Iowa (KCRG) – Iowa Department of Public Safety officials pleaded with parents on Friday to pay attention to their children’s actions during a press conference about the Perry school shooting.
The Iowa department of Public Safety released several new details about the shooter and what led up to the shooting on Friday morning. A 17 year old student killed a sixth grader, and the school Principal, in that shooting, and wounded six others before taking his own life.
Iowa Department of Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens sent out a call to action directly to parents, asking them to help prevent violence like this.
“Willful blindness is not a parenting strategy,” said Bayens. “You need to be engaged. You need to be in your kids lives. You need to set duration and content moderation on their digital devices.
Bayens says people who knew the shooter had opportunities to speak up about concerning behaviors before the shooting, saying “This shooter told friends about his …