Crime Multiple people wounded in Iowa school shooting

[LeonardoBjj]

Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante says the gunman in the shooting at Perry High School has been identified.

Police respond to the shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, the United States [Andrew Harnik/AP Photo]

Multiple people have been wounded in a shooting at a high school in Perry, Iowa in the US, officials said.

The shooting at Perry High School took place just after 7:30 am (13:30 GMT) and resulted in “multiple victims”, Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante said at a news briefing on Thursday.

He said the extent and exact number of injuries were still being determined.

A spokesperson for UnityPoint Health, which operates a nearby Des Moines hospital, confirmed that two gunshot victims had arrived there.

There were few students and faculty in the building at the time of the incident, Infante said.

The suspect in the shooting has reportedly died due to what investigators believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.

At the briefing, Infante said that the shooter had been identified but gave no further details.

Eighteen-year-old Rachael Kares told The Associated Press that she was finishing jazz band practice when she and her bandmates heard what she described as four gunshots spaced apart.

“We all just jumped,” Kares said. “My band teacher looked at us and yelled ‘Run!’ So we ran”.

Kares added that she ran out past the football field with others from the school and heard people yelling, “Get out! Get Out!” as more gunshots were heard.

FBI and US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents have responded to the scene, and the US attorney general has been briefed, a US Department of Justice spokesperson said.

Dirk Cavanaugh, the mayor of Perry, said, “There are a bunch of speculative numbers floating around.”

“We have no confirmed numbers of who was involved yet,” he added.

The attack occurred as Iowa is expected to hold the first statewide contest for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in 11 days.

Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur who founded a biotechnology company, was scheduled to hold a rally in Perry but changed the event to an in-person prayer after reports of the shooting, a campaign spokesperson said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/4/multiple-people-wounded-iowa-school-shooting

- Sorry if someone alredy started the same thread!

 

[oldshadow]

Not the best source but more information.

1 death, 5 wounded.

He was 17 and had a shotgun and handgun.

Perry High School shooter Dylan Butler kills 1 and injures 5

Dylan Butler, 17, who was a senior at Perry High School , opened fire on Thursday morning - shooting dead a sixth grader who attended Perry's Middle School.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Scerpi]

Hmmm....

 

[shinkyoku]

The teenage Iowa school shooter - who killed one child and injured five others, including his principal - turned the gun on himself after his rampage, cops said.

Dylan Butler, 17, who was a senior at Perry High School, opened fire on Thursday morning - shooting dead a sixth grader who attended Perry's Middle School.

Butler was armed with a pump-action shotgun and handgun - both of which are illegal for a 17-year-old to obtain in Iowa. He also had a rudimentary explosive device - which was undetonated and was later rendered safe by fire marshalls.

The 17-year-old died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound by the time first responders arrived at the school, shortly after 7.40am. The ordeal triggered a mass evacuation of 1,785 students on their first day of classes after winter break.

One of the five people injured was the school's principal, Dan Marburger, who was rushed to hospital and is currently in surgery for his gunshot wounds.

The other four people injured were students. Of the five, one is in critical condition - although police did not confirm if this was the principal or a student.

Perry High School shooter Dylan Butler kills 1 and injures 5

Dylan Butler, 17, who was a senior at Perry High School , opened fire on Thursday morning - shooting dead a sixth grader who attended Perry's Middle School.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Yehudim]

It’s all so tiresome

 

[650lb Sumo]

Another record high: Counting school shootings in 2023

Varying — and in some cases lacking — definitions and data make the issue hard to track, as experts continue to pursue solutions for both prevention and recovery.

www.k12dive.com

School shootings reached yet another unprecedented high in 2023, outpacing the previous year’s record for the third year in a row. With a little less than two weeks remaining in the year, some 340 school shootings had been recorded as of Dec. 20 by the K-12 School Shooting Database.

In the meantime, experts expect 2024 to bring more of the same.

Riedman predicts school shootings to exceed 300 next year, just as they did in 2022 and 2023.

 

[Gotosleepho]

We need more thoughts and prayers so this doesn't happen again.

 

[oldshadow]

He was 17 which means he could not legally own either firearm or even buy ammo. So where and how did he get them. Sounds like someone needs to go to prison depending on how he got them.

 

[SakurabasEar]

We need more thoughts and prayers so this doesn't happen again.

That isn't a patronizing statement, some people regardless of their stance on guns just want to express something after a tragedy

 

[Siver!]

Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante says the gunman in the shooting at Perry High School has been identified.

Police respond to the shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, the United States [Andrew Harnik/AP Photo]

Multiple people have been wounded in a shooting at a high school in Perry, Iowa in the US, officials said.

