Mayor and Father Among 18 Dead in Mexico Town Hall Shooting Attack
Gunmen shot and killed a mayor, his father, and 16 other people in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero on Wednesday, authorities said.
San Miguel Totolapan town Mayor Conrado Mendoza Almeda and his father, a former mayor of the town, were identified among the victims killed in the shooting, State Attorney General Sandra Luz Valdovinos told Milenio television late Wednesday.
The BBC, citing police, reported that the gunmen stormed the San Miguel Totolapan town hall at 2 p.m. local time before carrying out the shooting attack.
Local media reported that the gunmen were “heavily armed” and arrived at the building in two vehicles shortly before opening fire. Security personnel to the mayor were also shot during the incident along with other government members, Mexican newspaper Reforma reported….