before turning the gun on himself and dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican authorities say four people were wounded by gunshots, and two more were injured from falling on the pyramid during the ensuing chaos.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/50eda658-458b-47aa-94be-462a1fa2bd6b.jpeg\"   alt=\"Forensic workers carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026.\"\/>Forensic workers carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo\/Eduardo Verdugo)<\/p>\n<p>Officers working security at the site were the first to respond, followed by a National Guard unit in a van.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Among the injured are Colombian, Russian and Canadian tourists.<\/p>\n<p>A tour guide told the Associated Press dozens of tourists \ufeffwere at the top of the Pyramid of the Moon when a man standing on the structure&#8217;s platform began firing upward.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffVideo and photos published by local news organisations show a man standing with a gun on a platform while people above duck for cover.<\/p>\n<p>A number of gunshots ring out in the videos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some people, because they were scared &#8230; threw themselves face down on the ground, and the rest of us started to go down,&#8221; the guide said, recounting how the shooter, upon seeing the tourists descending the pyramid&#8217;s steps, began firing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ed06706d-95ce-40c0-8ba8-e3aa0616da0c.jpeg\"   alt=\"The Pyramid of the Moon, left, and the Pyramid of the Sun, back right, are seen along with smaller structures lining the Avenue of the Dead, in Teotihuacan, Mexico.\"\/>The Pyramid of the Moon, left, and the Pyramid of the Sun, back right, are seen along with smaller structures lining the Avenue of the Dead, in Teotihuacan, Mexico. (AP)<\/p>\n<p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on social media that the shooting would be investigated and that she was in touch with the Canadian Embassy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What happened today in Teotihuac\u00e1n deeply pains us. I express my most sincere solidarity with the affected individuals and their families,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Anita Anand, Canada&#8217;s foreign affairs minister, said on X that as a &#8220;result of a horrific act of gun violence, a Canadian was killed and another wounded in Teotihuac\u00e1n&#8221; and that her &#8220;thoughts are with their family and loved ones&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Teotihuac\u00e1n pyramids are a series of massive structures on the outskirts of Mexico City built by three different ancient civilisations.<\/p>\n<p>As one of Mexico&#8217;s most important tourist destinations, the site drew more than 1.8 million international visitors last year, according to government figures.<\/p>\n<p>Reported with Associated Press\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A\ufeff Canadian tourist has been killed and multiple others injured after a gunman opened fire at a historic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-620250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}