Automobiles are seen in a parking area beyond Perry High School in Iowa the day after a shooting on Jan. 4, 2024. Dan Marburger, the school’s principal who put himself in damage’s method to secure trainees throughout the shooting, passed away Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, a funeral home verified after Marburger’s after the household revealed it on a GoFundMe page.
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Automobiles are seen in a parking area beyond Perry High School in Iowa the day after a shooting on Jan. 4, 2024. Dan Marburger, the school’s principal who put himself in damage’s method to secure trainees throughout the shooting, passed away Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, a funeral home verified after Marburger’s after the household revealed it on a GoFundMe page.
Charlie Neibergall/AP.
DES MOINES, Iowa– An Iowa principal who put himself in damage’s method to secure trainees throughout a school shooting previously this month passed away Sunday, a funeral home verified.
Caldwell Parrish Funeral Service Home & & Crematory verified the death of Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger after the household revealed it on a GoFundMe page.
Marburger was seriously hurt throughout the Jan. 4 attack, which started in the school’s lunchroom as trainees were collecting for breakfast before class. An 11-year-old intermediate school trainee was eliminated in the shooting, and 6 other individuals were hurt. The 17-year-old trainee who opened fire likewise passed away of an obvious self-inflicted gunshot.
The day after the shooting, the state Department of Public Security stated Marburger “acted selflessly and positioned himself in damage’s method an obvious effort to secure his trainees.”
News of Marburger’s death was very first published on a GoFundMe page for his household. The post, by Marburger’s spouse, Elizabeth, stated he passed away at about 8 a.m. Sunday, and stated: “Dan lost his fight. He battled difficult and provided us 10 days that we will treasure permanently.”
The news that Marburger passed away set off a flood of assistance on the Perry Facebook page with almost 200 individuals publishing acknowledgements within the very first hour after it was published.
In a Facebook post on the night of the shooting, the principal’s child, Claire Marburger, called her daddy a “mild giant” and stated it wasn’t unexpected that her daddy attempted to secure his trainees.
” As I became aware of a shooter, I immediately sensed my Daddy would be a victim as he would put himself in damages method for the advantage of the kids and his personnel,” his child composed. “That’s simply Daddy.”
Marburger had actually been primary because 1995.
Iowa Department of Lawbreaker Examination representative Mitch Mortvedt stated after the shooting that Marburger did some “quite substantial things” to secure others, however didn’t launch information. Perry Superintendent Clark Wicks stated Marburger was a “hero” who stepped in with the teenage shooter so trainees might get away.
An 11-year-old 6th grader, Ahmir Jolliff, was eliminated in the shooting. Authorities stated he was shot 3 times.
The shooting took place simply after 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 4, soon before classes were set to start on the very first day back after winter season break. Mortvedt stated the shooting began in the lunchroom, where trainees from a number of grades were consuming breakfast, then spilled outside the lunchroom however was consisted of to the north end of the school.
Authorities stated the suspect, determined as Dylan Butler, had a pump-action shotgun and a small-caliber pistol. Mortvedt informed The Associated Press that authorities likewise discovered a “quite simple” improvised explosive gadget in Butler’s valuables, which professionals encouraged “it was something that they required to deactivate.” It was rendered safe.