An alleged thief opened fireplace Tuesday exterior Mexico City’s essential worldwide airport throughout a police chase that left two officers injured and briefly induced panic amongst vacationers, authorities mentioned.

One officer was shot within the leg and shoulder and one other was run over whereas pursuing a person suspected of stealing items within the airport’s customs space, town’s safety secretariat mentioned.

The 27-year-old driver accelerated in the direction of a passenger terminal of Mexico City International Airport, colliding with a number of autos earlier than he was detained by police, it mentioned.

Images shared on social media confirmed frightened staff and vacationers sheltering behind airport counters.

The airport operator mentioned that “no passenger or visitor was put at risk” through the incident.

While drug-related violence is widespread in Mexico, shootings in necessary public areas are comparatively uncommon within the capital, which has an official murder charge nicely beneath the nationwide common.