1 killed, 5 injured by Iowa school shooter on the first day after winter break

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A 17-year-old student at Perry High School in Iowa fatally shot a sixth grader and wounded four other students and a school administrator Thursday before apparently killing himself, officials said.

Police responded to an active shooter around 7:37 a.m. at the high school in Perry, a city of around 7,800 around 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, police said.

The shooter was armed with a pump-action shotgun and a small-caliber handgun, police said.

The identity of the student who was killed has not been released. Everyone else who was injured is expected to survive, officials said.

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