Multiple people killed by gunman at Mexican resort

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A shooting attack at an electronic music festival has left 2 Canadians, including an Hamilton man, dead at a popular tourist resort in Mexico.

At 2:30 am thousands of tourists and locals were screaming on the streets as gunfire erupted at the Blue Parrot nightclub in the Playa del Carmen resort just south of Cancun. The club was hosting a 10 day event that was part of an electronic music festival co-founded by Canadians. Hamilton native Kirk Wilson was was among the security staff brought in for the concert. He was shot and killed. His friends say he was a happy man who worked in the security field at high-profile Toronto nightclubs for two decades.

Mexican officials say a lone gunman entered the club and began to exchange gunfire with another person inside. Festival security personnel tried to stop the shooting and came under fire.

Kirk Wilson was 49 years old, married and had 2 children. He was one of 5 killed this morning, one other Canadian is dead, two others were hurt.