Texas Jurors Are Deciding If a Student’s Parents Are Liable in a Deadly 2018 School Shooting

Published on August 19, 2024

DALLAS—An attorney for the parents of a Texas student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018 school shooting near Houston told trial jurors Friday that they didn’t know their son would have a psychotic breakdown. Lawyers for the victims say Dimitrios Pagourtzis gave his parents many signs that he needed help. The victims’ lawsuit seeks to hold Pagourtzis and his parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, financially liable for the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018. They are pursuing at least $1 million in damages. The jury was given the case just before 5 p.m. and was set to resume deliberating Monday morning....

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