Local authorities reported Sunday that Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger lost his life while battling with his injuries which were inflicted during the shooting, taking the death toll to two.
During the Perry High School shooting, an 11-year-old student lost his life.
The Perry High School shooting — which occurred on January 4 — raised concerns about gun violence which is a prevalent issue in the US. According to the data, firearms outnumber the population in the US, and attempts to address their spread face substantial political resistance.
The United States has already witnessed three mass shootings in the early days of the year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an NGO defining a mass shooting as an incident resulting in four or more people wounded or killed.
School shootings, in particular, serve as poignant reminders of the political deadlock surrounding gun control. In a tragic incident in Uvalde, Texas in May 2022, a man took the lives of 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school.
