{"id":2140771,"date":"2024-01-04T18:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-student-dead-5-others-wounded-in-iowa-school-shooting\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T18:48:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T23:48:05","slug":"1-student-dead-5-others-wounded-in-iowa-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-student-dead-5-others-wounded-in-iowa-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"1 student killed, 5 injured in Iowa school shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F1-student-dead-5-others-wounded-in-iowa-school-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2140771&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A police officer \u200cstands guard outside the Perry Middle School and High School complex following a school shooting on January 04, 2024 in Perry, Iowa. Students were returning to classes today following the holiday break. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor Tinsley<\/a><br \/>3:26 PM \u2013\u200d Thursday, January 4, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>A shooting at a Iowa high school has led to the death of one student and left five others wounded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have ordered \u200ball flags to be lowered to half staff \u200cin support of the Perry community.<\/p>\n<p>This senseless tragedy has shaken our entire state to its core. I want this community to know that every Iowan stands with you.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gCLpf9idW1\">https:\/\/t.co\/gCLpf9idW1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Gov. Kim Reynolds (@IAGovernor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAGovernor\/status\/1743030386261692558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Police responded to reports of an active shooter at Perry\u2064 High\u2064 School on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said gunshots rang out before classes officially began. At the time \u200dthe shooting occurred, only a few students and faculty were inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were on the scene in less than 10 minutes and quickly located multiple victims with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter has\u2064 been identified as 17-year-old\u2064 student Dylan\u200d Butler.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Mitch Mortvedt, said the suspect was found dead with a self-inflicted \u200cgunshot wound and was also armed with a pump-action shotgun and small-caliber handgun.<\/p>\n<p>A sixth grade student from Perry Middle School, \u2063which is connected to the high school, was killed.<\/p>\n<p>Four other students and a school administrator were wounded and transported to the hospital. One of those individuals are reported\u2064 to be in \u200bcritical condition.<\/p>\n<p>A senior at the high school, Ava Augustus, said she was hiding in the \u2062counselors office when she heard gunfire.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAnd then \u200dwe hear \u2018He\u2019s down.\u200d You can go out,\u2019\u201d Augustus said through tears. \u201cAnd I run and you can\u2064 just see glass everywhere, blood on the floor. I get to my car \u200band they\u2019re\u2063 taking a \u200dgirl out of the auditorium \u200cwho had been \u200cshot in her \u2064leg.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While searching the building, officers\u200d also located an improvised explosive device, which the state fire marshal and ATF rendered safe.<\/p>\n<p>An alleged TikTok posted by the \u200cshooter prior to the incident\u200c has been circulating online, but the account has since been taken down and police \u200care working to authenticate the video.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: \u200bTikTok has scrubbed an account that\u200d allegedly belonged to the\u2062 Perry High \u2063School shooting suspect, Dylan Butler.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, I captured a\u200b screen recording of the account before it was taken down.<\/p>\n<p>The account was named &#8216;tooktoomuch&#8217; and featured a pride flag\u2064 in the bio.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pu7etNkRAq\">pic.twitter.com\/Pu7etNkRAq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dCollin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1742973960789344341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The White House is also tracking the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made sure\u2063 to tout the Biden Administrations past efforts to take action against gun-related violence. <\/p>\n<p>She emphasized that it\u2019s \u200dnow up to Congress.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only the fourth day in the year, in the new year, \u200dand we are already faced with \u2063yet another horrific school shooting,\u201d Jean-Pierre\u200d said. \u201cCongress must act to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-got-him-down-audio-shows-how-hero-cop-single-handedly-stopped-texas-shooter\/\" title=\"Hero cop stops Texas shooter alone: audio proof.\">enact universal background checks<\/a>, ban assault weapons and high \u200dcapacity magazines, require safe storage of firearms and the gun industry\u2019s immunity \u2062from liability and pass a\u2063 national red flag law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All classes at Perry schools have been canceled for Friday as police \u2063continue their investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Stay\u200b informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>On\u2063 New Year\u2019s Day, more than 700,000 illegal immigrants \u200bin California became eligible for Medi-Cal \u2064health \u200cbenefits, \u2062regardless of immigration status.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Denise Aguilar, is a California mom, activist and co-founder of Freedom Angels. She\u2019s been fighting for parental rights in the state for 10 years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Democrat leaders are struggling \u200dto handle the growing influx of illegal aliens coming into\u2062 our country from the \u200bSouthern \u200bBorder. