translated from Spanish: One child and two adults shot in assault on transport in Tláhuac

A three-year-old boy and two adults were injured with a firearm during an assault on public transport at the Tláhuac mayor’s office.
According to a statement from the attorney General’s Office of Mexico City (PGJCDMX), the events occurred at 18:00 hours this Monday between the streets of Riachuelo and Serpentine, Colonia San José.
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The first investigations of the PGJCDMX indicate that three individuals robbed the belongings to the passengers of a public transport, but when attempting to escape the aggrieved ones arrested one of the presumed responsible, of 16 years, who fired at the Child and two adults.
Reports from the newspaper Reforma state that, after the incident, civilians captured and beat the alleged perpetrator, who was later detained by elements of the secretariat of Public Security.
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The police officers helped the victims and detained the alleged perpetrator, along with a. 22 caliber pistol, while the other two men managed to escape.
In the first three months of 2019, 2.365 rounds of collective public transport were registered in Mexico City. 1052 of them were committed with violence, while 1313 were perpetrated without violence, according to data from the Executive secretariat of the National System of public security.
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Original source in Spanish