<P> A school shooting occurred at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, United States, in the Houston metropolitan area, on May 18, 2018 . Ten people--eight students and two teachers--were fatally shot and thirteen others were wounded . The suspected shooter was taken into custody and later identified by police as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17 - year - old student at the school . </P> <P> The shooting is the second - deadliest school shooting in the United States in 2018, after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February resulted in 17 deaths and 17 injuries . </P> <P> The shooter began firing a weapon into an art class at the school at around 7: 40 a.m. CDT . The incident occurred in the school's art complex which consists of four rooms connected to one another with interior hallways, and other rooms . Witnesses said the two targeted classrooms are connected by a ceramics room the shooter accessed by damaging a door window . </P> <P> One wounded victim told reporters the shooter walked into the classroom and pointed at another person, saying "I'm going to kill you ." According to a witness, students barricaded themselves in the art classroom storage closet, and the shooter shot through the door with a shotgun . He left the art room briefly, causing students to leave the closet and attempt to barricade the art room door, but he pushed the door open . Upon spotting a student he knew, he said "Surprise!" and shot the student in the chest . Students are credited with giving victims medical attention in an effort to provide aid . </P>

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