MEXICO: Gunman kills two people in busy Mexico City subway

Record ID: 300167

  • Title: MEXICO: Gunman kills two people in busy Mexico City subway
  • Date: 20th September 2009
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (SEPTEMBER 18, 2009) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SUBWAY STATION POLICE INSIDE THE SUBWAY STATION SUBWAY STATION SIGN PEOPLE WATCHING POLICE INSIDE THE SUBWAY STATION POLICE EXITING FROM THE SUBWAY STATION POLICE INSIDE THE SUBWAY STATION PEOPLE EXITING FROM THE SUBWAY STATION PEOPLE WATCHING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MIGUEL ANGEL MANCERA, MEXICO CITY ATTORNEY GENERAL, SAYING: "Afterward, the subject began shooting on the platform, he entered one of the cars and he stayed there until the police arrived. Members of the police surrounded him on two sides." POLICE AT SUBWAY STATION PEOPLE WATCHING PEOPLE AND POLICE AT STAIRS OF THE SUBWAY STATION POLICE INVESTIGATING INSIDE THE SUBWAY STATION
  • Embargoed: 5th October 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Mexico
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVAE2Z79B4G8LAWT13CD4C4F0DKR
  • Story Text: A man who police tried to stop from painting graffiti at a busy Mexico City subway station pulled out a gun and opened fire, killing the police officer and a passenger. At least five men, including the gunman who police identified as 38-year-old Luis Felipe Hernandez Castillo, were injured.
    Security video shows hundreds of people running as the gunman shot and killed the police officer.
    A passenger ran out of the subway car and tried to take the gun away but was shot repeatedly.
    Witnesses, who said the gunman was shouting against the government as he fired, described him as being mentally unstable.
    Mexico City Attorney General Miguel Angel Mancera described what happened next.
    "Afterward, the subject began shooting on the platform, he entered one of the cars and he stayed there until the police arrived. Members of the police surrounded him on two sides," he said.
    The shooting occurred at the Balderas station, a major station in this city of almost 9 million. Authorities have said they would send over 1,000 police officers to guard the metro on Saturday. They will install additional metal detectors and will conduct random searches.
    Six thousand people died last year in Mexico's ongoing drug violence.
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