6-year-old shoots teacher

The teacher -- a woman in her 30s -- suffered life-threatening injuries. There was no explanation for how the young student acquired a firearm.

A 6-year-old first grader at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, shot a teacher Friday afternoon during an altercation in a classroom, ...

NORFOLK, Virginia: A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday, ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday,…

From 2010 through 2021, there were more than 800 school-related shootings in K-12 schools that involved 1,149 victims. Many occur outside a school building where students are unsupervised. He said the data listed school shootings involving children ages 7, 8, 9 and older, but not 6-year-olds. She died a half-hour later. Richneck has about 550 students who are in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the Virginia Department of Education’s website. He said the boy had a handgun in the classroom, and investigators were trying to figure out where he obtained it.

A teacher was injured in a shooting at an elementary school after a 6-year-old student opened fire during an altercation in Virginia on Friday, ...

Police said the shooting was not an accident; investigators are working to determine where the child got the weapon.

“We did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting,” Drew told reporters. Many occur outside a school building where students are unsupervised. No students were injured in the shooting on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, police said. She died a half-hour later. Virginia law does not allow six-year-olds to be tried as adults. Police said the child had a handgun in the classroom and that they took that student into custody.

No students were injured during Friday's shooting at Richneck Elementary School. Steve Drew, the city's police chief, said this was not "a situation where ...

Newport News is a city of about 185,000 people in southeastern Virginia known for its U.S. Police in the Virginia city of Newport News say a 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom. One frightened parent said her ''heart stopped" when she got a text message from the school saying one person was shot and another was in custody.

NORFOLK, Virginia: A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday, ...

He said the boy had a handgun in the classroom, and investigators were trying to figure out where he obtained it. Richneck has about 550 students who are in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the Virginia Department of Education’s website. The teacher — a woman in her 30s — suffered life-threatening injuries.

A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a classroom Friday, officials said.

From 2010 through 2021, there were more than 800 school-related shootings in K-12 schools that involved 1,149 victims. Many occur outside a school building where students are unsupervised. He said the data listed school shootings involving children ages 7, 8, 9 and older, but not 6-year-olds. She died a half-hour later. Richneck has about 550 students who are in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the Virginia Department of Education’s website. He said the boy had a handgun in the classroom, and investigators were trying to figure out where he obtained it.

The boy shot and wounded the teacher in a first-grade classroom on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, according to authorities. Police Chief Steve Drew said ...

He said the student and teacher had known each other in a classroom setting. "Today our students got a lesson in gun violence," said George Parker III, Newport News schools superintendent. He said on Saturday that he's aware of only three other shootings caused by six-year-old students in the time period he's studied. Police Chief Steve Drew said the shooting was not accidental and was part of an altercation but didn't elaborate further. The boy shot and wounded the teacher in a first-grade classroom on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, according to authorities. Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew met with the teacher and her family Saturday morning, according to a news release.

Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said the condition of the teacher, a woman in her 30s, is ``trending in a positive direction'' as she remains hospitalized.

He said the student and teacher had known each other in a classroom setting. He said Saturday that he’s only aware of three other shootings caused by 6-year-old students in the time period he’s studied. Drew said the shooting was not accidental and was part of an altercation. Webster, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who studies gun violence, agreed that a 6-year-old shooting a teacher at school is extremely unusual. The boy shot and wounded the teacher in a first-grade classroom on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, according to authorities. “She has improved and is currently listed in stable condition,” the release said.

A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6-year-old student in Newport News is showing signs of improvement as authorities ...

He said the student and teacher had known each other in a classroom setting. He said Saturday that he’s only aware of three other shootings caused by 6-year-old students in the time period he’s studied. Drew said the shooting was not accidental and was part of an altercation. The boy shot and wounded the teacher with a handgun in a first-grade classroom on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, according to authorities. Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said the condition of the teacher, a woman in her 30s, is “trending in a positive direction” as she remains hospitalized. “She has improved and is currently listed in stable condition,” police said in a news release.