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Dylan Butler, a 17-year-old, was identified as the suspect in the Perry High School shooting in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday.
Dylan Butler of Perry attended the high school where the shooting happened about 20 minutes before school was scheduled to start Thursday, the first day of school after the winter break. Police said Butler shot six people, including a sixth-grader who died.
Dylan Butler Parents
Dylan Butler was born in 2006 to his parents Jack and Erin Butler.
Jack Butler is the manager of the Perry Municipal Airport and former public works director for the city of Perry.
He is the owner of Owner/Appraiser at Butler Appraisals, LLC.
Calls to the suspect’s parents, Jack and Erin Butler, were not immediately returned Thursday.
Dylan Butler posts on TikTok before shooting
Before the shooting, Butler had posted a selfie on the social media platform of him in a bathroom stall with a blue duffle bag by his feet.
The caption read “now we wait.”
The TikTok post, which has since been taken down along with Butler’s social media accounts, was accompanied by the song “Stray Bullet” by rock group KMFDM. The song infamously was used on the personal website of Eric Harris, one of the shooters of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999.
Butler had more than 250 followers before his account was shut down.
IED found at the school after the shooting
Butler was found in the school of “what appeared to be the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” said Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
Police found and disposed of an IED found in the school. Butler had a pump action shotgun and a small caliber handgun.
