🚨 US: Sixth-grade student killed in Iowa school shooting, shooter dead

A sixth-grade student was killed on Thursday morning and five other people wounded when a teenager opened fire at an Iowa school, law enforcement officials said.The suspect was identified as Dylan Butler, a 17-year-old student at Perry High School, officials said at a news briefing. He was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound by responding officers.Police also discovered an improvised explosive device when searching the high school, Mitch Mortvedt, an assistant director with the state Department of Criminal Investigation, told reporters. Members of the state fire marshal's office and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rendered the device safe.National epidemic of gun violence in the USThe Iowa shooting, on the district's ...

Jerusalem Post     Jan 04, 2024