Ron DeSantis said gun violence “is more of a local and state issue” in an interview with the Des Moines Register and NBC News. In Des Moines, GOP rival and Florida Gov. Ramaswamy said the shooting is a sign of a “psychological sickness” in the country. Police say there has been a shooting at the city’s high school.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Police respond to Perry High School in Perry, Iowa., Thursday, Jan. God, no.”Ĭalls to Perry Community Schools’ Superintendent Clark Wicks, as well as school board members, were unanswered Thursday, and an emailed request for comment was not immediately returned. “Was it a smart idea to shoot up the school? No. He got tired of the harassment,” Yesenia Roeder Hall, 17, said. His parents brought it up to the school, they said, and that was the “last straw” for Butler. Sisters Yesenia Roeder and Khamya Hall, both 17, said alongside their mother, Alita, that Butler was bullied relentlessly since elementary school, but it escalated recently when his younger sister started getting picked on, too. Investigators have also found other photos Butler posted posing with firearms, according to the official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. The photo was captioned “now we wait” and the song “Stray Bullet” by the German band KMFDM accompanied it. Shortly before Thursday’s shooting, Butler posted a photo on TikTok inside the bathroom of Perry High School, the official said. A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation said federal and state investigators are interviewing Butler’s friends and analyzing Butler’s social media profiles, including posts on TikTok and Reddit.
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