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Doe 107 \u2064becomes the most elusive name on the\u2064 Epstein Client List, Trump appeals Colorado\u2019s primary ban to the Supreme Court and the GOP threatens to impeach Alejandro\u200d Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was well on its way to becoming \u2062a household name even before 2023 kicked \u200boff.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple fell nearly\u200c 3% \u200cto a seven-week low after Barclays downgraded the shares on concerns \u2064demand\u200c for its devices will \u200dremain weak in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bitcoin\u200c galloped past $45,000 for the first \u200ctime \u200dsince April 2022, buoyed by optimism around the possible approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-says-he-wont-vote-for-trump-breaking-rnc-debate-pledge\/\" title=\"Chris Christie breaks pledge, won't vote for Trump\">exchange-traded spot bitcoin\u200c funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 \u200d6:05 AM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese\u2064 regulators announced on Friday a\u2063 wide range of rules aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has the national response to the Perry school shooting highlighted \u200dthe\u200d need for comprehensive gun reform \u2064and preventive measures<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Tragedy\u200c Strikes Perry, \u2064Iowa: School Shooting Claims the Life \u200dof a Student<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062a devastating incident that \u2064has sent shockwaves through the\u200b Perry community, a shooting at an Iowa high\u200c school on January 4, 2024, resulted in the death of one student and \u2063left five others wounded. The tragedy serves \u2064as a somber reminder of the ongoing issue of gun violence in schools, \u2063prompting renewed\u2063 calls for action to prevent such horrific events from occurring again.<\/p>\n<p>Details of\u2062 the Incident:<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to reports of an\u200c active shooter at Perry High School on Thursday morning, just as classes were about to begin. \u200dThe incident unfolded when gunshots rang out, leaving only a handful of students and faculty\u200c members within the premises. Prompt action from\u200b law enforcement \u200dallowed \u2063them to arrive at the scene within 10 minutes, leading to the quick discovery of \u2063multiple victims \u200bwho had sustained gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Suspect:<\/p>\n<p>The shooter has been identified \u2064as 17-year-old student Dylan \u2062Butler. Assistant Director of the \u200dIowa Division \u2063of Criminal Investigation,\u2063 Mitch Mortvedt, confirmed that\u2063 the suspect was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. \u200cAuthorities also \u2063discovered that Butler was armed with a\u2062 pump-action shotgun \u200dand a small-caliber handgun. The \u200cmotive behind the shooting is still under \u2062investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Victims \u200band Fallout:<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, a \u2063sixth-grade student from Perry Middle School, which is connected to\u200d the high\u2064 school, lost their life in the incident. Four \u200cother students and a school administrator were wounded \u2063and\u200d rushed to the hospital, with one individual reported to be in critical condition. The impact of\u200b the shooting\u2062 has reverberated \u2062throughout the community, leaving residents in a state of shock \u2064and mourning.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness Accounts:<\/p>\n<p>Ava Augustus, a senior at the high school, recounted her terrifying experience of hiding in the counselor&#8217;s office when the sound of \u2063gunfire erupted. \u200bShe tearfully\u200d spoke of the\u200c aftermath she witnessed, with shattered glass strewn across the scene\u200b and blood on the floor. Augustus \u200cdescribed the scene further,\u2062 mentioning a girl \u2062being removed from the auditorium with \u200ca gunshot wound to her \u200dleg.<\/p>\n<p>Investigation and Social Media Circulation:<\/p>\n<p>During the \u2062search of the building, law enforcement discovered an improvised explosive \u2062device, which was safely handled by the state fire marshal and ATF. Furthermore, \u2062an alleged TikTok video \u2064believed to be posted \u200dby the shooter before \u2062the incident surfaced online. The account has since been removed,\u200c and authorities are working to authenticate the video, \u200dshedding light on \u200cpossible motives or warning signs leading up to the attack.<\/p>\n<p>National Response:<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy in Perry \u2064has garnered attention not just locally but also nationally. The\u200c White House is closely monitoring the incident, with \u2064Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\u200d highlighting the need for Congress to \u2062take decisive \u2064action against\u2063 gun-related violence. She \u2064called for universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons \u2063and high-capacity magazines, safe storage requirements for firearms, and the gun industry&#8217;s liability\u2063 immunity. Additionally, a national red flag law is being\u200b advocated as a\u2064 preventive measure.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>As the Perry community mourns the loss \u200cof a young student and \u200dcomes to\u2062 terms with\u2062 the devastating impact of this school shooting,\u2062 the\u200c nation once again grapples with the need for comprehensive gun reform. It is imperative \u200dthat lawmakers and society as a \u2063whole confront this \u200bpressing issue to ensure\u200b the safety and well-being of\u2064 students across the country. While investigations continue, the aftermath of this tragedy \u2063serves as a reminder of the work that needs to be done on a national level to prevent such senseless acts of violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A police officer guards Perry Middle School and High School complex after a school shooting on January 4, 2024. Students returned to classes after the holiday break. 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