{"id":537004,"date":"2023-01-08T01:35:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T22:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/teacher-shot-by-6-year-old-red-flag-for-the-country\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T01:35:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T22:35:43","slug":"teacher-shot-by-6-year-old-red-flag-for-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/teacher-shot-by-6-year-old-red-flag-for-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"#Teacher shot by 6-year-old &#8216;red flag for the country&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8f869e694\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8f869e694\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/teacher-shot-by-6-year-old-red-flag-for-the-country\/#Teacher_shot_by_6-year-old_%E2%80%98red_flag_for_the_country\" >Teacher shot by 6-year-old &#8216;red flag for the country&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Teacher_shot_by_6-year-old_%E2%80%98red_flag_for_the_country\"><\/span>Teacher shot by 6-year-old &#8216;red flag for the country&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>RICHMOND, Va. (AP) \u2014 A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6-year-old student in Newport <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school shooting, the city&#8217;s mayor said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said the condition of the teacher, a woman in her 30s, is \u201ctrending in a positive direction\u201d as she remains hospitalized. Police Chief Steve Drew met with the teacher and her family Saturday morning. \u201cShe has improved and is currently listed in stable condition,\u201d police said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The boy shot and wounded the teacher with a handgun in a first-grade classroom on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, according to authorities. Drew said the shooting was not accidental and was part of an altercation. No students were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Police on Saturday declined to describe what led to the altercation or any other details about what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in the classroom, citing the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Jones also declined to reveal details of the shooting, or say how the boy got access to the gun or who owns the weapon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a red flag for the country,&#8221; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that after this event, there is going to be a nationwide discussion on how these sorts of things can be prevented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Virginia law does not allow 6-year-olds to be tried as adults. In addition, a 6-year-old is too young to be committed to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice if found guilty.<\/p>\n<p>A juvenile judge would have authority, though, to revoke a parent\u2019s custody and place a child under the purview of the Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Services.<\/p>\n<p>Jones would not say where the boy is being held.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ensuring he has all the services that he currently needs right now,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very rare and it\u2019s not something the legal system is really designed or positioned to deal with,\u201d said researcher David Riedman, founder of a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/k12ssdb.org\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:database\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">database<\/a> that tracks U.S. school shootings dating back to 1970.<\/p>\n<p>He said Saturday that he\u2019s only aware of three other shootings caused by 6-year-old students in the time period he&#8217;s studied. Those include the fatal shooting of a fellow student in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/e4d184e6ebb0d5859636d05963c2daba\" data-ylk=\"slk:2000 in Michigan\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">2000 in Michigan<\/a> and shootings that injured other students in 2011 in Texas and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mississippi-jackson-shootings-5f73a9b46081cf14650e0ec2f3bc065c\" data-ylk=\"slk:2021 in Mississippi.\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">2021 in Mississippi. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel W. Webster, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who studies gun violence, agreed that a 6-year-old shooting a teacher at school is extremely unusual. But he said his research shows that instances of young children accessing loaded guns and shooting themselves or others unintentionally in homes or other settings are rising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 6 year old gaining access to a loaded gun and shooting him\/herself or someone else, sadly, is not so rare,\u201d he said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>In the Newport News case, Drew said Friday that the shooting didn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting,\u201d Drew told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators were trying to figure out where he obtained the handgun.<\/p>\n<p>Parents and students were reunited at a gymnasium, Newport News Public Schools said via Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The police chief declined to discuss what contact investigators have had with the boy&#8217;s parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been in contact with our commonwealth\u2019s attorney (local prosecutor) and some other entities to help us best get services to this young man,\u201d Drew said.<\/p>\n<p>Newport News is a city of about 185,000 people in southeastern Virginia known for its shipyard, which builds the nation&#8217;s aircraft carriers and other U.S. Navy vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Richneck has about 550 students who are in kindergarten through fifth grade, according to the Virginia Department of Education\u2019s website. Jones said there will be no classes at the school Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday our students got a lesson in gun violence,\u201d said George Parker III, Newport News schools superintendent, \u201cand what guns can do to disrupt, not only an educational environment, but also a family, a community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___ Associated Press writers Ben Finley in Norfolk, Matthew Barakat in Falls Church and Ed White in Detroit contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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