"We are helping authorities and will continue to help to provide answers to the question of why our son committed this senseless crime," part of the statement says.
Jack and Erin Butler released a public statement Monday afternoon, four days after their son killed one person and wounded seven others in the Perry school shooting. In part, it reads: "Perry is our home and beloved community. We would never wish the harm and pain that Dylan’s actions caused on anyone and we could not have imagined that Dylan would carry out such a heinous act. Our family has to mourn and bury our son, and live with this terrible legacy."
Jack and Erin Butler released a public statement Monday afternoon, four days after their son killed one person and wounded seven others in the Perry school shooting. In part, it reads: "Perry is our home and beloved community. We would never wish the harm and pain that Dylan’s actions caused on anyone and we could not have imagined that Dylan would carry out such a heinous act. Our family has to mourn and bury our son, and live with this terrible legacy."
Alleged school shooter killed one, and wounded five others, before killing himself. On Friday Dylan Butler, a 17-year-old student, walked into a school class and killed a sixth grader and wounded five others.
According to classmates, the Iowa teenager who tragically took the life of one student and injured five others on Thursday had been a victim of bullying since elementary school.