Pagourtzis shot and killed at least eight people and injured others, police told the station.
Law enforcement agencies were searching a mobile home on Highway 6, where records showed where he lived, according to KHOU. Officials are concerned that explosives might be inside the home, and officials said they found explosives near Santa Fe High School.
On social media, as the station reported, Pagourtzis posted a photo of himself wearing a shirt that read, “Born to Kill.” The caption said, “We all die sometime.”
A witness, 10th-grade student Dakota Shrader, described the chaotic scene.
One of her friends got shot in the leg while in the school’s art hallway.
It added, “Details will be released as we receive updated information. Law enforcement will continue to secure the building and initiate all emergency management protocols to release and move students to another location. All other campuses are operating under their regular schedules.”
President Donald Trump issued a statement on the matter on Friday morning, May 18.
“School shooting in Texas. Early reports not looking good. God bless all!” he tweeted.
Angelica Martinez, 14, who goes to the school, said that she and her classmates thought they were being evacuated for a fire drill.
“We were all standing (outside), but not even five minutes later, we started hearing gunshots,” she said. “And then everybody starts running, but like the teachers are telling us to stay put, but we’re all just running away. I didn’t see anybody shooting, but like (the gunshots) were kind of spaced,” Angelica said.