Mallika Dureja
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Friday, a six-year-old boy in the eastern US state of Virginia opened fire in an elementary school classroom, police said. The teacher was seriously hurt.
In the incident at Richneck Elementary School, no kids were hurt.
“The person is a student who is six years old. He is in police custody right now,” said the local police chief, Steve Drew, at a news conference. He also said, “This was not an accident.””
Person who shot and injured a teacher at Virginia elementary school turned out to be a 6-year-old boy. pic.twitter.com/UoAbLulP1E
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) January 7, 2023
The woman who was hurt was a teacher in her 30s, according to the police, and her injuries were thought to be life-threatening.
George Parker, who is in charge of all the schools in the city, said, “I’m shocked and sad.”
“We need the help of the community to keep guns out of the hands of young people.”
A 6-year-old Virginia boy is in custody after police say he shot and wounded his teacher at an elementary school Friday. The teacher and student allegedly got into an altercation in the first grade classroom.
It's still unclear how the 6-year-old got the gun. pic.twitter.com/OIPqBlLh33— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) January 7, 2023
School shootings are a big problem in the United States. In May, an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 kids and two teachers at a school in Uvalde, Texas.
According to the Gun Violence Archive database, there were about 44,000 gun-related deaths in the United States last year. About half were caused by murder, accidents, or self-defense, and the other half were suicides.
