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Texas school becomes latest casualty: 10 dead, 10 hurt in latest campus shooting

SANTA FE, Texas - The year was winding down. Prom came and went, and on Tuesday seniors got their caps and gowns for graduation in two weeks. It was almost time to say farewell, not just to their teachers and friends, but to a world and a year of active-shooter drills, lockdowns and classroom dread.

But on Friday morning, before they could cross that finish line, the deepest fears of every American teacher, parent and student once again came true. This time, the school is named Santa Fe High School.

Around 7:30 a.m., authorities said, a 17-year-old junior named Dimitrios Pagourtzis, armed with a shotgun and a .38-caliber revolver he'd taken from his father, opened fire, killing 10 people - mostly students - and wounding 10 others at the school, which is about 35 miles southeast of downtown Houston.

One of the wounded was a school police officer,

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