The shooting at Perry High School took place just after 7:30 am (13:30 GMT) and resulted in “multiple victims”, Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante said at a news briefing on Thursday.

He said the extent and exact number of injuries were still being determined.

A spokesperson for UnityPoint Health, which operates a nearby Des Moines hospital, confirmed that two gunshot victims had arrived there.

There were few students and faculty in the building at the time of the incident, Infante said.

The suspect in the shooting has reportedly died due to what investigators believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.

At the briefing, Infante said that the shooter had been identified but gave no further details.

Eighteen-year-old Rachael Kares told The Associated Press that she was finishing jazz band practice when she and her bandmates heard what she described as four gunshots spaced apart.

“We all just jumped,” Kares said. “My band teacher looked at us and yelled ‘Run!’ So we ran”.

Kares added that she ran out past the football field with others from the school and heard people yelling, “Get out! Get Out!” as more gunshots were heard.

FBI and US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents have responded to the scene, and the US attorney general has been briefed, a US Department of Justice spokesperson said.

Dirk Cavanaugh, the mayor of Perry, said, “There are a bunch of speculative numbers floating around.”

“We have no confirmed numbers of who was involved yet,” he added.

The attack occurred as Iowa is expected to hold the first statewide contest for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in 11 days.

Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur who founded a biotechnology company, was scheduled to hold a rally in Perry but changed the event to an in-person prayer after reports of the shooting, a campaign spokesperson said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/4/multiple-people-wounded-iowa-school-shooting

- Sorry if someone alredy started the same thread!

Thought about making this thread earlier, but refrained.

Sad to see someone has since died.

Absolutely senseless.

Glad to see Vivek has prayed.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

That isn't a patronizing statement, some people regardless of their stance on guns just want to express something after a tragedy

I mean how DARE one have any empathy in a tragic situation. Unless you're an avid gun grabber, then it's ok.

 

[Van Daz]

I'm glad that here in Australia, they had 1 mass shooting (that was shocking) & banned guns for the most part. I know the population size is different, but USA has far too many shootings and it just keeps on happening so often. Very sad indeed:-(

 

[Spounman]

Hmmm....

Pronoun circus
RIP to the poor innocent kid he killed

 

[Crawler89]

my first thought was to make a slipknot joke
but alas, RIP to the poor kid

 

[Siver!]

I mean how DARE one have any empathy in a tragic situation. Unless you're an avid gun grabber, then it's ok.

The right should really refrain from complaining about 'virtue signalling' by the woke mob when their response to death is hopes, prayers and inaction.

Sadly, when commentators constantly downplay empathetic responses, they're going to be deemed insincere when they outline their own empathetic responses.

 

[DiddlyDoodly]

Another record high: Counting school shootings in 2023

Varying — and in some cases lacking — definitions and data make the issue hard to track, as experts continue to pursue solutions for both prevention and recovery.

www.k12dive.com

School shootings reached yet another unprecedented high in 2023, outpacing the previous year’s record for the third year in a row. With a little less than two weeks remaining in the year, some 340 school shootings had been recorded as of Dec. 20 by the K-12 School Shooting Database.

In the meantime, experts expect 2024 to bring more of the same.

Riedman predicts school shootings to exceed 300 next year, just as they did in 2022 and 2023.

300 School shootings? That is over 1 per day (considering schools are closed on the weekends)

Are you sure that you don't mean mass shootings?

 

[DiddlyDoodly]

Another record high: Counting school shootings in 2023

Varying — and in some cases lacking — definitions and data make the issue hard to track, as experts continue to pursue solutions for both prevention and recovery.

www.k12dive.com

School shootings reached yet another unprecedented high in 2023, outpacing the previous year’s record for the third year in a row. With a little less than two weeks remaining in the year, some 340 school shootings had been recorded as of Dec. 20 by the K-12 School Shooting Database.

In the meantime, experts expect 2024 to bring more of the same.

Riedman predicts school shootings to exceed 300 next year, just as they did in 2022 and 2023.

I wonder where the US number would be without gang violence?

 

[Siver!]

Hmmm....

"Interacted with transgender accounts" is now a gotcha...

*sigh*

He even identifies as 'he', which probably made Collin Rugg's blood boil and demand an autopsy of his genitalia.

Meanwhile: it was a guy, as usual.

 

[DiddlyDoodly]

I still don't get this 300 school shotting number.

With no school over the summer and no school on weekends, there would have to be more than one school shooting a day.

 

[DiddlyDoodly]

According to this, there were 37 school related shootings in 2023.

School Shootings in 2023: Fewer Injuries and Deaths While Gun Violence Continues

Fewer people died or were injured than in the previous two years. But EdWeek still counted 38 school shootings.

www.edweek.org