The shooter behind today’s horrifying massacre at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, has been identified as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, seventeen years old, according to CBS News. He is believed to be a student at the school.
A Facebook page belonging to Pagourtzis has been deleted already, but screenshots were taken by reporters – and their contents are as puzzling as they are disturbing.
Far from having any obvious ideological affiliations, his jacket is littered with a diverse array of contradicting pins – an Iron Cross, a hammer and sickle, an icon of the demon Baphomet, and an image of elder god Cthulu. He also had a T-shirt that read “Born To Kill.”
#BREAKING: Suspected #SantaFeShooting suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis posted disturbing FB photos. pic.twitter.com/AB2nSWtCyM
— Jeremy Rogalski (@JRogalskiKHOU) May 18, 2018
His Instagram account reportedly only had three pictures – but one of them should have set off warning signs everywhere. He also followed many gun enthusiast pages.
The _dimitrios_pagourtzis Instagram account: Only 3 posts, 4 followers and 13 following. Photos allegedly from April 24 – but can people backdate IG posts? pic.twitter.com/FphvIJGQbz
— Paula Neal Mooney (@PAULANEALMOONEY) May 18, 2018
#SantaFeShooting suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis followed several gun-enthusiast Instagram pages #KHOU11 Investigates pic.twitter.com/5y41CmCJSX
— Jeremy Rogalski (@JRogalskiKHOU) May 18, 2018
This leaves us with little clue as to why this young man committed such a monstrous act – but that didn’t stop right-wingers from quickly taking to Facebook to try to pin the blame on “leftists.”
Within a few minutes of ID'ing the Texas shooter, someone set up a fake Facebook account pegging him as an anti-fascist and a Hillary supporter. pic.twitter.com/zYT3TSvs0k
— Jack Smith IV (@JackSmithIV) May 18, 2018
We’re no closer to answers, but it’s clear once again that someone who should not have had a gun was able to get one – and now we must grapple with the horrifying consequences.
