Texas jury finds school shooter's parents not responsible but awards damages to victims' families

A Texas civil jury says the parents of a former student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018 Santa Fe high school shooting can’t be held responsible for what happened.

Jurors announced their decision Monday. Jurors did hold the former student, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, responsible and awarded families more than $300 million total in damages.

A victims’ lawsuit alleged that the parents - Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos - failed to provide necessary support for Pagourtzis’ mental health and didn’t do enough to prevent the then-17-year-old from accessing their guns.

Pagourtzis is being held at a state mental health facility and has been declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.

The victim’s lawsuit sought to hold Pagourtzis and his parents financially liable for the shooting.

[theskyehiker]

It’s too damn bad that parents won’t deal with their disturbed kids. I do understand not every parent has the information and skills they need to fix a disturbed kid but they sure as hell could keep their damn guns away from that kid.

[niksab]

As a parent you are liable until the child turns 18? Well do away with child support

[russellbrown]

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