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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe and agencies

Sixth-grader killed and five people wounded in Iowa high school shooting

A yellow school drives past as police officers respond to a shooting
Police respond to a shooting at Perry middle school and high school on 4 January. Photograph: Cheney Orr/Reuters

Police said that a 17-year-old suspect killed a sixth grader and wounded five others in a shooting early Thursday at a high school in the small town of Perry, Iowa.

The suspect was identified as Dylan Butler, a 17-year-old student at Perry high school, officials said at a news briefing on Thursday afternoon. He was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound by responding officers.

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