Iowa Republicans move caucus sites out of Perry High School
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The Perry, Iowa, community is still mourning after a mass shooting at Perry High School earlier this month that killed a student and principal.
Perry, Iowa, is a town still in grieving after a 17-year-old student at Perry High School opened fire at the school early this month, killing one student — 11-year-old Ahmir Joliff — and the principal. On Sunday the principal of the high school, Dan Marburger, died from his injuries in the attack, according to his wife.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Marburger courageously put himself in harm's way to protect his students during the Jan. 4 shooting.
"I just am praying for them constantly because it is not easy losing someone, but in losing someone in this way is even more tragic and far beyond what I would want to take and go through," said Raymond Knapp, Dallas County GOP committee member.
Now with the Iowa caucuses starting, Dallas County Republicans moved caucus sites out of Perry High School. Knapp said the caucus will instead take place at Perry Elementary School out of respect for those in the community.
"There's a lot of people and it's hard to imagine how many feelings it brings up of people who didn't even have children in the school at the time," said Knapp.
