Police: 6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher in Virginia Classroom

Police: 6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher in Virginia Classroom
Students and police gather outside of Richneck Elementary School after a shooting in Newport News, Va., on Jan. 6, 2023. Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP
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NORFOLK, Va.—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.

No students were injured in the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, police said. The teacher—a woman in her 30s—suffered life-threatening injuries. Her condition had improved somewhat by late afternoon, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said.