Students and police gather outside of Richneck Elementary School after a shooting, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 in Newport News, Va. A shooting at a Virginia elementary school sent a teacher to the hospital and ended with “an individual” in custody Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) ORG XMIT: VANOV102

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 stated. The scholar is in custody.

No college students had been injured at Richneck Elementary Faculty in Newport Information, Virginia, police stated.

“The altercation was between a 6-year-old, the scholar who did have the firearm, and the trainer,” Newport Information Police Chief Steve Drew stated. “This was not an unintended capturing.”

Drew stated a name was acquired in regards to the capturing at about 2 p.m. and authorities responded “inside minutes.” He stated there may be 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 specific location the place a gunshot was fired,” Drew stated in a press convention.

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