Suspected Iowa school shooter Dylan Butler
- Dylan Butler, who is a senior at Perry High School, was named as the suspected gunman by local news outlet WHO 13
- One of the three people injured was the school’s principal, Dan Marburger, who was rushed to hospital and is currently in surgery for his gunshot wounds
By Claudia Aoraha, Senior Reporter For Dailymail.Com[1]
Published: 17:42, 4 January 2024 | Updated: 17:50, 4 January 2024
The suspected Iowa[2] school shooter, who injured three people including the principal, before turning the gun on himself, has been identified as a school senior.
Dylan Butler, who is a senior at Perry High School, was named as the suspected gunman by local news outlet WHO 13. [3][4]
One of the three people injured was the school’s principal, Dan Marburger, who was rushed to hospital and is currently in surgery for his gunshot wounds.
The other two people injured were students, according to reports.
Hours before the shooting took place at 7.37am, Butler posted a TikTok[5] of himself, posing in what appeared to be in the school bathroom, with the text: ‘Now we wait.’
The senior pulled an odd face, as a blue duffle bag sits on the ground of the stall.
Dylan Butler, who is a senior at Perry High School, was named as the suspected shooter by local news outlet WHO 13.
Hours before the shooting took place at 7.37am, Butler posted a TikTok of himself, posing in what appeared to be in the school bathroom, with the text: ‘Now we wait’
There were hundreds of emergency services at the scene – which is 25 miles northwest of Des Moines. Ambulances, police units, air ambulances, and firefighters were called to the school at 7.37am.
The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the shooting, which happened on the first day of classes. The FBI[6] Omaha Des Moines was on the scene, as was the Bureau of Alcohol[7], Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive.
County Sherriff Adam Infante confirmed at a press conference at 11am that police officers arrived at the high school seven minutes after the first call was made.
The first responders found ‘multiple gunshot victims’ inside the school, but Infante said they are still working on confirming the number of victims.
He did not confirm if anyone was deceased.
Local news outlet WHO 13 said the shooter, who may be a student, is believed dead from a self-inflicted gun wound.