An elementary school teacher has life threatening injuries after being shot Friday in a Virginia first grade classroom by a 6-year-old student, officials said. The student is in custody.
No students were injured at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, police said.
"The altercation was between a six-year-old, the student who did have the firearm, and the teacher and then the round was fired," Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said. ”This was not an accidental shooting.”
Drew said a call was received about the shooting at about 2 p.m. and authorities responded "within minutes." He said there is not a continued threat to the community.
"We did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting. We had a situation in one particular location where a gunshot was fired," Drew said in a press conference.
A spokesperson for the Newport News Police Department, Kelly King, said school and police officials were working to reunite students and families and would provide more information after further investigation.
"It's a dark day for Newport News, we're going to learn from this and we're going to come back stronger," Mayor Phillip Jones said at a press conference.
Newport News is a city of over 185,000 people, per the U.S. Census Bureau, about 40 miles out of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. It's known for its connections to shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy.
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