A shooting took place Thursday morning in a high school in Iowa, in the northern United States, causes “Several gunshot victims,” local authorities announced, without indicating how many or whether there were deaths.

“There is no longer any danger to the population”Sheriff Adam Infante told reporters, confirming that the shooter has been identified. He has not revealed his identity. According to various media, the shooter has died. NBC News claims he committed suicide.

The events took place in the small lPerry location, about 37 miles from Des Moines, the state capital. The sheriff said they learned of the presence of an armed man around 7:37 a.m. local time.

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The police arrived “in seven minutes” and “located several gunshot victims”said.

“Fortunately, there were very few students and teachers in the center” because it was early and classes had not yet started, he explained. According to the local press, it was the first day back from the Christmas holidays.

The shooting took place for days before the state of Iowa begins the Republican Party’s primary season on January 15, when voters vote in small community meetings. With more weapons than inhabitants, The United States has the highest firearm mortality rate of any developed country.

The country has already registered three mass shootings this yearAccording to Gun Violence Archive, a non-governmental organization that counts one every time four or more people are injured or killed. Last year ended with a total of 656 such shootings.

Shootings are a scourge that successive administrations have been unable to solve, as many Americans remain deeply attached to the ability to own a gun. Schools and institutions are often the scene of shootings. In May 2022, a man killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde, Texas.

And in February 2018, a former high school student in Parkland, Florida, armed with a semi-automatic rifle, shot and killed fourteen students and three adults. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Last July 4, a national holiday commemorating the Declaration of Independence, Democratic President Joe Biden called for an end to the “epidemic of gun violence” after a “wave” of massacres.. (JO)