Andrew Harnik Associated Press Images broadcast by the American media showed a heavy police presence in front of the establishment.
Shooting Thursday morning at a high school in Perry, Iowa, left “several gunshot victims,” local police announced, without saying whether they were deaths or injuries. injured.
“There is no longer any danger for the population,” Sheriff Adam Infante told the press, who confirmed that the shooter had been identified by the authorities but did not wish to say more about his identity or his health. He also did not give details on the exact number of people affected.
Perry Community School District has 1785 students. It was Thursday, the day the students went back to school after the holidays.
Telephone messages left with the president and vice president of the Perry Community School District, as well as an email sent to Commissioner Clark Wicks, went unanswered.
Perry is located about 40 miles northwest of Iowa's capital, Des Moines.
With Associated Press