US officials are struggling to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school shooting, which police say was not accidental. The mayor of the city of Newport News, where the incident happened, says it is a 'red flag for the country'.
A teacher who was critically injured when she was shot by a six-year-old pupil in the US is showing signs of improvement, authorities say.during an altercation on Friday and it was not accidental, according to police.
Police initially described the teacher's injures as"life-threatening" but said a senior officer had met her on Saturday and"she has improved and is currently listed in stable condition". George Parker III, Newport News public schools superintendent, said:"I'm in awe, and I'm in shock, and I'm disheartened."School officials have said that there will be no classes at Richneck on Monday.In addition, a six-year-old is too young to be committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice if found guilty.
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Police: 6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher in Virginia ClassroomPolice in the Virginia city of Newport News said an elementary school teacher was shot and suffered life-threatening wounds during an altercation with a 6-year-old student who had a handgun inside a classroom. 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 someone was going around the school shooting.” He added that the shooting was not an accident. Police said the student was taken into custody. Newport News is a city of about 185,000 people in southeastern Virginia known for its U.S. Navy shipyard.
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Mayor: Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old ‘Red Flag for the Country'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. Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said Saturday that the teacher’s condition is “trending in a positive direction” as she remains hospitalized. Authorities say the boy shot and wounded the teacher in a first-grade classroom on Friday at Richneck Elementary School. Police Chief Steve Drew said the shooting was not accidental and was part of an altercation. No students were injured. Jones declined to release additional details about what led to the altercation. He also would not comment on how the boy got access to the gun or who owns the weapon.
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Staff member shot at elementary schoolBREAKING: A staff member was reportedly shot at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia.
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Boy, 6, shoots teacher during 'altercation' inside classroom in Virginia, USPolice have said the shooting was not an accident, and confirmed the child had a handgun in his possession inside the classroom. They teacher, a woman in her 30s, suffered life-threatening injuries but is starting to show some improvement.
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Six-year-old boy shoots teacher inside classroom in Virginia, USA six-year-old boy has been detained by the police for shooting his teacher at a school in the US state of Virginia.
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