Iowa student describes escaping school shooting

Scripps News spoke with a student who was present in the building at the time of the shooting.

A sixth-grade student was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting at a school in Iowa on Thursday. 

The wounded included four students at Perry Middle School and High School, as well as a school administrator. 

Responding officers reportedly located the shooter lying on the ground with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Scripps News spoke with Xavier Hibbert, a student who was present in the building at the time of the shooting.

Hibbert describes how he and his friends realized the shooting had started, and hid in a classroom as students have been trained to do.