What we know about Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the alleged Santa Fe, Texas school shooter
http://kfor.com/2018/05/21/what-we-know-about-dimitrios-pagourtzis-the-alleged-santa-fe-texas-school-shooter/The teenager accused of carrying out the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas on Friday was known as a quiet student who often wore a trench coat to school.
Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, is being held on charges of capital murder and aggravated assault of a public servant in relation to the school shooting, authorities said.
Pagourtzis allegedly used a shotgun and a .38 caliber revolver to kill 10 people — eight students and two teachers — and injure 13 others, and he confessed that he acted alone in the shooting, according to a probable cause affidavit....
...Pagourtzis played on the 2016 Santa Fe JV football team and appeared on the 2015-2016 boys freshman football team. He was listed on the Santa Fe Junior High sixth-grade honor roll in 2012....
...“He was kind of a quiet kid,†Gomez said. “Every time you’d try to start a conversation with him he’d just kind of like laugh, wouldn’t really continue on with the conversation. … He didn’t like interacting with other students.â€...
...Nicholas Poehl, one of Pagourtzis’ attorneys, said that his client did not appear to have a history of mental health or legal issues.
“At this point, from everything we know, it doesn’t appear like this kid had the kind of warning signs of someone that you would normally associate with someone involved in something like this,†he said....
...Bland said her grandson and Pagourtzis both had an interest in guns and violent video games. Pagourtzis’ mother told Bland her son would stay up all night playing video games, according to Bland.
Bland also said Pagourtzis came from what seemed to her like a strict household, where she said he barely had a social life....
...Pagourtzis told officers he dressed in a trench coat, carried a Remington 870 shotgun and a .38 caliber pistol and shot multiple people “with the intent of killing people,†the affidavit said.
The affidavit said Pagourtzis didn’t shoot students he liked “so he could have his story told.â€...
