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Santa Fe shooter named as student Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, who wore ‘Born to Kill’ t-shirt
Metro ^ | Friday 18 May 2018 | Jimmy McCloskey

Posted on 05/18/2018 10:37:34 AM PDT by Eddie01

The Santa Fe High School shooter who killed between eight and ten people has been named as student Dimitrios ‘Dimitri’ Pagourtzis. Pagourtzis, 17, shared chilling photos on his – now removed – Facebook of a ‘Born to Kill’ t-shirt shortly before Friday morning’s massacre.

Plane 'containing 107 passengers' crashes in Havana, Cuba An Instagram account that appears to belong the 11th-grader shows him following multiple gun-related accounts, including ‘sickguns,’ ‘gunspictures’, as well as others called Guns Fanatics, Guns Lovers and Guns Glory. Only three photos were uploaded to it – a toy rifle attached to an arcade video game, a photo of a frog, and a picture of a gun, knife as well as torch lying on a bed. His Facebook bio declared: ‘YouTube is a Comma Kazi. It’s the one with the kamikaze pilot.

Pagourtzis’ Faceook page blasts YouTube – and reveals his plans to join the Marines. They have no record of him on their system A chilling photo of a ‘Born to Kill’ t-shirt uploaded to Pagourtzis’s Facebook feed, which has since been taken down A photo of the long military jacket Pagourtzis is said to have worn to the massacre.

He explained each of the badges in a caption underneath the photo ‘I’ve got a few playlists there.’ It also instructed people on how to pronounce his name – di-MI-tree-oas pag-OR-cheez – and directed people to watch videos there.

The page also appeared to display a photo of the black trench coat work by Pagourtzis during the massacre. It was adorned with various trinkets, which he explained below. He wrote: ‘Duster Hammer and Sickle = Rebellion Rising Sun = Kamikaze Tactics Iron Cross = Bravery Baphomet = Evil Cthulhu = Power.’ Pagourtzis was hailed as a talented football player on the Santa Fe Indians team – but some students said he was bullied A picture from an Instagram account apparently belonging to Pagourtzis, showing a toy rifle at being pointed at a video arcade game Another photo from the Instagram account showing a pistol, knife and torch on a bed The black and white Iron Cross is the highest German military decoration for bravery. It was introduced in 1813, but was redesigned in 1957 after the German government banned the production of Nazi-associated emblems. Some students claimed that Pagourtzis was bullied by students and another teacher.

A note on the Santa Fe Indians football team’s website hailed his ‘huge role’ in a game last October. Pargourtiz also said on the Facebook page that he was planning on joining the military in 2019, but a spokesman said there was no record of him on their files.

After the massacre, police rushed to the trailer park were Pagourtzis lived amid reports it had been booby-trapped with explosives. He is said to have used improvised explosive devices and pipe bombs during the slaughter.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; dimitri; dimitrios; dimitriospagourtzis; education; houston; nra; pagourtzis; santafe; santafehigh; santafehighschool; schoolshooting; secondamendment; shooter; texas
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To: ChicagahAl

You can’t deny that SHTF starting in the ‘60s, with thousands of hippies following along willingly the few anti-American commies that took hold in the US before - yes, they were “only” 15 but that is the precipice of adulthood. The hippies were indeed the watershed piece of a generation that ultimately were the henchmen to ruin everything. The poison spread far then and their influence has been SUPER strong since. Look at that damn peace sign - it’s everywhere even on that damn killer. And every opportunity they get (TV shows, movies, etc) the hippies pat themselves on the back and exort how wonderful they all are/were. It’s disgusting and yes, they are the gen that REALLY started it all by running en mass with any stupidity and treason that came up prior. So now, it is the “norm”.


221 posted on 05/18/2018 12:58:52 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Rio

So the father fixes , cleans and repairs ships....good business I imagine.


222 posted on 05/18/2018 1:00:10 PM PDT by caww
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To: Preachin'

What do you think it means???


223 posted on 05/18/2018 1:00:52 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Yes indeed!


224 posted on 05/18/2018 1:01:03 PM PDT by caww
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To: Eddie01

Where the F were these parents???

Everything I’ve seen so far indicates absent parenting. It’s really time to step up and start holding parents responsible at some level for their kid’s actions. This kind of behavior doesn’t happen in a vacuum. The kid was building a bomb for God’s sake! He was posting crap on his Facebook page that the parents should have known about. Damn man! Where the hell were they???


225 posted on 05/18/2018 1:01:20 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Justa

My question:

Where are Mommy and Daddy?......................


226 posted on 05/18/2018 1:01:38 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s; Rusty0604

From another article:

In November 2014, Pagourtzis’ was a dancer at the Galveston Greek Festival with family members, according to a post on the group’s Facebook page. As a dancer, Pagourtzis’ photo was also shown on the website for the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, a Greek Orthodox Church in Galveston, Texas.


