Mexico City shooting near presidential palace kills one, wounds two

One person died and two others were wounded Monday in a shooting near Mexico City's Zocalo public square and presidential palace, authorities said.

Mexico City's Security Secretariat described the shooting as a "direct attack" in which a 42-year-old man was killed and two 39-year-old men were injured.

The suspected attackers fled on a motorcycle, and a police investigation is under way. Local police said the shooting happened in Santo Domingo Square, an area surrounded by colonial-era buildings and known for the production and sale of false documents.

Shootings are common in areas controlled by narco-trafficking gangs but remain unusual in the Mexican capital, despite the presence of several street gangs including Union Tepito and Fuerza Anti-Union.