Father Of Santa Fe High School Shooter Calls His Son The “Victim”

I can imagine that finding out the child you raised turned out to be a cold-blooded murder is devastating.

I’m going to put it out there, though: Somewhere along the lines… I believe there was a parenting failure.

I don’t think wonderful, competent parents raise mass shooters. Maybe I’m wrong… I just don’t see how.

The Santa Fe shooter killed 10 people in cold blood…

His father is saying HE is the victim.

“My son, to me, is not a criminal, he’s a victim.” Father of Santa Fe High School shooting suspect says he believes his son lashed out because he was bullied. https://t.co/25htvD2t1Q

— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) May 22, 2018

The suspect’s attorney, Nicholas Poehl, has said he is investigating whether his client endured any “teacher-on-student” bullying after reading reports of the teen being mistreated by football coaches. The school district issued a statement saying it investigated the accusations and “confirmed that these reports were untrue.”

The elder Pagourtzis said his son took a legally owned shotgun and handgun from his closet before leaving for school that day. The teen didn’t own firearms of his own, he said.

“My son, to me, is not a criminal, he’s a victim,” he said. “The kid didn’t own guns, I owned guns.”

And then comes what I believe to be the most sickening part:

He said his son had told him he had acted on his own, and had spared “the kids who were the good kids so they can tell his story.”

I’m sorry, but no. Is this f**k trying to say the kids his son MURDERED were the BAD kids?!!?!

Are you f*cking kidding me?

YOUR SON MURDERED THEM.

EVEN IF THEY DID BULLY HIM – YOUR SON MURDERED THEM.

WHO’S THE BAD KID?!?!?!

I was bullied. Tons of kids get bullied. It’s kind of part of growing up. Kids are mean. They always have been.

WE DON’T ALL BECOME MURDERERS.

We don’t all have fathers who’d excuse our murdering of “bad kids” and call us “victims” either.

“My son killed people in cold blood, but he’s not a criminal” is some serious spin https://t.co/UxggzXbibC

— Trevor Walker (@twalker201) May 22, 2018

“My son, a literal murderer, is, to me, not a criminal. I reject what words mean.” https://t.co/YgPlYW3rln

— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) May 22, 2018

Reminder: most people who are bullied don’t shoot up their schools. https://t.co/Bp5GLoycoq

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) May 22, 2018

Raise your hand if you were bullied in school and never killed anyone https://t.co/b7AGvSAOzs

— Anarcho-doggo (@tehdawghouz) May 22, 2018

Everyone is apparently a victim. I was bullied growing up, I’ve been rejected by numerous women. I could never fathom doing this, maybe it’s because I learned right from wrong or have a good set of morals? You know things parents teach you. https://t.co/W6BzvXj98H

— Kombat (@FullKombat) May 22, 2018

PARENTS ARE THE PROBLEM. You want to stop shootings? STOP RAISING MURDERERS.

Your son may have been victim of crime or abuse, but MURDERING PEOPLE makes him a criminal. Zero sympathy. Control your reactions. That evil person you raised decided to pull that trigger. STFU https://t.co/Ngj1yqLTRc

— Patrick Henry (@PH32375) May 22, 2018

Unbelievable.

As I said… I can’t imagine what that man is going through.

But to say his son is a “victim” who “spared the good kids?”

That makes me ill.