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## Video: Active Shooter Reported at Iowa High School: What to Know

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_Published 2024-01-04. Authorities in Perry, Iowa, say there was a shooting Jan. 4 at the city’s high school, on students’ first day back in classes after their annual winter break._


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## Transcript

This morning at approximately 7:37 a.m. We had a Sears radio activation at the high school. Which indicated an active shooter situation? officer first arrive within 7 Minutes of that activation and located multiple gunshot victims We're still unclear exactly how many are injured or what the extended those are but we're working on that right now. There is no further danger to the public. The community safe. We're just now working backwards trying to figure out everything that happened and make notifications.

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