After a shooting at a music festival at least five died and 15 others are injured in Playa del Carmen, a town on the Mayan Riviera, a popular tourist area on Mexico's Caribbean coast. The shooting took place at during the BPM music festival at the Blue Parrot club in Playa Del Carmen at 2am today.
Confusion about the noise quickly turned into panic, and scores of attendees rushed to exit the premises.
The Quintana Roo state attorney general said five people — a Mexican who was targeted as well as a Canadian and an Italian, all three of whom were on the event's security staff, and another man and woman — were among the dead.
The US embassy confirmed late on Monday night that a US citizen was killed.
Festival organizer Kirk Wilson, who is originally from Canada, is believed to have been killed along with three security guards, according to local reports.
