2024 Perry High School shooting
| Perry High School shooting | |
|---|---|
Perry High School, photographed in 2009 | |
| Location | 41°50′29″N 94°04′51″W / 41.84139°N 94.08083°W Perry High School Perry, Iowa, U.S. |
| Date | January 4, 2024 7:35 – 7:39 a.m. (CST; UTC−06:00) |
| Target | Students and staff at Perry High School |
Attack type | School shooting, mass shooting, murder-suicide, pedicide |
| Weapon | Remington 870 Express Magnum Youth 20-gauge shotgun |
| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 6 |
| Perpetrator | Dylan Jesse Butler |
| Motive | Unknown |
A mass shooting occurred on January 4, 2024, at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, United States. Seventeen-year-old student Dylan Butler shot five students and three staff members before killing himself. One of the wounded students, a sixth-grader, died the same day and one of the shot staff members, principal Dan Marburger, died ten days later from injuries sustained during the shooting. It was the first school shooting of 2024.