A prominent central Iowa high school football coach has died after being shot in the school’s weight room.

The family of Aplington-Parkersburg High School coach Ed Thomas said in a statement Wednesday morning that he died shortly after arriving at a Waterloo hospital.

A gunman opened fire on Thomas in the school weight room at about 8 a.m. Authorities say he was captured shortly thereafter, and is being held at the Butler County jail.

No one else was injured in the attack.

Butler County spokeswoman Holly Fokkena says about 50 students were in the school when the shooting occurred.