Bloody return to Iowa. As the year 2024 has barely begun, a new tragedy has been added to the multiple shootings which regularly mourn the United States. Once again, a high school is the scene of shootings. The shooter caused “several victims” Thursday morning, local police announced, without clearly saying whether they were deaths or injuries.
“There is no longer any danger for the population,” Sheriff Adam Infante told the press, who confirmed that the assailant had been identified by the authorities but did not wish to say more about his identity or his health.
First day of classes
Adam Infante said the presence of a shooter was reported around 7:37 a.m. local time. Police arrived “within seven minutes” and “located multiple gunshot victims.” We don’t know exactly how many [de personnes] are injured […] but we are working on it,” he said. “Fortunately, there were very few high school students and teachers in the school” because of the early hour, and classes had not yet started, he added.
According to local media, it was the first day of recovery after the winter holidays. In May 2022, a man killed 19 students and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde, Texas. Schools and high schools are regularly the scene of shootings in the United States, but the habit does not take away from the tragedy.