Spurned advances provoked Texas school shooting, victim's mother says


Mourners bow their heads in prayer during a vigil in Santa Fe, Texas, May 18, 2018. REUTERS/Trish Badger

SANTA FE, Texas (Reuters) - A teenaged boy who shot and killed eight students and two teachers in Texas had been spurned by one of his victims after making aggressive advances, her mother told the Los Angeles Times.

Sadie Rodriguez, the mother of Shana Fisher, 16, told the newspaper that her daughter rejected four months of aggressive advances from accused shooter Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, at the Santa Fe high school.

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