BREAKING: Mass shooting reported at Iowa High School in United States, many feared injured

United States: Dallas County Sheriff's Office has confirmed a mass shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa. Local reports suggested at least one pers on de and multiple ors are injuried. Perry High School, an integral part of Perry Community School District situated approximately 25 miles northwest of Des Moines, has approximately 1,785 students, according to its official website. This shocking event unfolded on commencement of second semester for Perry Community School District subsequent to winter break. local reports claimed that suspect shooter has been killed. 

A woman who answered Perry Police Department phone confirmed shooting at Perry High School but did not provide any furr information. An active shooter was reported at Perry High School at 7:37 a.m. Thursday morning and officers arrived seven minutes later, according to Dallas County Sheriff am Infante. He said that officers located multiple people with injuries, but couldn't confirm how many re were or ir conditions.

Reunification center has been setup at McCreary Community Building for students evacuated following shooting at Perry High School in Iowa. 

An enormous number of emergency vehicles surrounded building that houses both town's middle school and high school. Zander Shelley, 15, was in a hallway waiting for school day to start when he heard gunshots and dashed into a classroom, according to his far, Kevin Shelley. Zander was grazed twice and hid in classroom before texting his far at 7:36 a.m.

Kevin Shelley, who drives a garbage truck, told his boss he h to run. “It was most scared I've been in my entire life,” he said. Rachael Kares, an 18-year-old senior, was wrapping up jazz band practice at 8:37 a.m. — she h just looked at her watch — when she and her bandmates heard what she described as four gunshots, spaced apart.

“We all just jumped,” Kares said. “My band teacher looked at us and yelled, Run!' So we ran.” Kares and many ors from school ran out past football field, as she heard people yelling, “Get out! Get out!” She said she heard ditional shots as she ran, but didn't know how many. She was more concerned about getting home to her 3-year-old son.

“At that moment I didn't care about anything except getting out because I h to get home with my son,” she said. 

FBI agents from Omaha-Des Moines office were on scene to help with investigation led by Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. “re are a bunch of speculative numbers floating around,” said Dirk Cavanaugh, Perry's mayor. “We have no confirmed numbers of who was involved yet.” Erica Jolliff said that her daughter, a ninth grer, reported getting rushed from school grounds at 7:45 am. Distraught, Jolliff was still looking for her son Amir, a sixth grer, one hour later.

“I just want to know that he's safe and OK,” Jolliff said. “y won't tell me nothing.” Jasmine Augustine, 18, was at high school shortly after everything happened Thursday morning. She said she was dropping off a friend at high school and his bror, who goes to town's elementary school about a mile (1.61 kilometers) away.

“I was at Casey's convenience store and saw one car speed by. I thought it was just someone getting pulled over," she said.

Augustine said that when she pulled in at high school, someone told her re was an active shooter “and n we hurried up and left.” “After that, re's just tons and tons and tons of cops who came,” said Augustine, whose sister attends high school but wasn't near what happened. Jasmine and her d picked up her sister from armory afterward.

high school is part of 1,785-student Perry Community School District. Perry, with about 8,000 residents, is about 64 kilometers northwest of state capital of Des Moines.

shooting occurred in backdrop of Iowa caucuses and not far from where Republican candidates were campaigning.

Phone messages left with Perry School Board's president and vice president, and an email message left with Superintendent Clark Wicks, were not immediately returned.

(With AP inputs)