An elementary college trainer suffered life-threatening accidents after being shot Friday in a Virginia first-grade classroom by a 6-year-old pupil, officers mentioned. The coed is in custody.
No college students have been injured at Richneck Elementary College in Newport Information, Virginia, police mentioned.
“The altercation was between a 6-year-old, the coed who did have the firearm, and the trainer,” Newport Information Police Chief Steve Drew mentioned. “This was not an unintentional capturing.”
Drew mentioned a name was acquired in regards to the capturing at about 2 p.m. and authorities responded “inside minutes.” He mentioned there’s not a continued risk to the neighborhood.
“We didn’t have a scenario the place somebody was going across the college capturing. We had a scenario in a single explicit location the place a gunshot was fired,” Drew mentioned in a press convention.
Drew mentioned a spotlight of additional investigation would be the handgun utilized by the coed: “I need to know the place that firearm got here from.”
He mentioned the kid was nonetheless in custody Friday night as officers decided what companies he would wish and tackle the scenario.
“It is a darkish day for Newport Information, we will be taught from this and we will come again stronger,” Mayor Phillip Jones mentioned at a press convention.
Richneck college students won’t have college Monday because the neighborhood addresses the aftermath of the disaster, Superintendent George Parker mentioned.
Newport Information is a metropolis of over 185,000 folks, per the U.S. Census Bureau, about 40 miles out of Chesapeake and Virginia Seaside. It is recognized for its connections to shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy.
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