227 posted on 05/18/2018 1:02:24 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
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To: MplsSteve

My prediction:

A new Federal Gun Control Bill be Passed that prohibits the Private Transfer of Firearms without a Background Check, raises the Age to Purchase ANY Firearm to 21, prohibits the Sale and Possession of Bump Stocks or any other device that mimics Automatic Weapons and prohibits the Sale and Possession of so called High Capacity Magazines (the number of Rounds allowed to be determined, somewhere between 10 and 30 is my guess).

POTUS Trump will sign the Legislation when it reaches hos Desk, simply because he agrees or because his Veto will be overturned if he doesn’t.

I could be wrong, but the rampant Ignorance of the Populous will make this kind of Legislation inevitable.


228 posted on 05/18/2018 1:02:53 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( An Armed Society is a Polite Society. An Unarmed Society is North Korea.)
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To: caww; Rio

Back in the day a friend of mines dad owner a boat repair shop. Great money during the summer. Used to work there off and on detailing boats. That was in the 90’s made at least a $100 a boat.


229 posted on 05/18/2018 1:03:06 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Pagourtzis’ was a dancer at the Galveston Greek Festival

Who dances, just say badda book bada boom

230 posted on 05/18/2018 1:03:54 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Magnatron

Are you certain it was his FB page? There have already been two fake pages in his name.


231 posted on 05/18/2018 1:04:16 PM PDT by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: txrefugee

Our high schools are far too big


I tend to agree with you. I taught a a rural K-8 school that had about 300 kids. Everybody knew everybody. Not saying that such a thing couldn’t happen in a small school, but I do think it that lack of anonymity lets fewer kids fall between the cracks.

Unfortunately, the trend over the last several decades has been to consolidate districts and create ever larger schools. The advantage is, of course, to make more available to h.s. students. In today’s world, with internet available, it seems to me that a small school could offer many on-line courses and still treat the students as people rather than numbers.


232 posted on 05/18/2018 1:04:44 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Psalm 144

Why not consider ALL countermeasures that would protect the children?


233 posted on 05/18/2018 1:06:34 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The MSM is the enemy of the American people)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Trump needs to issue an Executive Order requiring all public schools by the start of the new school year to secure their buildings. This should include metal detectors and x-ray scanners at main entrances, locked down and surveilled non-main entrances, and uniformed Federal or police officers at every school during school hours. The funds to do this should come from our Federal coffers. I’m sure we have enough wasted money in the system to use for this.

The schools would need to adjust their schedules to allow for the added time students will need to enter the schools.

I’d love to see the Democrats fight this order. IT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN IMMEDIATELY!

If he does this, school shooting will virtually disappear.


234 posted on 05/18/2018 1:07:41 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: bk1000

“What the Hell is wrong with kids these days?”

Well, back in Ye-Olde-Days us kids used to deal with the self-absorbed anti-social boys ourselves. If there was any inkling of their hostility directed towards us or people we liked we would directly confront them on it. It was a clear warning. If/when they didn’t stand down it would progress from there usually culminating in ass-kicking and beat downs until the issue was resolved.

Schools rejected boy norms and values and now they have psychos all over.

I blame Zero Tolerance and Gun Free Zones for this. The schools nurture and protect psychopathy and deviance. It’s what they teach after all.

Like I tell my kids -schools are run by witches.


235 posted on 05/18/2018 1:07:59 PM PDT by Justa
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To: ColdOne

Yep...that was likely when people valued the dollars they earned for the work they did. People today have an overinflated opinion of their work and value of.


236 posted on 05/18/2018 1:10:16 PM PDT by caww
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To: hanamizu; txrefugee

Disagree.

First off, 1400 per witness is not real huge. That’s about 350 per grade.

Second, my county has FAR too many schools of each level - they keep taking more land and building more buildings why? Because long ago, when communist Kolumbia (you’ll read it’s one of the best places to live in the US, ha ha) started, the powers decided “small schools best” and actually capped how many students could be assigned. Namby-pambies back in the day (when all this crap started - yes, the ‘60s again) second-guessed decades of history and decided it was nicer with smaller schools.

Meanwhile, my mother (a teacher who TAUGHT through these schools) grew up in Baltimore with HUGE schools, even in the ‘40s, even for young children. They had zero problems. That was in the old days, when common sense ruled.

It is NOT about school size.

It’s about character.


237 posted on 05/18/2018 1:12:40 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: caww

I remember having an intuition when I ws a little girl that my grandfather - a “pillar of the community, extremely successful business man”, had secrets.

I have always been very sensitive to reading others. I didn’t know what these secrets were, but they seemed “dark” to me.

My mother was shocked and angry that I could even think such a thing. I was punished.

I find this sensitivity very uncomfortable, and tend to avoid certain people who set it off.


238 posted on 05/18/2018 1:13:06 PM PDT by jacquej ("You cannot have a conservative government with a liberal culture." (Mark Steyn))
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Thanks.


239 posted on 05/18/2018 1:17:26 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: DiogenesLamp
"Gotta get to the root causes.

I think the root cause is absent or uninvolved fathers. I think young men need a male role model and fatherly control to keep their head on straight.

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Completely agree. Society has changed, and in some cases not for the better, since the days of kids taking guns to school to participate in gun club activities, etc.

Our culture is rotting.

240 posted on 05/18/2018 1:22:35 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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