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Updated May 20:

were killed in Friday鈥檚 massacre. At least 13 people were injured, including 2 law enforcement officers.

The suspect, 17-year old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, an honor-roll student and former football player, reportedly confessed to the rampage and told authorities that he spared students he liked so that 鈥渉e could have his story told.鈥� The family of Shana Fisher, a 16-year old student who was among those killed Friday,听told聽聽that they believe their daughter was targeted because she repeatedly rejected the gunman鈥檚 attempts to date her.

The gunman聽,听,听about a half hour after entering an art classroom armed with聽a .38 caliber and Remington shotgun,听said Galveston County Judge Mark Henry. While Pagourtzis faces charges of capital murder and aggravated assault on a peace officer, he cannot face the death penalty.

Nine students and one teacher were killed Friday when a gunman opened fire at about 7:45 a.m. in a first-period art class at Santa Fe High School near Galveston, Texas. At least 10 people sustained injuries, according to 聽鈥� including two officers.

Here鈥檚 what we know so far:

1 Suspect is in custody, but motive is not yet known.

Media outlets such as Friday afternoon that the suspect in Friday鈥檚 shooting is 17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis. Pagourtzis reportedly had at least three firearms on him: a shotgun, an assault-style rifle, and a pistol. The shotgun and revolver were legally owned by the suspect鈥檚 father, said in an afternoon press conference.

Fellow student Dustin Severin, 17, told that he鈥檇 seen the suspect聽in a trench coat shortly before the attack. Pagourtzis鈥檚 social media posts 鈥� on Friday 鈥� show the teen recently wearing a T-shirt with the words 鈥淏orn to Kill,鈥� along with photos of guns and a jacket with Nazi regalia. His Facebook page has since been deleted.

2 There is a possible accomplice.

While Pagourtzis is the primary suspect currently, authorities this morning also detained a second 鈥減erson of interest鈥� 鈥� an 18-year-old male 鈥� who they believe might have acted as an accomplice. No name has been released.

3Little is known (yet) about the identities of the victims.

Nine students and one teacher were reportedly killed, but no names were officially released as of Friday afternoon.

Some information was provided about the injured, however. A Santa Fe Independent School District (ISD)聽resource officer, John Barnes, was reportedly shot in the upper arm and is undergoing surgery, according to . And David Marshall, the chief nursing officer at the University of Texas Medical Branch, said in a press conference that two adults and one minor were receiving treatment at that facility. The minor is a 16-year-old male in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the leg.

4 Police found explosives at the school.

While combing the area in and around the school after the shooting, officials found explosive devices such as pressure cookers and pipe bombs, reports stated.

鈥淭here have been explosive devices found in the high school and surrounding areas adjacent to the high school,鈥� Santa Fe ISD said in a tweet. 鈥淏ecause of the threat of explosive items, community members should be on the look-out for suspicious packages and anything that looks out of place.鈥�

Friday afternoon, police were searching Pagourtzis鈥檚 home 鈥斅爎eportedly less than three miles from the school 鈥斅爁or more explosives, .

5 Nearly 3 months ago, officials placed the school on lockdown after reports of gunshots.

Shortly after shots began ringing out on Friday, students barricaded the classroom doors and hid 鈥� just as they鈥檇 done nearly three months ago.

On February 28, the school was on lockdown for two hours after police received reports of what sounded like gunshots outside the school. The 聽when investigators failed to pinpoint an imminent threat.

6 There are 鈥渢houghts and prayers鈥� 鈥� and some pushback.

As the country reels from this latest tragedy, many officials, including President Donald Trump, began offering condolences and prayers:

But many politicians 鈥� including Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings and 鈥� are denouncing the 鈥渢houghts and prayers鈥� approach.

No one seemed more frustrated Friday than students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, who lost 17 students and teachers in a February mass shooting. It was the last day of class for Stoneman Douglas seniors as they watched events unfold in Texas.

鈥淕et ready for two weeks of media coverage of politicians acting like they give a shit,鈥� senior and gun reform advocate David Hogg tweeted.

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7 The shooting occurred just a day after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos held a 鈥渃losed鈥� meeting with survivors of previous mass shootings.

The education secretary met Thursday with survivors of the Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, and Parkland shootings, along with their family members. The closed meeting hoped to 鈥済ive us a clear-eyed look at what has gone wrong in the past, the lessons learned and areas where we continue to fall short as we work to keep our nation鈥檚 students and teachers safe at school,” DeVos said in a written statement.

After Friday鈥檚 shooting, she tweeted, 鈥淲e simply cannot allow this trend to continue.鈥�

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