People react in front of the private school Colegio Cervantes de Torreon after a shooting at the school in Torreon, Mexico, Jan. 10, 2020. At least two people were killed and six others were injured on Friday during a shooting at a school in Torreon, a city in the state of Coahuila in northern Mexico, the mayor of Torreon, Jorge Zermeno Infante, said. (Str/Xinhua)
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and six others were injured on Friday during a shooting at a school in Torreon, a city in the state of Coahuila in northern Mexico, the mayor of Torreon, Jorge Zermeno Infante, said.
The official said in an interview with the Mexican TV network Televisa that the event occurred Friday morning at the private school Colegio Cervantes de Torreon, where a student armed with two weapons opened fire on his teacher, wounding another teacher and five other students before turning the gun on himself.
The injured were taken to the medical center in Torreon city.
According to the mayor, the shooter was in the sixth grade at the school and lived alone with his grandmother.