The tragic Texas school shooting that took place on Friday has reportedly left one trained police officer injured.
A trained police officer was injured in the line of duty in Santa Fe, Texas today while trying to protect a school from an active shooter. Do you still think that more guns can end school shootings? #NeverAgain #SantaFe
— Ani Naser (@naser_ani) May 18, 2018
According to CBS News, the law enforcement official was not shot, but injured in some way during the shooting.
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However, the school’s resource officer — who is also a trained law enforcement official — was shot, but their condition is unknown at this time.
As has been reported, the student suspected of opening fire in the Santa Fe high school is Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old who is reportedly been arrested and is in police custody.
A second individual has reportedly been detained in connection with the shooting, but their identity is unknown and it is unclear what role, if any, they may have played in the shooting.
CORRECTION: The name of the Santa Fe High School suspected shooter in custody is 17-year old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, according to law enforcement sources
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) May 18, 2018
Little is known about Pagourtzis at this time, but Heavy.com reports that the teenager owns a t-shirt that reads “Born to Kill,” and is thought to have run a social media page that made references to Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz.
In addition to allegedly carrying out the shooting that has left 10 people dead and many more wounded, Pagourtzis is reported to have also been in possession of multiple pipe bombs, which seemingly confirms earlier suspicion of explosive devices being located around the school.
A separate CBS News report indicated that police were investigating the potential pipe bomb threat and determining the severity, if any.
“We hope the worst is over and I really can’t say any more about that because it would be pure speculation,” Assistant Principal Cris Richardson previously told media outlets from the scene of the tragic incident.
Additionally, while the ratio of students and adults killed is unknown at this time of publication, among those injured in the incident was the school’s resource officer.
“One male is in custody. And then a second one, again, was a person of interest. Both are believed to be students here at the school,” Harris County, Texas, sheriff Ed Gonzalez says https://t.co/oqRZUFvJK4 pic.twitter.com/FPc8I9Zr6A
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 18, 2018
Speaking to reporters, one senior student at the school explained that “some kid” with a gun began firing at people who were evacuating after a fire alarm was pulled.
“As soon as the alarms went off, everybody just started running outside,” another student added, “and next thing you know everybody looks, and you hear boom, boom, boom, and I just ran as fast as I could to the nearest floor so I could hide, and I called my mom.”
