Gunman walks in calmly, then gunshots and panic: New video of Mexico firing
While the gunman's presence did not initially raise any alarm, a commotion broke out when he supposedly started unpacking his bag. The tourists present there can be seen pacing down the steep ledges as gunshots ring out in the background.
A purported footage has surfaced showing the gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico’s iconic Teotihuacan pyramids, which is situated near Mexico City. The chilling attack, which took place on April 20, claimed the life of a Canadian woman and left 13 others wounded.
The video of the mass shooting, shared by the page Resist Wire on X, shows the gunman calmly arriving at the top of the pyramid with a tactical-style backpack and wearing a mask on his face.
While his presence did not initially raise any alarm, a commotion broke out when the man supposedly started unpacking his bag. The tourists present there can be seen pacing down the steep ledges as gunshots ring out in the background.
GUNMAN ALSO ATTACKED SECURITY PERSONNEL
According to officials, the attacker also targeted approaching security forces from atop the structure. The gunman eventually shot and killed himself once he felt cornered by National Guard members who managed to scale the pyramid and inflict an injury on him, per eyewitnesses.
The assailant has been identified as 27-year-old Julio Csar Jasso Ramrez. He carried out the deadly attack using an old revolver and while holding a plastic bag containing 52 .38-calibre cartridges in his other hand, Jos Luis Cervantes Martnez, the attorney general of the state of Mexico, which includes Teotihuacan, has said previously.
The young man's backpack contained an analog cellphone and bus tickets, the official added. The attorney general also noted the presence of "literature, images and manuscripts" that related to "violent incidents known to have occurred in the United States in April 1999," a likely reference to the Columbine attack in which 12 students and a teacher were killed.
Authorities investigating the mass shooting have built "a psychopathic profile" of the gunman that was "characterised by a tendency to copy situations that occurred in other places, at other times and involving other figures," Martnez added.
A tourist from the US, after talking to other survivors of the incident at a hospital, said the shooter at one point played strange music and taunted them while expressing his hatred for tourists.
A purported footage has surfaced showing the gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico’s iconic Teotihuacan pyramids, which is situated near Mexico City. The chilling attack, which took place on April 20, claimed the life of a Canadian woman and left 13 others wounded.
The video of the mass shooting, shared by the page Resist Wire on X, shows the gunman calmly arriving at the top of the pyramid with a tactical-style backpack and wearing a mask on his face.
While his presence did not initially raise any alarm, a commotion broke out when the man supposedly started unpacking his bag. The tourists present there can be seen pacing down the steep ledges as gunshots ring out in the background.
GUNMAN ALSO ATTACKED SECURITY PERSONNEL
According to officials, the attacker also targeted approaching security forces from atop the structure. The gunman eventually shot and killed himself once he felt cornered by National Guard members who managed to scale the pyramid and inflict an injury on him, per eyewitnesses.
The assailant has been identified as 27-year-old Julio Csar Jasso Ramrez. He carried out the deadly attack using an old revolver and while holding a plastic bag containing 52 .38-calibre cartridges in his other hand, Jos Luis Cervantes Martnez, the attorney general of the state of Mexico, which includes Teotihuacan, has said previously.
The young man's backpack contained an analog cellphone and bus tickets, the official added. The attorney general also noted the presence of "literature, images and manuscripts" that related to "violent incidents known to have occurred in the United States in April 1999," a likely reference to the Columbine attack in which 12 students and a teacher were killed.
Authorities investigating the mass shooting have built "a psychopathic profile" of the gunman that was "characterised by a tendency to copy situations that occurred in other places, at other times and involving other figures," Martnez added.
A tourist from the US, after talking to other survivors of the incident at a hospital, said the shooter at one point played strange music and taunted them while expressing his hatred for tourists.
