It’s Not Even a Week Into 2024 and There’s a School Shooting Conspiracy

It’s been less than a week into 2024 and the U.S. already has a school shooting that has resulted in conspiracy theorists calling it a false flag to protect liberals from being connected to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 

On Thursday, a shooter, who has been identified as 17-year-old Dylan Butler, began firing in a school in Perry, Iowa.  One sixth grade student was killed in the shooting and five people were injured—four students and one school administrator.  Police say the shooter, a student of the school, shot and killed himself. He was armed with a shotgun and a small caliber handgun, law enforcement found a “rudimentary explosive device” in the school but were easily able to disarm it.

Authorities have not yet released a motive but said they are investigating several of Butler’s social media posts made before the shooting. Butler posted a photo of himself on Tiktok  the morning of the shooting of himself in a bathroom stall with a bag. The caption on the photo reads, “now we wait.”  Fellow students of the high school told news outlets that Butler was “bullied relentlessly” and believed that may have been what pushed him to violence.