‘Multiple gunshot victims’ in Iowa school shooting: sheriff

PERRY, United States: A shooting on Thursday at a high school in the midwestern US state of Iowa left “multiple gunshot victims,” local authorities said, adding the incident was over but without confirming if anyone had been killed.

The shooting at around 7:30 am (1330 GMT) triggered a major police response as emergency vehicles and armed units rushed to the Perry High School, where classes had not yet started for the day. “We are still unclear exactly how many are injured or what the extent of those are, but we are working on that right now. There is no further danger to the public,” Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante told reporters gathered at the school.

Broadcaster NBC reported that the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, citing multiple law enforcement officials. “An officer first arrived within seven minutes of (a radio) activation and located multiple gunshot victims,” Infante said.

He said that there were “very few students and faculty in the building, which I think contributed to a good outcome, in that sense.” He added that the authorities had identified the shooter, but didn´t give any further details, including on any arrest or deaths. “The community is safe. We´re just now working backwards, trying to figure out everything that happened,” Infante said.