DALLAS – A 17-year-old student at Perry High School in Iowa fatally shot a sixth grader as about 1,700 children who study at the school were in their classes and wounded four other students and a school administrator Thursday morning before apparently killing himself, officials said.
How the incident unfolded
Police responded to an active shooter around 7:37 a.m. at the high school in Perry, a city of around 7,800 around 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, police said.
The shooter was armed with a pump-action shotgun and a small-caliber handgun, police said.
The identity of the student who was killed has not been released. Everyone else who was injured is expected to survive, officials said.
Yesterday was the first day back to school after the winter break for students at Perry High School.
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Emotional reunion
Witnesses at the scene reported seeing crying students reuniting with parents near the entrance to the high school.
Multiple helicopters were en route to the scene to provide critical care transportation, according to public flight data.
There are at least five ambulances, multiple police units, air ambulance helicopters, and firefighters on the scene, which is 25 miles northwest of Des Moines.
The shooter at Perry High School died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.
