A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6\u002Dyear\u002Dold student in Newport News is showing signs of improvement.
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Experts who study gun violence said the shooting represents an extremely rare occurrence of a young child bringing a gun into school and wounding a teacher. Riedman said he only knows of one other instance of a student younger than that causing gunfire at a school, in which a 5-year-old student brought a gun to a Tennessee school in 2013 and accidentally discharged it. No one was injured in that case.Article content
In the Newport News case, Police Chief Steve Drew said Friday that the shooting didn’t appear to be an accident and that it was isolated to the single victim. He said the student and teacher had known each other in a classroom setting. “We have been in contact with our commonwealth’s attorney and some other entities to help us best get services to this young man,” Drew said.
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