Tragic News: Ten Students Killed In Texas School Shooting

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Santa Fe School Shooting

Sadly, innocence was taken this morning at a school in Houston, Texas!

According to CNN, early Friday morning a gunman entered a high school in Santa Fe, Texas with a shotgun and a revolver and killed ten students. 

Unfortunately, it was reported that ten more students were wounded and immediately taken to the hospital. Updated reports state that six of them have been treated and released. One is in fair condition and one is in critical condition.

Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17 the alleged gunman who was taken into custody also had explosive devices with a molotov cocktail located in the school and close by. He is a student at the Santa Fe high school and plays for the junior varsity football team. 

So why didn't the shooter kill himself?

According to Gov. Greg Abbott, the gunman told authorities that he had intentions on taking his own life but he didn't have the courage to do so.

Abbott also stated that this attack was one of the most heinous attacks they have ever seen in the history of Texas schools. Authorities said that it was one of the nation's deadliest attacks since the Florida massacre.


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