Local residents pray during a candlelight vigil on January 4, 2024, following the shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa.
Local residents pray during a candlelight vigil on January 4, 2024, following the shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa.
  • Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger was among those injured in the school shooting in Iowa.
  • Marburger's daughter said he tried to distract the gunman to allow other students to escape.
  • As her father recovers, Claire Marburger called for compassion toward the deceased gunman's family.

After a school shooting in Iowa left two people dead and seven injured, the high school principal's daughter is commending her father's brave actions to distract the gunman.