The principal of a school in Iowa, in the central United States, died of his injuries 10 days after the shooting of a student who killed another student and injured several people, his family announced on Sunday .
“Dan Marburger made the ultimate sacrifice,” the family wrote on the fundraising site GoFundMe. After 10 days, he lost his battle and this tragedy cost him his life.”
On January 4, a 17-year-old student opened fire at Perry High School, where Dan Marburger was the principal.
“Dan suffered significant injuries while taking risks to ensure that as many students as possible could get out of the building safely,” his family said.
Identified as Dylan Butler, the shooter later took his own life.
On Sunday, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds paid tribute to the “heroic acts” of Dan Marburger.
“Dan Marburger bravely put himself in harm’s way to protect his students and ultimately gave his own life to save them. He will forever be remembered for his selfless and heroic actions. Today we lower the flags in his honor,” she wrote on X.
The state of Iowa is preparing to kick off the Republican Party primary season on Monday when its voters vote in small neighborhood meetings, the “caucuses”.
The issue of guns, however, did not feature prominently in the campaign.
At an assembly in Iowa City after the tragedy at Perry High School, poll favorite Donald Trump declared: “It’s just horrible,” before quickly adding that “we have to move on “.
With more guns than people, the United States has the highest gun death rate of any developed country.
Shootings are a recurring scourge that successive governments have so far been powerless to stem, because many Americans remain very attached to their weapons.
