Teacher injured in shooting at Virginia elementary school, 6-year-old suspect in custody: Police

A teacher was injured in a shooting at an elementary school after a 6-year-old student opened fire during an altercation in Virginia on Friday, police and school officials said.

The unidentified woman who was described as being in her 30s was transported to a local hospital. The extent of her injuries is not known at this time, police said.

“[The teacher’s] injuries are still considered life-threatening but there was some improvement [in] the last update we got,” Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew told reporters at a 5:30 p.m. news conference.

No students were injured in the shooting, which occurred at in a first-grade classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, police and school officials said.

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