The parents of a former student who killed 10 people and wounded several others when he opened fire in Texas at Santa Fe High School in 2018 are not responsible for their son’s actions, a jury found on Monday.
Survivors and family members of the shooting victims accused the parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, of being negligent in storing their weapons and ignoring signs he would commit a violent act during the three-week civil trial.
The jury instead found the couple’s son, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, and Lucky Gunner, an online retailer from which the shooter purchased the ammunition used in the shooting, liable and awarded $330 million in damages.
