SANTIAGO, Chile – Police in Chile’s capital say a man boarded a subway train, pulled out a gun and began shooting Sunday. They say he killed two people and wounded four more before leaving the station and killing himself.
The shooting happened at the Plaza Maipu station in the southwestern part of Santiago.
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Police say the gunman got on the last car of a subway train and opened fire. A witness reported the man fired at least nine shots.
Police say the gunman got off the train, left the station and walked to a nearby square, where he committed suicide.
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Two passengers died on the train. Three others suffered serious wounds and a fourth was slightly injured.
Authorities are trying to determine the motive for the attack.
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