The teacher, a woman in her 30s, has suffered life-threatening injuries. 9News
No students were injured in the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, police said.Students and police gather outside of Richneck Elementary School after a shooting
Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew told reporters that her condition had improved somewhat by late afternoon.“We did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting,” Drew told reporters.A shooting at a Virginia elementary school sent a teacher to the hospital and ended with "an individual" in custody. .Parents and students were reunited at a gymnasium door, Newport News Public Schools said on Facebook.
Newport News is a city of about 185,000 people in southeastern Virginia known for its shipyard, which builds the nation's aircraft carriers and other US Navy vessels.Richneck has about 550 students who are in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the Virginia Department of Education’s website.Continue reading
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