6-year-old shoots teacher

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6-year-old shoots teacher in US classroom: Police (Arab News)

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, ...

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Six-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia classroom (9News)

No students were injured in the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, police said.

"I'm in shock, and I'm disheartened," Parker said in Friday's news conference. I want to know where that firearm came from, what was the situation," Drew added. "The individual is a 6-year-old student. Drew said the female teacher – who is in her 30s – was shot inside a classroom and added that "this was not an accidental shooting." The police chief said there was an altercation between the teacher and the student, who had the firearm, and that a single round was fired. He is right now in police custody," Police Chief Steve Drew said in a news conference.

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Six-year-old boy detained after shooting teacher in Virginia school (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The injury to the teacher, a woman in her 30s, was considered life-threatening, though she had shown some improvement in hospital, police said.

My teachers cannot control access to weapons.” “I cannot control access to weapons. There was no further explanation for how a six-year-old acquired the handgun.

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Police: 6-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia classroom (ABC News)

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 ...

He said the boy had a handgun in the classroom, and investigators were trying to figure out where he obtained it. He said the data listed school shootings involving children ages 7, 8, 9 and older, but not 6-year-olds. From 2010 through 2021, there were more than 800 school-related shootings in K-12 schools that involved 1,149 victims. Richneck has about 550 students who are in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the Virginia Department of Education’s website. Many occur outside a school building where students are unsupervised. The teacher — a woman in her 30s — suffered life-threatening injuries.

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6-year-old shoots teacher in US classroom: Police (Arab News)

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.

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Virginia: 6-year-old shoots teacher inside classroom, say police ... (Economic Times)

Six-year-old student allegedly had a handgun with which he shot the teacher in the classroom at Richneck Elementary School, as per police reports.

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Boy, 6, shoots, seriously wounds female teacher in US classroom ... (ABC News)

The shooting happened on Friday at Richneck Elementary School in the town of Newport News, with a female teacher in her 30s suffering life-threatening ...

But he said he and his classmates were soon holed up in the back of a classroom. He said the boy had a handgun in the classroom, and investigators were trying to figure out where he obtained it. The teacher remained hospitalised but was "trending in a positive direction", according to a media release on Saturday.

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6-year-old student shoots teacher in Virginia classroom, police say (PBS NewsHour)

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

He said the boy had a handgun in the classroom, and investigators were trying to figure out where he obtained it. He said the data listed school shootings involving children ages 7, 8, 9 and older, but not 6-year-olds. Richneck has about 550 students who are in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the Virginia Department of Education’s website. “There are students who killed teachers, more typically high school students,” Fox 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. The teacher — a woman in her 30s — suffered life-threatening injuries. Just wondering if that one person was my son.” But he said he and his classmates were soon holed up in the back of a classroom. Her condition had improved somewhat by late afternoon, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said. [told The Virginian-Pilot newspaper](https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/vp-nw-richneck-shooting-20230106-bx3uw6mhlzerbosms7zoahdlx4-story.html) she got a text from the school stating that one person was shot and another was in custody. (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, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.

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Teacher shot by 6-year-old is in serious but stable condition (The Washington Post)

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The teacher who authorities say was shot by a 6-year-old boy at an elementary school in Newport News, Va., was in serious but stable ...

“This is a horrific tragedy,” she said. “The idea that a 6-year-old can have intent and the ability to shoot and kill their teacher on purpose is bizarre,” she said. “This is a surreal experience,” he said. Teachers, he said, “cannot control access to weapons.” The boy, a first-grader, is in custody, police said. Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said he and other officials spoke with the teacher’s family Friday night at a hospital.

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6-year-old shoots teacher at Richneck Elementary School in ... (13newsnow.com WVEC)

Newport News police say no students were hurt and one person is in custody after a shooting at Richneck Elementary Friday afternoon.

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A 6-year-old shot a teacher in a Virginia classroom, police say (NPR)

No students were injured in the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, police said. The teacher — a woman in her 30s — suffered life-threatening injuries.

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Teacher injured in shooting at Virginia elementary school, 6-year ... (ABC News)

A teacher was injured in a shooting at an elementary school in Virginia, Friday, police said.

"We did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting," Drew said. "I was freaking out, very nervous, just wondering, was that one person my son," she said. A representative for the U.S. The teacher was listed in stable condition as of Saturday afternoon, police said. The unidentified suspect is in custody, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement, adding, "All of the students are safe." No students were injured in the shooting, which occurred in a first-grade classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, police and school officials said.

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Local mayor says shooting of teacher by 6-year-old 'a red flag for the ... (PBS NewsHour)

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.

Six-year old shoots teacher (Freethought Blogs –)

In a news conference, the superintendent George Parker said he was “disheartened” and “in shock” after the attack left a Richneck elementary school teacher with ...

Under Virginia law, six-year-olds cannot be tried as adults, the Associated Press reported. … In the US where guns are easily available, it is not unusual for young children to shoot someone.

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Virginia school district where 6-year-old allegedly shot teacher has ... (NBC News)

The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old allegedly intentionally shot a teacher on Friday has had three instances of gun violence on district ...

The tragic event that occurred on Friday impacts all of us deeply," he said. “She has improved,” police said in the statement. "One of my friends called me to check on my kids, I was shopping," Daoud said. They seem to be stretched thin and the violence problems are out of control." “There are many concerns that we will need to unpack before we will be able to determine if any additional preventive measures would have impacted the probability of this incident occurring.” Richneck Principal Briana Foster Newton said in a statement, "My heart is aching for our school community. “If we have a perceived threat or an issue, we administer random metal detection on those days,” he said. "Parents like myself are tired and scared, but also ready to fight for safety for all of our students." "The response from the District has made parents like myself feel like the violence that is happening within the schools isn’t being adequately addressed," she told NBC News. "Being sorry isn’t enough!" A person by the name Abigail Zwerner is listed on Richneck's website as a first-grade teacher. In Sept.

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Virginia shooting of teacher by six-year-old 'not accidental ... (The Guardian)

School shootings in the US by a student so young are rare but not unprecedented. Gun violence experts say there have only been three other shootings caused by ...

[According to Education Week](https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-this-year-how-many-and-where/2023/01), there have been [145 school shootings in the US since 2018](https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-over-time-incidents-injuries-and-deaths) that recorded injuries or deaths. School shootings in the US by a student so young are rare but not unprecedented. However, authorities would have the power to revoke parental custody rights. Gun violence experts say there have only been three other shootings caused by six-year-old students among 16 incidents involving shooters under the age of 10 since 1970. Jones added: “I do think that after this event, there is going to be a nationwide discussion on how these sorts of things can be prevented”. Zwerner reportedly warned her students to flee as she lay bleeding on the classroom floor.

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Shooting of teacher by six-year-old a red flag for US, says mayor (The Guardian)

The student, a boy, was taken into police custody after shooting and wounding the teacher with a handgun in a first-grade classroom on Friday at Richneck ...

But he said his research showed that instances of young children accessing loaded guns and shooting themselves or others unintentionally in homes or other settings were rising. He said he was only aware of three other shootings caused by six-year-old students in the time period he had studied. The Newport News police chief, Steve Drew, said the shooting was not accidental and was part of an altercation. “This is a red flag for the country,” Jones said. Police on Saturday declined to describe what led to the altercation or any other details about what happened in the classroom, citing the continuing investigation. The student, a boy, was taken into police custody after shooting and wounding the teacher with a handgun in a first-grade classroom on Friday at Richneck elementary school.

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