Perry, Iowa high school shooting reported
Police said a 17-year-old student shot five students and one administrator at Perry High School in Iowa before turning the gun on himself. One of the students, a sixth-grader, died.
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Police said a 17-year-old student shot five students and one administrator at Perry High School in Iowa before turning the gun on himself. One of the students, a sixth-grader, died.
Police confirmed there has been a shooting at a high school in Perry, Iowa. Perry is about 40 miles northwest of Des Moines.
The shooting occurred in the backdrop of the Iowa caucuses and not far from where Republican candidates were campaigning.
Zander Shelley, 15, was in a hallway waiting for the school day to start when he heard gunshots and dashed into a classroom, according to his father, Kevin Shelley. Zander was grazed twice and hid in the classroom.