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Mother of Santa Fe Victim Says Shooter Targeted Her Daughter After She Rejected Him

She "finally stood up to him and embarrassed him" a week before the shooting - by Anna McClelland
  • 21 May 2018

One of the students killed in the horrific Santa Fe school shooting on Friday had only recently turned down romantic advances from the shooter, her mother has told the press.

17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis fatally shot 10 people on Friday May 18, when he opened fire on his classmates and teachers at Sante Fe High School in Texas. At least 10 others were injured.

Victim Shana Fisher’s mother, Sadie Rodriguez, has told Associated Press that she believes her 16-year-old daughter was targeted by the killer.

“He kept making advances on her and she repeatedly told him no,” Rodriguez said, adding that her daughter had “finally stood up to him and embarrassed him” just a week before the shooting.

“A week later he opens fire on everyone he didn’t like,” she told the Los Angeles Times.

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The shooter’s family has issued a statement saying they are “as shocked and confused as anyone else” by the tragedy, marie claire US reports.

“We are saddened and dismayed by yesterday’s events at Santa Fe High School,” their statement reads. “We extend our most heartfelt prayers and condolences to all of the victims.” 

“We are gratified by the public comments made by other Santa Fe High School students that show Dimitri as we know him: a smart, quiet, sweet boy,” it continues. “What we have learned from media reports seems incompatible with the boy we love."

According to The Guardian, the shooter used a shotgun and revolver owned by his father.

Anna McClelland
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Anna is marie claire and InStyle's assistant digital content manager, reporting on everything from sell-out skincare to Meghan Markle's messy bun. Her work has taken her to tea with Miranda Kerr, the red carpet with Margot Robbie and New York with Jason Wu. Her words can also be found on Vogue, Body & Soul and Buro 24/7.

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