Parents of Iowa Teen Who Killed One and Wounded 7 in Shooting Say They Had ‘No Inkling’ of His Plan

Parents of Iowa Teen Who Killed One and Wounded 7 in Shooting Say They Had ‘No Inkling’ of His Plan
Tape blocks all entrances at the Perry Middle School and High School building in Perry, Iowa, on Jan. 5, 2024. Bryon Houlgrave/AP Photo
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The parents of the 17-year-old who killed a sixth grader and wounded seven others in a shooting at his small-town Iowa high school last week said in a statement Monday that they “had no inkling he intended the horrible violence he was about to inflict.”

Dylan Butler’s parents said in the statement that they are cooperating with investigators as they try “to provide answers to the question of why our son committed this senseless crime.”