Dylan Butler identified as Iowa shooting suspect | 1 dead and 5 injured before taking his own life

Dylan Butler identified as Iowa shooting suspect | 1 dead and 5 injured before taking his own life

Once inside they located multiple individuals with gunshot wounds officers immediately attempted to locate the source of the threat and quickly found what appeared to be the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound as additional officers responded a systematic approach search of the school took place officers located during the

Search of the school an improvised explosive device the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms rendered the device safe numerous officers from multiple agencies were able to secure the school and verify no additional threats the shooter has been identified as 17-year-old Dylan Butler a student at

Perry High School Butler was armed with a pump action shotgun and a small caliber handgun Butler also made a number of social media posts in and around the time of the shooting law enforcement is working to secure those pieces of evidence all evidence thus far suggests that Butler acted

Alone there are six victims one of them who is deceased that individual was a sixth grade student at Perry Middle School the other five are being treated at area hospitals four of the surviving student four of the Vic surviving victims are students and the fifth is a school administrator the law enforcement

Response was Swift and immediate roughly 150 officers from local state and federal agencies responded within the hour the investigation in Today’s tragedy is ongoing

THE shooter suspected of opening fire inside a high school campus, killing one and injuring five others before taking his own life, has been identified.

Dylan Butler, 17, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after police say he opened fire inside Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, about 38 miles northwest of Des Moines, at around 7:40 am on Thursday.

Investigators revealed Butler was armed with two firearms, including a pump action shotgun and a small handgun when his rampage began.

During a Thursday afternoon media briefing, officials revealed responding officers uncovered an explosive device, described as rudimentary, at the scene, but it was deemed safe.

Mitch Mortvedt, the assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, acknowledged that a video of Butler is circulating on social media.

Iowa police believe Butler acted alone.

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