Ten people are dead in a school shooting in south Texas; nine students and one teacher. Several others are injured, including law enforcement officers. The shooter is in custody, and reported to be an 11th grader named Dimitrios Pagourtzis. Santa Fe High School is located about 36 miles south of Houston, Texas, has an enrollment of 1,400. The shooter was equipped with a rifle, pistol, shotgun, pipe bombs and pressure cooker bombs. The shooting took place at about 7:30 am local time. It is reported that a second person has also been detained in relation to today’s events at the school.
At least 12 people from the school are being treated at three hospitals, authorities said. Seven people are at Clear Lake Regional Medical in Webster, Texas; two patients are being treated at Mainland Medical Center in Texas City and three patients are at John Sealy University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
Sources:
http://wnep.com/2018/05/18/shooting-reported-at-texas-santa-fe-high-school/
Stella's Place 
Eternal rest grant unto them Oh Lord. What a tragedy, what inexplicable loss.
I read somewhere in the past month or so ago something that I want to share. I cannot tell you who wrote it or where I read it, one hops over the internet so much.
Someone made the comment that these young boys and men who are doing this shooting are perhaps so sick from our society today and how young men are raised, viewed, pressured. They were making the point that it is not good to try to make boys into something they weren’t meant to be, and unhealthy to try to call toxic what in other times was admired as masculinity and strength.
I am not saying that causes shootings and violence, but I am saying that we seem to be driving our society to a brink. On the one hand we have young men (and women) who need safe spaces and on the other we have gangs and violence and shooting.
For that matter, I don’t think the girls are going to turn out a lot better being taught to hate anything male. When the day comes that my grandchildren are grown and go out into the world, I want them to be strong and loyal and true and be able to take the licking life gives you and go right back at it. It is the primary accomplishment of my life that I have three sons I would put in that category.
Further, I have seen women who have relationships with weak men. And I have never, not one time in 60 years seen it be good for the women and any children they have.
Forgive me stella, I guess I went off on a ramble, wondering what is causing these horrific shootings. I can’t help but think part of it is in the raising. Young men need hard challenges and from my perspective, they need a rock solid dad to butt heads against and lose. I wonder if there isn’t something of the animal instinct in men. Yes, I said it. My sons rarely took on their dad but when they did it was an epic loss for them, and the kind of loss they needed to experience in order to course correct, if you will, and stop and think a little amid the raging choas of being a teenaged young man, not yet experienced enough to control all the impulses.
And it was a good thing that they were strong enough to push against their father, and me too. It was a natural and good thing that just needed to be guided. Nothing was ever toxic about it.
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I think what you say is true, Menage. These kids are rudderless, and probably unloved. The other problem I see is that their obvious problems aren’t being addressed by anyone. If a kid is obviously mentally unsound, why isn’t someone in authority (if not a parent, then a school official or law enforcement) trying to help him? I don’t know about this guy yet, but certainly that applies to the shooter in Florida.
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Agreed on all points. And how is it we let them go so long that they turn into mass murderers?
One other point occurred to me that I want to make. Some of the best things my husband ever did for our sons, and me too, were the very hard things. They weren’t happy or pretty or nice. I have to wonder how many parents are going to be up to that in the future.
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Unfortunately, many of the assholes among us are also parents. I apologize for the language, but it fits.
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Oh yeah, sure does!
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Thats like the shooter who shot up the waffle house. His father got the guns back then gave them right to him.
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I just read that the guns he was carrying (38 revolver and a shotgun) belonged to his father.
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My husband essentially just said the same.
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Outside of fixing society I hope and pray that we can get parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles in the school where they will open carry. 1400 students how many relatives is that? Armed well trained, emotionally stable armed guards (family members) is what is needed until our society is returned to sanity.
Too many guns is not the problem, not enough guns in the right place is the objective problem.
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Liberals say my thoughts & prayers aren’t enough. Here’s my response.
Tipping Point With Liz Wheeler on OAN
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