Mexico’s Teotihuacan pyramid shootings: Shocking Columbine links emerge, first details on suspects

Shootings in Mexico Pyramids of Teotihuacan A Canadian woman was killed and six people were injured on Monday, with the gunman later dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Now, more details about the suspect have emerged, including a chilling link columbine shooting in the United States.

Video of the pyramid shooting has circulated online, showing a man standing on top of the pyramid with a gun as people duck for cover. Gunshots can also be heard in the shared video.

According to the local government, shooting Four people were shot and injured, and two were injured in the fall. All victims were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. Local authorities noted that the victims included Colombian, Russian and Canadian tourists, and the extent of their injuries was unclear.

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Here’s everything you need to know about the suspects and connections to the Columbine shootings.

Mexican TV news anchor Azucena Uresti said a hunting weapon, a knife, cartridges and material related to the former Soviet Union were found on the gunman. Uresti additional “This would be a Mexican with an address in Mexico City, as stated on the INE voucher found on him.”

According to Uresti, who works for Milenio Television and Radio Fórmula, the shooting suspect was also allegedly wearing a “National Selection” type T-shirt.

“This piece of clothing ties into the ‘true crime’ aesthetic. It references a T-shirt worn by Eric Harris in 1999. The event occurred on April 20, the same day as the Columbine massacre,” she noted. The shirt worn by the Mexican gunman was reportedly a reference to the shirt Harris wore during the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. The two incidents also occurred on April 20, several years apart.

The attack ended when Harris and Klebold committed suicide. The Columbine school shooting had long been the worst K-12 school mass shooting in U.S. history until the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012. It is said This led to the emergence of imitators, the so-called “Columbine effect.”

Meanwhile, Canada’s current Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand commented that “one Canadian was killed and another injured in Teotihuacan due to a horrific act of gun violence” and that her “thoughts are with their families and loved ones.”