SOME 10 people are dead and 10 more wounded after a shooting at a high school in the town of Santa Fe, Texas, governor Greg Abbott has said.

He said yesterday’s shooting was “one of the most heinous attacks that we’ve ever seen in the history of Texas schools”.

Abbott said explosive devices including a molotov cocktail had been found in the suspected shooter’s home and a vehicle, as well as around the school and nearby.

Two law enforcement officials have identified a person in custody in the Houston-area school shooting as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis.

The suspect said he originally intended to commit suicide but gave himself up and told authorities he did not have the courage to take his own life, the governor said.

Abbott said there are “one or two” other people of interest being interviewed about the shooting.

He said the suspect used a shotgun and .38 revolver, which he obtained from his father.

Abbott said both weapons were owned legally by the suspect’s father. It is not clear whether the father knew his son had taken them.

He said: “We look to God to give the first responders, as well as the victims and the families, the guidance they need in the coming days and weeks.”

Abbott said he will organise meetings around the state to discuss preventing further shootings. The district confirmed a number of injuries. A school police officer was shot, officials said, but there was no immediate word on his condition.

Vice President Mike Pence said he and President Donald Trump were briefed on the shooting. Pence said the students, families, teachers and all those affected should know: “You’re in our prayers and I know you are in the prayers of the American people.”

Trump added in a tweet that that early reports were “not looking good. God bless all!”