Americans injured in deadly Mexico pyramid shooting

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[00:00:00]Chilling new video appears to capture audio of a gunman on a deadly rampage on Mexico's Teotihuacan pyramids.

[00:00:13]In the video, terrified bystanders are seen clinging to the ground trying to hide. Jacqueline Gutierrez filmed it.

[00:00:20]The guy was yelling things. He was telling us that this was a place for sacrifices and it wasn't a place for you to come take your stupid little pictures. He seemed to be targeting tourists. As the screen goes black, people are heard crying as gunshots ring out. A Canadian woman was killed and 13 others injured, officials say, including six Americans and a 6-year-old boy who was shot. He's the one that you can hear crying in the video. And to me that was the hardest part because in Spanish he was saying, "Please don't kill me." What was it like laying there for those 14 minutes as this is happening around you?

[00:00:58]Yeah, it felt like it turned Oh, they're shooting at him. Authorities identified the shooter as 27-year-old Julio Cesar Lasso Ramirez and said the attack was premeditated. Ramirez carried literature and images, according to investigators, that appeared to be related to the Columbine massacre. He brought out a speaker and he put a song on it. It was really hard to tell exactly what it was, but I remember hearing a reference to Columbine.

[00:01:24]Monday's rampage occurring on the anniversary of that deadly shooting.

[00:01:28]Mexico's president now ordering increased security in archaeological zones and at tourist attractions as the country prepares to welcome more than 5 million people for the World Cup.

[00:01:38]Priscilla Thompson, NBC News.

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