This morning around 7:45 a.m. local time, a shooting occurred at a high school in Perry, Iowa. There were several casualties, the local sheriff said, without providing more information about the victims’ condition. Various media, including the AP and CNN, report, based on police sources, that the shooter has died.
LOOK. Police on the scene after a shooting at a high school in Iowa
“There is no longer any danger to the public,” Sheriff Adam Infante said during a news conference. Police are now investigating the circumstances of the shooting incident. The perpetrator was identified, but the sheriff would not provide further details.
Infante said it is not yet clear how many people are injured and how bad they are. Earlier, a source told ABC News that at least one person was killed and two others were injured. According to sources, the perpetrator killed himself.
The school day, the first day after the winter holidays, had not yet started, the sheriff said. “Fortunately, because there were only a few students in the building.” The first reports about the shooting came to the police at 7:37 a.m. (2:37 p.m. Belgian time).
According to news channel CNN, there were more than eighty shootings at American schools in 2023. That is the highest number since 2008, the first year for which CNN kept its own figures.
The incident occurred eleven days before the first Republican primary for the 2024 presidential election. Traditionally it takes place in Iowa, in the form of a caucus, this year on January 15.
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