Iowa Perry High School Shooting
On January 4, 2024, approximately 7:36 A.M., a 17-year-old Dylan Butler, shot 6 students, leaving a sixth grader dead while 4 among five students wounded at Perry High School, Iowa before the school day had started. After the authorities arrived at the scene, the police found the shooter dead with self-inflicted wounds and a pump-action shotgun and a small caliber handgun including an explosive device were recovered at the scene.[1][2]
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| Target | Perry High School Shooting |
Attack type | School Shooting |
| Weapons | Pump-action shotgun, Small-Caliber handgun |
| Deaths | 1 student |
Non-fatal injuries | 3 students and 1 School principal |
| Perpetrator | Dylan Butler (Deceased) |
| Motive | Unknown |
Background
On January 4, 2024, approximately 7:35 A.M., at Perry High School, in Perry, Iowa, 20 minutes before the school started, during a breakfast program, a 17-year-old, Dylan Butler (c..2006-January 4, 2024) shot 4 students and 1 principal inside the campus, leaving a sixth-grade student dead. According to authorities, 1 among the 4 wounded people were in critical condition while the rest were stable.[3] A 16-year-old student named Samuel Hernandez shared his story of how he tried to walk into school when his teacher escorted him out of the building and told him there was a shooting inside. In an interview with the Des Moines Register, he said, "She's escorting me out saying 'Don't go in because we don't want you to get hurt,'" Hernandez said in the statement that they are in a state of shock and he did not know where his friends were unharmed. He added, "It doesn't seem real. It's crazy. Expect the unexpected. None of us expected it to happen out of nowhere."[4] When the police arrived at the scene, Butler was found dead with self-inflicted wounds and a pump-action shotgun and small-caliber handgun. Police also recovered an explosive device within the location of the incident, which the state fire marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rendered safe.[5][6]
Perpetrator
Dylan Butler (c..2006- January 4, 2024) was born circa 2006 to Jack Butler, the manager of Perry Municipal Airport and a former Works Director of Perry, Iowa, and to Erin Butler.[7] Butler was a high school student at Perry High School in Iowa when the shooting happened. According to Police, before the shooting, Butler posted a photo of himself on his tiktok account in the bathroom stall of the school with a blue duffel bag by his feet, with a caption that read "now we wait" with the song "Stray Bullet" by KMFDM playing in the background. Butler had more than 250 followers on TikTok; all his social media accounts have been taken down since the incident. The school did not release the names of the victims of the Perry High School shooting. Police said that the perpetrator had also maintained a low profile on Reddit. On January 2021, Butler posted a photo on his Reddit account showing his revolver.[7] According to his classmates, Yesenia Roeder and Khamya Hall, Butler was relentlessly bullied since elementary school, and Butler got tired of it. They added that before the shooting happened, Butler's younger sister was also bullied, but school officials did not intervene. Roeder and Hall said that that was the "last straw" for Butler.[8][9]
Investigation
According to Assistant Director of Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Mitch Mordvedt, the perpetrator made numerous social media accounts around the time of the shooting. He added that investigators were looking at the perpetrator's posts as part of the investigation.[1] The possible motives are still unknown[10][9], and the investigation is still ongoing. The Police said the perpetrator was alone when the incident happened. Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante said before the school started, there were few students and teachers in the building. Infante added in a statement, "which I think contributed to a good outcome in that sense." He further added, "There is no further danger to the public. The community is safe,"..."We're just now working backwards, trying to figure out everything that happened and make notifications."[11]
Reactions
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said, "This senseless tragedy has shaken our entire state to its core." Reynolds added that her prayers were with the community. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre released a statement that says, "Our hearts break for the families of the victims in yet another act of senseless gun violence." US President Joe Biden was monitoring the incident, the White House says. Pierre added in her statement, "It's only the fourth day in the year, in the new year, and we are already faced with yet another horrific school shooting. And the question that we ask is, when will enough be enough?"[12][13]
Aftermath
Governor Reynolds ordered that all flags should be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Sunday.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 News, A. B. C. "1 killed, 5 injured in shooting at Iowa high school; suspect also dead". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ Tumin, Remy; Mather, Victor; Mensching, Leah McBride (2024-01-04). "Sixth Grader Killed and 5 Others Injured in Iowa School Shooting". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ "1 killed, 5 injured in shooting at Iowa high school; suspect also dead". ABC News.
- ↑ "Sixth grade student killed in Perry school shooting; five other victims shot". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ "1 killed, 5 injured by Iowa school shooter on the first day after winter break". NBC News. 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ CNN, Aditi Sandal, Antoinette Radford, Elise Hammond, Adrienne Vogt, Tori B. Powell (2024-01-04). "January 4, 2024 - One student killed, several wounded at Perry High School in Iowa, officials say". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "17-year-old Perry High School shooting suspect posted photo on TikTok before shooting". The Des Moines Register.
- ↑ "1 killed, 5 injured by Iowa school shooter on the first day after winter break". NBC News. 2024-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Who is Iowa school shooting suspect Dylan Butler?". 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ "17-year-old kills sixth grader, wounds five others in Iowa school shooting, police say". AP News. 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ News, A. B. C. "1 killed, 5 injured in shooting at Iowa high school; suspect also dead". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ Bettin, Anthony (2024-01-04). "Leaders react to Iowa school shooting: "The Perry community is strong" - CBS Minnesota". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ↑ Premo, Cole; Press, The Associated; Henderson, Eric; Nace, Aki (2024-01-04). "Iowa school shooting live updates: 6th grade student dead, 5 others injured in Perry High School shooting, suspect identified - CBS Minnesota". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
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