MADRID, 7 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Police in Virginia have taken a six-year-old boy into custody after he fired a firearm at a teacher at an elementary school, leaving the teacher critically injured.
The minor would have shot a 30-year-old teacher with a pistol when they were both in a classroom at Richneck School in the Newport News district, events that have been described as intentional by the Virginia Police Chief, Steve Drew, in statements collected by CNN.
“The individual is a 6-year-old student. Right now he is in police custody (…) We have been in contact with our Commonwealth lawyer and a few other entities to help us get better services for this young man,” Drew detailed. in a press conference.
The teacher is in critical condition and her injuries are considered life-threatening, although there is “some improvement” in the latest update received by the Police, who have stated that “this was not an accidental shooting.”
In this sense, the Virginia Police Chief has assured that there was an altercation between the teacher and the student, who had the firearm, and that a single bullet was fired.
“We will do the investigation, there are questions that we want to ask and find out. I want to know where that firearm came from, what was the situation,” added Drew, according to the aforementioned agency.
The elementary school where the incident took place will remain closed the next school day, Newport News Public Schools Superintendent George Parker has announced.
“I am shocked and heartbroken. We need to educate our children and we need to keep them safe,” Parker stressed during a press conference.
“We need community support, continued support, to make sure guns are out of the reach of young people and I’m sounding like a broken record today because I keep reiterating that: that we need to keep guns out of the hands of our young people”, added the superintendent.
