Mexico Bar Shooting: Guadalajara Attack Leaves At Least 4 Dead, Including 1 American

A 45-year-old US man was among four people killed when gunmen opened fire in two bars in Mexico's second biggest city, lobbing a grenade in one of the attacks, authorities said Monday.

The assailants fired off a total of 45 rounds with 9mm handguns in the two attacks in the western city of Guadalajara late Sunday, wounding another 17 people, said Jorge Villasenor, who heads a local prosecutor's office.

The attacks took place 15 minutes apart and appeared to be aimed at the owners of the bars, who are related, Villasenor told reporters.

He added that investigators suspect organized crime was involved "due to the type of weapon that was used."

"The attack was directed at these places, not at a specific person. This is the line of investigation that we are looking into," he said. The two bar owners are being questioned in order to determine a possible motive.

Two people, including the American, were killed when a gunman burst into the "Gol" bar where people had watched the Chivas-America football derby, said the Jalisco state prosecutor's office.

The American was identified by a female companion as Jeff Lydell Comer. The other victim was a 20-year-old Mexican man. Both were customers at the bar.

Fifteen minutes earlier, a gunman attacked the "Ruta 66" bar in a different neighborhood, firing shots and throwing a grenade.

A 28-year-old customer and a 30-year-old employee were found shot dead outside the bar while the explosion wounded an unspecified number of people.

The prosecutor's office said 17 people were wounded but did not specify how many in each attack.

Four other men were killed in other attacks on Sunday across Guadalajara, which has endured some of the drug-related violence that has left 70,000 people dead in Mexico since December 2006.

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