A six-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.
\nAccording to international media reports, no\u00a0students were injured in the shooting on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, police said. The teacher \u2013 a woman in her 30s \u2013 suffered life-threatening injuries.
\nNewport News Police Chief Steve Drew told reporters her condition had improved somewhat by late afternoon.
\nPolice said the child had a handgun in the classroom and that they took that student into custody.
\n\u201cWe did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting,\u201d Drew told reporters. \u201cWe have a situation in one particular location where a gunshot was fired.\u201d The shooting was not an accident, he said.
\nThe police chief did not specifically address questions about whether authorities were in touch with the boy\u2019s parents but said members of the police department were handling that investigation.
\n\u201cWe have been in contact with our commonwealth\u2019s attorney [local prosecutor] and some other entities to help us best get services to this young man,\u201d Drew said.
\nThe police chief did not provide further details about the shooting, the altercation or what happened inside the school.
\nNewport News is a city of about 185,000 people in southeastern Virginia known for its shipyard, which builds the nation\u2019s aircraft carriers and other US Navy vessels.
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