According to the first investigations of the SSC-CdMx, the shooting that occurred in Tepito was due to a direct attack against two young people.
Mexico City, October 24 (However).- A shooting occurred this Friday in the area of Tepitoin the Alcaldía Cuauhtemoc of the Mexico City (CdMx), left a balance of three personas dead and an injured merchant.
The Secretariat of Citizen Security of the capital (SSC-CdMx) reported in a statement that this incident was allegedly a direct attack, which occurred on Axis 1 North almost on the corner with Tenochtitlán Street, in the Morelos neighborhood.
According to the official report, elements of the capital Police who were patrolling in the Tepito area heard several explosions and upon approaching the site they saw a subject running with a firearm in his hand, in addition to two men lying there with blood stains.
One of the uniformed officers began the pursuit of the alleged attacker, who took refuge in a neighborhood located on Tenochtitlán Street and began a shooting confrontation with the agent, who also opened fire to repel the attack.
#InformationCard | Police of the #SSC They learned of two people who lost their lives due to gunshots in the #Eje1Norte almost corner with the street #Tenochtitlanin the colony #Morelosfrom the mayor’s office @AlcCuauhtemocMx; another who died in a hospital, and… pic.twitter.com/VFkOoH8srC
— SSC CDMX (@SSC_CDMX) October 25, 2025
The suspect was allegedly injured by a police shot, but managed to escape with the help of another subject who was already waiting for him on Jesús Carranza Street aboard a motorcycle.
According to the first investigations, the subject who escaped allegedly shot directly at two young men, ages 20 and 22, who were in Eje 1 Norte, and then ran away.
Paramedics who arrived at the scene confirmed that a 20-year-old young man and a 55-year-old man lost their lives due to gunshots, while another 22-year-old young man was treated and taken to a hospital, where he lost his life while receiving medical attention.
In addition, a female merchant who was near the scene of the attack suffered gunshot wounds to both feet, for which she was taken to a hospital by her relatives.
