A six-year-old boy is in police custody after he shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News in Virginia, USA on Friday afternoon. 9News
"The individual is a 6-year-old student. He is right now in police custody," Police Chief Steve Drew said in a news conference.
"We have been in contact with our commonwealth attorney and some other entities to help us best get services to this young man."A shooting at a Virginia elementary school sent a teacher to the hospital and ended with "an individual" in custody. . 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.Drew, who had earlier said the teacher was in critical condition, said Friday evening her injuries were considered life-threatening but that there was "some improvement in the last update that we got.""We did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting," Drew told reporters.
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