HOUSTON, TX – The teen accused of opening fire at a Texas high school in May of 2018 and killing 10 victims was found incompetent to stand trial, according to his lawyer. Dimitrios Pagourtzis entered Santa Fe High School on a Friday last year and opened fire while carrying a shotgun and revolver.
The assault, which was called “one of the most heinous attacks that we've ever seen in the history of Texas schools” by Governor Abbott, came as a surprise for anyone. According to details that emerged after Pagourtzis was detained, he appeared to be an average teen, playing JV football and being part of a dance group at a local Greek Orthodox church. The guns used in the mass shooting were legally owned by Pagourtzis’ father.
According to CBS7, in a statement released on Monday, Pagourtzis’ team of lawyers stated they are expecting a formal court order declaring him incompetent to be released later this week; Pagourtzis is currently facing capital murder charges. In addition to the 10 lives he ended, Pagourtzis injured 13 people.
The alleged mass shooter will be sent to a state mental health facility where he is expected to remain from 4 to 6 months. According to his lawyer, Pagourtzis has been declared incompetent to stand trial by three experts. Pagourtzis’ trial had been expected to begin in February and has now been delayed.
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He's too damaged to remain free, and too stupid to be held accountable for anything he does. The sensible thing to do would be to put the little bastard down, as a person of this ilk has absolutely no redeeming qualities and will forever be an imminent threat to the public.
Unfortunately, our justice/penal systems are anything but sensible, and will run itself in circles at the cost of the taxpayer to assure than he's comfortably warehoused and afforded a full benefit package of free housing, food, health care, legal representation and everything any other murderous POS deserves, in accordance with a pussified, emasculated society.
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PermalinkHit the nail on the head Lares. Sadly, all of it is true and much too frequent.
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