Iowa principal critically injured in school shooting risked himself to protect students, police say

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE, RYAN J. FOLEY, JOSH FUNK and NICK INGRAM
Associated Press

PERRY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa principal critically injured in a school shooting put himself in harm’s way as he tried to protect students from the teenage gunman. State authorities said Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger and other staffers and students were wounded in the Thursday morning shooting that left one sixth-grade student dead. The 17-year-old student who opened fire also died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. On Friday, crime tape still lined the campus that Perry High School shares with the town’s middle school. Mini memorials have cropped up and classes across the school district are canceled in favor of counseling.