Six-Year Old Boy Shoots Teacher In The US

A six-year-old boy has opened fire in an elementary school classroom in the eastern US state of Virginia on Friday, seriously injuring a teacher, police disclosed.

No students were hurt in the incident that occurred at Richneck Elementary School in the coastal city of Newport News.

“The individual is a six-year-old student. He is right now in police custody,” local police chief Steve Drew said, adding that “this was not an accidental shooting.”

Police added that the victim was a teacher in her 30s and her injuries were believed to be life-threatening.

“I’m in shock, and I’m disheartened,” said the city’s superintendent of schools, George Parker.

“We need the community’s support to make sure that guns are not available to youth.”