SANTA FE (UNITED STATES) - The latest mass shooting at a US school unfolded Friday in the Texas town of Santa Fe, where at least 10 people were killed by a heavily armed student. Emergency crews in the parking lot of Santa Fe High School in Texas, where at least eight people were killed on May 18, 2018The tragedy occurred just three months after the massacre in Parkland, Florida, where a former student entered a high school and killed 17 people. - What happened -Police said a 17-year-old student, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, burst into a classroom and opened fire at Santa Fe High School, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Houston, as the school day was beginning around 8:00 am. - The shooter -Pagourtzis, a junior at the school, was taken into custody on murder charges. Survivors of February's high school shooting in Parkland, Florida voiced solidarity and vowed to press on with their campaign for tighter gun laws.

Source: Bangkok Post May 19, 2018 08:26 UTC