The suspect in the Perry High School shooting in Iowa has reportedly been identified.
According to sources, the suspect, who is reported dead, has been identified as Dylan Butler. Butler was a senior at Perry High School.
Those same sources claim that Butler was also an LGBTQ activist with a questionable TikTok account that has since been scrubbed by the platform.
As of now, we still do not know the extent of the injuries caused by the suspect. Several wounded victims of the shooting were flown into the nearby hospital this morning to receive treatment for their injuries.
WLTR will continue to bring you more updates as they become available to us. For now, here are the latest updates in this developing story:
The mass shooter at Perry High has been identified as Dylan Butler
It appears that the shooter was an online LGBTQ activist & part of the community
Watch the story disappear in 3.. 2.. 1.. pic.twitter.com/loVfxgsfGI
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 4, 2024
Daily Mail was one of the only ‘mainstream’ news sources that reported on the critical update naming the suspect:
Hours before the shooting took place at 7:37 am, Butler posted a TikTok posing in what appeared to be the school bathroom, with the caption: ‘Now we wait.’
The senior pulled an odd face, as a blue duffle bag sat on the ground of the stall.
Butler posted the TikTok selfie with the song ‘Stray Bullet’ playing in the background.
Collin Rugg was able to capture this video of suspect Dylan Butler’s TikTok account. Rugg explained what he found:
“TikTok has scrubbed an account that allegedly belonged to the Perry High School shooting suspect, Dylan Butler. Luckily, I captured a screen recording of the account before it was taken down.
The account was named ‘tooktoomuch’ and featured a pride flag in the bio. The person who owned the account appeared to be a loser, mentally ill, druggy. He was also in a pretend gun fight with one of his friends in one video.”
BREAKING: TikTok has scrubbed an account that allegedly belonged to the Perry High School shooting suspect, Dylan Butler.
Luckily, I captured a screen recording of the account before it was taken down.
The account was named 'tooktoomuch' and featured a pride flag in the bio.… pic.twitter.com/Pu7etNkRAq
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 4, 2024
Here is suspected Iowa mass shooter Dylan Butler.
Butler is reported to have shot three people, including his principal.
By the end of the day, the U.S. media will report about how Butler was the "victim." American society is sick.pic.twitter.com/vYTaanFkuZ
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 4, 2024
His name is Dylan Butler and they have already removed his social media accounts. Can you guess why? https://t.co/7ysyrqJut7
— Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) January 4, 2024
WKBN 27, a local CBS affiliate, provided more information on the incident this morning:
Two gunshot victims were taken by ambulance to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in the state capital of Des Moines, a health system spokesperson said.
Some other patients were transported to a second hospital in Des Moines, a spokesperson for MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center confirmed, declining to comment on the number of patients or their statuses.
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