A Iowa high school shootingin the United States, leaves at least one fatality and several injuredaccording to ‘ABC News’, cited by Reuters.

The shooting occurred in the Perry High Schoolabout 40 kilometers from Des Moines, the state capital, on this Thursday morning, the first school day of the semester after the Christmas holidays.

According to the local newspaper ‘The Des Moines Register’, cited by Efe, there is a strong police and medical presence Around the school and nearby streets are blocked. It has also been seen how a medical helicopter landed at the school, according to the same newspaper.

Chris Cohea, spokesman for the town of Perry, where the institute is located, told the newspaper that The students are in their classes and access to the premises is blocked For security.