Full coverage: Shooting at Santa Fe, Texas, high school; 10 dead
Yahoo News Staff
Yahoo News Staff
Yahoo NewsMay 18, 2018
There was another school shooting Friday, this time at Santa Fe High School near Houston, Texas. The shooter, a 17-year-old male who attended the school, is in custody and at least 10 people are dead. We’re closing down our live blog but for the latest updates visit the Yahoo News homepage.
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What we know so far:
• 10 people are dead, 9 of them students, following a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas
• 10 others, including a police officer, were injured in the shooting, which began early Friday morning.
• The shooter, a 17-year-old male student identified as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, is in custody.
• A second student was detained for questioning, police said.
• Possible explosive devices were also found at the scene, officials said.
• President Trump addressed the shooting before an event at the White House, calling it a "very sad day."
• "Everyone must work together at every level of government to keep our children safe," Trump said.
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Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, has been charged with capital murder and is being held without bond. (Galveston County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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An FBI agent is seen in the parking lot of Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, following a shooting there. (Photo: Daniel Kramer/AFP/Getty Images)
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Texas governor vows to address school safety and gun violence
Tex Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. Ted Cruz addressed the media on Friday afternoon.
Abbott called the shooting "one of the most heinous attacks" in Texas school history, and announced plans for an upcoming roundtable discussion on preventing similar tragedies.
"The answers are not always immediate," Abbott said. "But the answers will come."
"In the public policy arena, we need to be doing everything humanly possible to stop this from ever happening again," Cruz said.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said lawmakers and school officials need to "think out of the box" when it comes to school safety.
"We're going to need to be creative," Patrick said. "Maybe we need to look at limiting the entrances and exits into our schools so that we can have law enforcement looking at the people that come in."
Schools may also have to alter start times "so that not all students show up at once," he added.
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Two women pray outside the family reunification site following a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday. (Photo: Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)
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