Iowa School Shooting: Parents of Shooter Express Shock, Investigation Continues

As the community mourns the loss of a sixth grader, protests for tighter gun control laws take place in the state capital.

Dylan Butler, a 17-year-old student at Perry High School in Iowa, killed one student and injured seven others before taking his own life on the first day back to school after winter break.
Butler's parents released a statement expressing their devastation and stating they had no prior knowledge of their son's intentions.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is leading the case, reviewing electronic and physical evidence and interviewing witnesses.
Protests for tighter gun control laws took place at the state Capitol in Des Moines following the shooting.
The family of 11-year-old Ahmir Jolliff, the student killed in the shooting, is planning to hold his funeral one week after the incident.