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Sat Jan 7, 2017, 01:52 PM Jan 2017

Gunman shoots, wounds US consular official in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors said Saturday they are searching for a gunman who opened fire on an official of the U.S. consulate in the western city of Guadalajara.

The Attorney General's Office said Saturday the official was wounded in the attack Friday in Guadalajara.

Surveillance video of the attack shows the gunman following the official in a parking garage. The official, whose name was not released, was dressed in shorts.

The shooting appeared to be a direct attempt to kill the consular employee.

The attacker doesn't appear to try to approach the official while he is walking, but instead waits for him to exit the parking garage in his vehicle and fires a round into the car's windshield.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4097616/Gunman-shoots-wounds-US-consular-official-Mexico.html#ixzz4V6EYTEIl

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