Boy aged SIX is arrested 'after he deliberately shot his female teacher inside first-grade classroom at Virginia elementary school, leaving her critically-ill'

Saturday, Jan 7th 2023

Boy aged SIX is arrested 'after he deliberately shot his female teacher inside first-grade classroom at Virginia elementary school, leaving her critically-ill'

• A six-year-old student has been taken into custody after allegedly shooting his female teacher around 2pm at Richneck Elementary School
• The student's identity has not been publicly released and the teacher is in critical condition
• A six-year-old student who witnessed the attack said her classmate shot the teacher 'on purpose' and she fell to her knees
• No students were hurt in the incident and police believe it was an isolated incident and that it was 'not an accidental shooting'

A six year-old boy has been taken into custody after he allegedly deliberately shot his first-grade teacher at his Virginia elementary school, leaving her critically-ill.

Newport News Police have taken a student, who has not been publicly identified, into custody. The unidentified female teacher, who is in her 30s, was reportedly shot in the stomach and has been was taken to Riverside Regional Medical Center.

'The individual is a six-year-old student and is right now in police custody,' Newport News Chief Scott Drew said at a press conference on Friday. 'This was not an accidental shooting.

'It was in a classroom, an altercation took place there,' he said. '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.'

The incident unfolded at Richneck Elementary School, a school for kids aged five to nine, just before 2pm. No children were harmed and police are working to figure out how the child had access to the gun.

A grandmother of one of the students told DailyMail.com that a student brought 'shiny gold bullets' to school last week, but it is unclear if it is the same child who was taken into custody today.

A crowd of parents waited outside Richneck Elementary School after the 2pm shooting where a six-year-old allegedly shot his teacher on purpose after an 'altercation'

The shooting occurred in the classroom and was an isolated incident. Officers are still trying to determine how to managed to get the weapon.


The grandmother, who asked not to be named, said the child had allegedly 'brought bullets to school last week and said he would bring his gun.'

'A parent told the school they did nothing, now look,' she wrote on Facebook.

Speaking to DailyMail.com, she said: 'The parents outside stated that their child told them a kid brought golden shiny bullets to school and was thinking about bringing his gun. The student told the parent, who informed the school. And the school just yesterday got back to the parent saying the parent of the kid said it was a nerf bullet and the parent said nerf bullets aren't shiny and gold.'

She was not positive if the child who brought the bullets is the same child allegedly involved in the shooting today.

The school, however, does have the capability of metal detecting students, Superintendent George Parker said at the press conference. They do not perform the test on every student, every day, but said every school in the district has the capability to do so.

'When we have a perceived threat or issue, we do random metal detection on those days,' Parker said on Friday.

It is unclear if the school had enhanced testing after the bullet claim the week prior.

The teacher is in critical condition and is believed to be in her 30s

'Today, our students got a lesson in gun violence,' Parker said. 'We need to keep the guns out of the hands of our young people.'

A British parent of one of the students, who is currently based in the US as her husband is in the military, is now demanding the town do something about the gun problem.

'Guns, that's the biggest problem in this country,' she told WTKR. 'Why is there a seven-year-old with a bloody gun? ... How does a seven-year-old have a gun?

'I'm only here because my husband is in the military. Otherwise, I would not have chosen to come to this country.'

Parker said the school would be closed on Monday to work on the 'mental health of our staff and students.'

Police say the incident is no longer an active situation, and it was an isolated incident.

A six-year-old student told the Daily Press the shooter was a classmate.

The six-year-old girl who witnessed the shooting said her classmate shot the female teacher 'on purpose' and the educator fell to her knees.

A parent of a fourth-grade student said she received a text from the school that the shooting happened and that the suspect was in custody.

'My heart stopped. I was freaking out, very nervous. Just wondering if that one person was my son,' Joselin Glover, who son is Carlos Glover, told the Daily Press.

Despite her worry, she said the school handled the situation well.

Mayor Phillip Jones agreed, saying: 'The police did an amazing job, they were here very, very quickly along with the Sheriff’s Office. We are ensuring that everyone is safe, we are ensuring that everyone is accounted for.'

The Uvalde Foundation For Kids also commented on the devastating incident, saying in a statement: 'Today's incident highlights, yet again, the need to prioritize in this nation, the protection of our schools, our students and the communities who care for them.

'Yet again, in another school in this nation; students are facing fear - instead of joy; lessons in violence - instead of peace. UNTIL those lessons change, our work continues."

Chief Scott Drew said there was an alteration between the student and teacher before the shooting

Carlos Glover, nine, (pictured) was seen leaving the school with his mother Joselin after the shooting. A student has been taken into custody, but police have not released the student's name