Autos are seen in a parking zone exterior of Perry Excessive Faculty in Iowa the day after a capturing on Jan. 4, 2024. Dan Marburger, the varsity’s principal who put himself in hurt’s method to shield college students throughout the capturing, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, a funeral dwelling confirmed after Marburger’s after the household introduced it on a GoFundMe web page.
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Autos are seen in a parking zone exterior of Perry Excessive Faculty in Iowa the day after a capturing on Jan. 4, 2024. Dan Marburger, the varsity’s principal who put himself in hurt’s method to shield college students throughout the capturing, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, a funeral dwelling confirmed after Marburger’s after the household introduced it on a GoFundMe web page.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa principal who put himself in hurt’s method to shield college students throughout a college capturing earlier this month died Sunday, a funeral dwelling confirmed.
Caldwell Parrish Funeral House & Crematory confirmed the loss of life of Perry Excessive Faculty Principal Dan Marburger after the household introduced it on a GoFundMe web page.
Marburger was critically injured throughout the Jan. 4 assault, which started within the faculty’s cafeteria as college students have been gathering for breakfast earlier than class. An 11-year-old center faculty scholar was killed within the capturing, and 6 different individuals have been injured. The 17-year-old scholar who opened fireplace additionally died of an obvious self-inflicted gunshot.
The day after the capturing, the state Division of Public Security stated Marburger “acted selflessly and positioned himself in hurt’s manner in an obvious effort to guard his college students.”
Information of Marburger’s loss of life was first posted on a GoFundMe web page for his household. The put up, by Marburger’s spouse, Elizabeth, stated he died at about 8 a.m. Sunday, and stated: “Dan misplaced his battle. He fought laborious and gave us 10 days that we’ll treasure without end.”
The information that Marburger died triggered a flood of help on the Perry Fb web page with almost 200 individuals posting condolences throughout the first hour after it was posted.
In a Fb put up on the night time of the capturing, the principal’s daughter, Claire Marburger, referred to as her father a “light big” and stated it wasn’t stunning that her father tried to guard his college students.
“As I heard of a gunman, I immediately had a sense my Dad can be a sufferer as he would put himself in harms manner for the advantage of the youngsters and his employees,” his daughter wrote. “That is simply Dad.”
Marburger had been principal since 1995.
Iowa Division of Felony Investigation spokesman Mitch Mortvedt stated after the capturing that Marburger did some “fairly vital issues” to guard others, however did not launch particulars. Perry Superintendent Clark Wicks stated Marburger was a “hero” who intervened with the teenage gunman so college students might escape.
An 11-year-old sixth grader, Ahmir Jolliff, was killed within the capturing. Authorities stated he was shot 3 times.
The capturing occurred simply after 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 4, shortly earlier than courses have been set to start on the primary day again after winter break. Mortvedt stated the capturing began within the cafeteria, the place college students from a number of grades have been consuming breakfast, then spilled exterior the cafeteria however was contained to the north finish of the varsity.
Authorities stated the suspect, recognized as Dylan Butler, had a pump-action shotgun and a small-caliber handgun. Mortvedt informed The Related Press that authorities additionally discovered a “fairly rudimentary” improvised explosive system in Butler’s belongings, and that specialists suggested “it was one thing that they wanted to disarm.” It was rendered secure.
