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Breaking: Santa Fe Shooter Identified as 17-Year-Old Student Dimitrios Pagourtzis

The Santa Fe High School shooter who killed between eight and ten people has been named as student Dimitrios ‘Dimitri’ Pagourtzis

Jimmy McCloskey | metro.co.uk - May 18, 2018

The Santa Fe High School shooter who killed between eight and ten people has been named as student Dimitrios ‘Dimitri’ Pagourtzis.
Pagourtzis, 17, shared chilling photos on his – now removed – Facebook of a ‘Born to Kill’ t-shirt shortly before Friday morning’s massacre.


An Instagram account that appears to belong the 11th-grader shows him following multiple gun-related accounts, including ‘sickguns,’ ‘gunspictures’, as well as others called Guns Fanatics, Guns Lovers and Guns Glory.
Only three photos were uploaded to it –  a toy rifle attached to an arcade video game, a photo of a frog, and a picture of a gun, knife as well as torch lying on a bed.
His Facebook bio declared: ‘YouTube is a Comma Kazi. It’s the one with the kamikaze pilot.

Dimitrios ‘Dimitri’ Pagourtzis, 17, named as the shooter behind Friday’s massacre at Santa Fe High School in Texas

The killer, who was armed with his father’s shotgun and .38 revolver, also carried explosives including a Molotov cocktail and ‘CO2 device’.
After, Governor Greg Abbott said the slaying were ‘one of the most heinous attacks that we’ve ever seen in the history of Texas schools.’
He added: ‘It is impossible to describe the magnitude of evil of someone who would attack innocent children in school.’

Pagourtzis’ Faceook page blasts YouTube – and reveals his plans to join the Marines. They have no record of him on their system

A chilling photo of a ‘Born to Kill’ t-shirt uploaded to Pagourtzis’s Facebook feed, which has since been taken down

A photo of the long military jacket Pagourtzis is said to have worn to the massacre. He explained each of the badges in a caption underneath the photo

‘I’ve got a few playlists there.’
It also instructed people on how to pronounce his name – di-MI-tree-oas pag-OR-cheez – and directed people to watch videos there.
The page also appeared to display a photo of the black trench coat work by Pagourtzis during the massacre.
It was adorned with various trinkets, which he explained below.
He wrote: ‘Duster Hammer and Sickle = Rebellion Rising Sun = Kamikaze Tactics Iron Cross = Bravery Baphomet = Evil Cthulhu = Power.’

Pagourtzis was hailed as a talented football player on the Santa Fe Indians team – but some students said he was bullied

A picture from an Instagram account apparently belonging to Pagourtzis, showing a toy rifle at being pointed at a video arcade game

Another photo from the Instagram account showing a pistol, knife and torch on a bed

The black and white Iron Cross is the highest German military decoration for bravery.
It was introduced in 1813, but was redesigned in 1957 after the German government banned the production of Nazi-associated emblems.
Some students claimed that Pagourtzis was bullied by students and another teacher.,
A note on the Santa Fe Indians football team’s website hailed his ‘huge role’ in a game last October.
Pargourtiz also said on the Facebook page that he was planning on joining the military in 2019, but a spokesman said there was no record of him on their files.
After the massacre, police rushed to the trailer park were Pagourtzis lived amid reports it had been booby-trapped with explosives.
He is said to have used improvised explosive devices and pipe bombs during the slaughter.