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Santa Fe, Texas, high school shooting: multiple students killed

What we know and don’t know so far about the high school shooting in Santa Fe.

Contributors: Vox Staff

On Friday, May 18, a gunman opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, reportedly killing multiple people; Santa Fe law enforcement is reporting 10 dead and 13 wounded. They are also reporting that in addition to the shooting, various explosive devices have been found on campus, and the suspect has been identified as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, according to The New York Times, CNN, NBC News, and CBS News.

During a press conference following the incident, it was revealed that a shotgun and pistol were used — neither owned or legally possessed by the shooter. President Trump has also been notified of the situation and gave a brief statement earlier this afternoon.

Santa Fe High School is located roughly 30 miles outside of Houston, and the shooting comes after months of activism in the United States over guns and gun violence led by the survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people in February.

Here’s everything we know about this developing situation.

10 Total Updates Since
May 18, 2018, 12:09pm EDT
  • February 14, 2019

    I’ve covered gun violence for years. The solutions aren’t a big mystery.

    By German Lopez

    America can prevent shootings. But it has to come to grips with the problem.

  • November 9, 2018

    This European comedy sketch explains how the world sees America’s gun problem

    By German Lopez

    From the outside, it’s just baffling.

  • July 31, 2018

    These 4 products say everything about America’s gun problem

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Photographs and GIFs by Maggie Starbard for Vox

    Bullet-resistant shields for classrooms shouldn’t be an easier sell than gun control.

  • July 30, 2018

    I went to a huge conference on school safety. No one wanted to talk about gun control.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell

    The most obvious solution to school shootings is the one nobody wanted to discuss.

  • May 23, 2018

    “Stop this bullshit”: uncle of Pakistani girl killed in Texas shooting pleads with America

    By German Lopez

    She was an exchange student killed in the Texas school shooting. Her relatives are furious.

  • May 20, 2018

    Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting: what we know

    By Jane Coaston, Jen Kirby, and Emily Stewart

    At least 10 people are dead. Ten others were injured.

  • May 18, 2018

    Parkland activists respond to Santa Fe school shooting: “you didn’t deserve this”

    By Jen Kirby

    They offered support to the students in Texas, and called out lawmakers’ failure to act.

  • May 18, 2018

    Texas lieutenant governor blames shooting on “too many entrances”

    By Zack Beauchamp

    Who needs gun control when you have door control?

  • May 18, 2018

    A Santa Fe High School student says she expected to be shot at one day

    By Zack Beauchamp

    "It’s been happening everywhere. I’ve always felt it would eventually happen here."

  • May 18, 2018

    Read President Trump’s statement on Santa Fe, Texas, school shooting

    By Zack Beauchamp

    "This has been going on too long in our country."