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The Perry, Iowa, School Shooting: Everything You Need to Know

By Michael Schwarz January 15, 2024 at 4:35pm

On Jan. 4, 17-year-old Dylan Butler opened fire inside Perry High School in Perry, Iowa.

Butler, a student at the high school, used a pump-action shotgun and a small-caliber handgun to kill a sixth-grade student and wound seven other people. One of the seven, the school principal, later died of his wounds.

When authorities arrived shortly after the shooting began, they found Butler dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.