Six-year-old shoots teacher

— The scene was heartbreakingly familiar. Inside Richneck Elementary School, children and teachers hunkered down in fear. At a family reunification center ...

He also said on Saturday, during a brief interview in Virginia Beach, that he wanted the Legislature to enact tougher penalties for gun crimes, though it was unclear whether either initiative would address how a 6-year-old was able to wield a loaded handgun in school. Newport News, a city of about 185,000 in southeast Virginia, is home to a large military community and is known for its shipyard, which builds aircraft carriers and other vessels for the U.S. Not all of the incidents, though, resulted in injury or death. The shooting renewed calls from teachers’ unions and gun control groups for tougher laws to keep guns out of schools, including laws requiring safe storage. Tucked on a quiet street where parents and children can often be seen walking in the neighborhood, Richneck Elementary serves a diverse student body of more than 550 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Under Virginia law, a 6-year-old cannot be charged as an adult. Outside Richneck Elementary, a sprawling, green-roofed building in a quiet neighborhood of Newport News, the school’s sign on Saturday still read “Happy New Year.” “We have a female victim shot in the abdomen,” the dispatcher said. The teacher suffered “life-threatening” injuries but had improved by Saturday and was in stable condition. While it is possible that the child could be criminally charged, legal scrutiny could also fall on the child’s parents or another adult. Among them: How did a 6-year-old child obtain access to a gun? Once again, a school shooting had left a community reeling.

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.

A six-year-old student shot his first grade school teacher in Virginia during an "altercation", according to police. "This was not an accidental shooting," ...

Police said the gun was stored in a shoe box. An adult was sentenced for involuntary manslaughter for making the gun accessible to the boy, who lived in the same house. No one was injured in that incident. Trannisha Brown, whose 11-year-old son, Carter Jackson, is a fifth-grader at Richneck, said in an interview with The New York Times that shortly after the shooting, she received a frightening call from her son Carter. The third occurred in Feb 2000 when a six-year-old boy shot a female classmate to death. It is more likely authorities will focus on providing services to the boy in the interest of rehabilitation rather than punishment, he said. He said the child and the teacher had the "altercation" before a single shot from a handgun was fired at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, a city of more than 180,000 people, about 70 miles southeast of Richmond, Virginia. She stayed on the phone with Carter, trying to comfort him. But a juvenile judge could place the child under the purview of the Department of Social Services. She was in "stable condition and trending in a positive direction", Mayor Phillip Jones told USA Today Saturday afternoon. He said that school officials had quickly brought all students and teachers to the school's gymnasium and authorities had been in touch with lawyers to determine how to best proceed. Police haven't said where the boy got the firearm or if any adults have been questioned about the shooting.

The mayor of Newport News, Virginia where, a day earlier, a six-year-old elementary student brought a gun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, called ...

2000](https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2020/02/first-grader-kayla-rolland-was-fatally-shot-at-school-20-years-ago-heres-how-it-happened.html) — drew nationwide headlines after a six-year-old boy shot a female classmate to death. However, Jones said that, “I do think that after this event, there is going to be a nationwide discussion on how these sorts of things can be prevented.” “This was not an accidental shooting,” Police Chief Steve Drew said.

A 6-year-old student shot a teacher during an altercation at a Virginia elementary school on Friday, police said. No students were injured in the incident ...

A police spokesperson said in a statement Saturday Drew had met with the victim and her family, and she has improved. No one else was involved in the incident, he said. No students were injured in the incident at Richneck Elementary School, Newport News police said in a