Santa Fe High School, southeast of Houston, joined a long list of US campuses where students and faculty have been killed in a spray of gunfire. The Texas shooting stoked the nation’s long-running debate over firearms ownership and came about three months after 17 teens and educators were fatally shot in Parkland, Florida. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Pagourtzis obtained firearms from his father, who had likely acquired them legally, and also left behind explosive devices. Related coverage“Not only did he want to commit the shooting, but he wanted to commit suicide after the shooting,” Abbott told reporters, citing a police review of the suspect’s journals. Some aspects of Friday’s shooting had echoes of the massacre at Columbine High School in 1999.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 19, 2018 03:56 UTC