一名高中教师在德克萨斯枪杀9名学生

Gunman Kills 9 Students, One Teacher at High School in Texas

A gunman killed at least 10 people, most of them students, at a high school near Houston, Texas, on Friday state officials said.

At least ten others are wounded.

It was the deadliest attack in the United States since a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. That mass shooting led to a campaign by teenagers for new gun control laws.

Police have arrested a suspect in the attack at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas. The state’s governor Greg Abbott said the shooter was armed with a shotgun and a handgun. He said the suspect also had homemade bombs that were found in the school and nearby.

Abbott described the shooting as “one of the most heinous¹ attacks that we’ve ever seen in the history of Texas schools.”

He also said the suspect told police that he had planned to kill himself, but did not have the will to end his life and instead surrendered.

One hospital reported treating eight wounded individuals. Six were treated and released. One was listed in critical condition, and another in fair condition.

Seventeen-year-old Michael Farina said he was on the other side of the school when the shooting began. Farina said he thought it was a fire preparedness exercise. He was holding a door open for students in wheelchairs when an administrator² came running toward him, telling everyone to run. Another teacher shouted, “It is real!”

Students were led to safety at a car shop across the street from the school. Some still did not feel safe and began jumping the fence behind the store to run farther, Farina said.

“I debated doing that myself,” he added.

A law enforcement official identified the shooting suspect as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis. The official, who asked not be identified, did not have permission to provide the name to the media.

Pagourtzis plays on the Santa Fe High School junior varsity football team. He is also a member of a dance group with a local Greek Orthodox church.

Governor Abbott said the guns he used belong, legally, to his father,.

Abbot added that one or two other people of interest were being questioned in connection with the attack.

The shooting is all but sure to restart the heated national debate over gun laws. Survivors³ of the February 14 attack in Parkland, Florida, took to social media to express sadness and anger about this latest school attack.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Jaclyn Corin tweeted, “My heart is so heavy for the students of Santa Fe High School. It’s an all too familiar feeling no one should have to experience. I am so sorry this epidemic⁴ touched your town — Parkland will stand with you now and forever.”

Corin also directed her anger at President Donald Trump⁵. She wrote “Our children are being MURDERED and you’re treating this like a game. This is the 22nd school shooting just this year. DO SOMETHING.”

At a White House event, Trump described the shooting as "horrific" and one of many that have, in his words, "been going on too long in this country."

I’m Caty Weaver⁶.

Words in This Story

heinous - adj. very bad or evil

shop - n. store

junior varsity? - n. a team whose members are less experienced and usually younger than members on a varsity team

church -? n. a Christian⁷ place of worship

epidemic -? adj. affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time

1 heinous   

adj.可憎的，十恶不赦的

参考例句：

• They admitted to the most heinous crimes.他们承认了极其恶劣的罪行。
• I do not want to meet that heinous person.我不想见那个十恶不赦的人。

2 administrator   

n.经营管理者，行政官员

参考例句：

• The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
• He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。

3 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 weaver   

n.织布工；编织者

参考例句：

• She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快，而且布的质量很好。
• The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。

7 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。