Reported shooting at Iowa high school

Police in Perry, Iowa, said there was a shooting Thursday at the city’s high school.

A woman who answered the phone at the Perry Police Department confirmed the shooting at Perry High School, but did not provide further information.

A large number of emergency vehicles surrounded the building that houses the city’s elementary and secondary schools.

Erica Jolliff said her daughter, a ninth grader, reported that she was rushed out of the school at 7:45 am. Distraught, Jolliff was still looking for her son Amir, a sixth grader, an hour later.

““I just want to know if he’s safe and okay,” Jolliff said. “They won’t tell me anything.”

Police reported that a shooting occurred at a high school in Perry, in the state of Iowa, in the United States | Photo: AP/Andrew Harnik

The secondary school is part Perry Community School District of 1,785 students. Thursday was the first day back to school for students after the holidays.

The shooting It occurred in the context of the Iowa caucuses and not far from where Republican candidates were campaigning.

Phone messages left with the Perry School Board president and vice president and an email message left with Superintendent Clark Wicks were not immediately returned.

Dallas County Emergency Management Agency He said a new conference would be held later in the morning.

Perry is about 40 miles (64.37 kilometers) northwest of Des Moines.

Source: Elcomercio