Accused high school shooter Dimitri Pagourtzis may have surprised authorities when he opened fire last month in Sante Fe High, killing eight students and two teachers. But the warning signs were right there on Facebook – before it was taken down by authorities. American Family News and OneNewsNow located the teenager’s website minutes after the shooting, viewing symbols of the occult among other troublesome signs.
“When I look his profile, I see dark things,” Christian apologist Alex McFarland tells OneNewsNow. “I see a fascination with the demonic and even one of the names of Satan, Baphomet.”
A why-did-he-do-it Washington Post story described Pagourtizis as an honor student who was considered “a quiet loner” and “weird” by his classmates – but never an obvious threat. The story’s only reference to the student’s Facebook page noted that he posted the photo of a t-shirt with “Born to Kill” weeks ago.
The truth, McFarland tells OneNewsNow, is that Satan is not a myth or a man-made idea but is very real, and Satan can use a confused, angry teen who doesn’t understand the evil that is filling his heart and mind. “The Bible says in John 10:10 that Satan, the thief, comes to steal, to kill, to destroy,” he says. “Satan is a liar, a murderer, a deceiver, and this is so sad.”
“We’ve got to focus again on what’s in the human heart rather than what’s in the human hand,” he says, “because if what’s in the heart is right, then what’s in the hand will never be used to harm people.”