A 6-year-old pupil shot a teacher throughout an altercation at a Virginia elementary faculty on Friday, police stated. No college students have been injured within the incident at Richneck Elementary School, Newport News police stated in a statement.
“This was not an accidental shooting,” Police Chief Steve Drew advised reporters throughout a night press convention.
The chief stated the teacher, a girl in her 30s, suffered what he described as a life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital.
The boy was taken into custody, the chief stated. No one else was concerned within the incident, he stated.
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“We have been in contact with our commonwealth attorney and some other entities to help us best get services to this young man,” Drew stated.
The chief stated a handgun was used within the altercation and he wished to know the place it got here from.
The taking pictures was remoted to a classroom at the college, Drew stated.
“This was not a situation where we had a student, or any other individuals, going up and down the halls actively firing in a long shooting incident,” Drew stated.
Mayor Phillip Jones stated the incident “hurts my heart.”
“It’s a dark day for Newport News,” Jones stated. “We’re going to learn from this, and we’re going to come back stronger.”
Schools Superintendent George Parker III stated the incident occurred in a first-grade classroom.
“Today our students got a lesson in gun violence,” Parker stated.
“This is terrible,” he added. “This is something that should never occur, and I think we’re all in shock and we all understand that we have a lot of work to do as a community to make sure things like this don’t occur.”
Metal detectors are used randomly all through the college district, Parker stated. Classes will not be held at the college Monday.