| Perry High School shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Perry High School Perry, Iowa, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 41°50′29″N 94°04′51″W / 41.84139°N 94.08083°W |
| Date | January 4, 2024 7:35 – 7:39 a.m. (CST) |
| Target | Students and staff at Perry High School |
Attack type | School shooting, mass shooting, murder-suicide, pedicide |
| Weapon | Remington 870 Express Magnum Youth 20-gauge shotgun |
| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 6 |
| Perpetrator | Dylan Butler |
A mass shooting occurred on January 4, 2024, at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, United States. Seventeen-year-old student Dylan Butler shot five students and three staff members before killing himself. One of the wounded students, a sixth-grader, died the same day and one of the shot staff members, principal Dan Marburger, died 10 days later from injuries sustained during the shooting.[1] It was the first school shooting of 2024.[2]
- ^ McFetridge, Scott; Ahmed, Trisha (January 14, 2024), "Iowa principal who risked his life to protect students during a high school shooting has died", Associated Press, retrieved January 14, 2024
- ^ Paquette, Danielle (January 5, 2024), "Terror in small-town Iowa as gunfire erupts at Perry High School", The Washington Post, ISSN 0190-8286, retrieved January 14, 2024