What students are saying about the Santa Fe High School shooting

05.18.18
What students are saying about the Santa Fe High School shooting ( Students across the country live in fear of a shooting like the one at Santa Fe High School in Texas. (Photo by Jeffrey Bary via Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons licensing))
It'Texass hard to wrap our minds around, but this morning there was yet another mass shooting at a school: Santa Fe High School in Texas. Students at Santa Fe participated in the anti-gun violence walkout just four weeks ago today. https://twitter.com/mukethemusical/status/987322400512659457 https://twitter.com/kaleidoscopeken/status/997503929582870529 The shooter has been identified as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, age 17, a junior at the school. In the wake of the news breaking that there was an active shooter at Santa Fe, many students took to Twitter to express their feelings, ranging from shock to anger. Here's a sample of what young people have been saying. (Warning: Some strong language.)

Santa Fe students

https://twitter.com/ZachMuehe/status/997467899437703168 https://twitter.com/s_h_e_l_b_y_31/status/997542853030051840 https://twitter.com/brookeelizabxth/status/997502965303988224 https://twitter.com/_caitlyn_6/status/997530324157501440 https://twitter.com/joellalace/status/997518362702950400 https://twitter.com/rome_shubert17/status/997542022536982529 https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/997511596355141634 https://twitter.com/mukethemusical/status/997472601181171712 https://twitter.com/holcombekaitlyn/status/997474300516093952 https://twitter.com/tylxrcruz/status/997472013341077505 https://twitter.com/averipresleyy/status/997491499293175809 https://twitter.com/semisonics/status/997478809279565824 https://twitter.com/kaleidoscopeken/status/997471788987764736 https://twitter.com/real_krw/status/997481383848284162 https://twitter.com/CreativityMary/status/997492917135663104 https://twitter.com/ABC/status/997504817760219136 https://twitter.com/tubbbrandon/status/997507252071403520 https://twitter.com/Mr_Elderidge/status/997530460610813952

Students who feel connected to Santa Fe

https://twitter.com/sangriaboy/status/997499579162558469 https://twitter.com/drannieKV/status/997493677827264512 https://twitter.com/Elavatr/status/997488296002498560 https://twitter.com/mary__xcx/status/997505859134611458

Survivors of the Parkland and Great Mills shootings

https://twitter.com/Sarahchadwickk/status/997486593098305539 https://twitter.com/JaclynCorin/status/997499061929496578 https://twitter.com/jordxncampbell/status/997495088149336064 https://twitter.com/delaneytarr/status/997499690613649409 https://twitter.com/Emma4Change/status/997505205771079680 https://twitter.com/longlivekcx/status/997502029386874881 https://twitter.com/brenbizou/status/997501245026914304 https://twitter.com/jaxonomara/status/997491867804676097 https://twitter.com/davism0llie/status/997494473859969025

Students living in a mass shooting culture

https://twitter.com/pinkequality/status/997500039420313600 https://twitter.com/arianascarey/status/997498700615139329 https://twitter.com/zionkelly18/status/997327377691824130 https://twitter.com/AshleySchu/status/997485413274136578 Read next: 6 Facts About Texas Gun Laws and Young People
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