Boy, 6, shoots teacher at elementary school in Virginia: cops

A six-year-old boy has been taken into custody after allegedly shooting a female teacher inside a classroom - leaving her with life-threatening injuries- after an argument.

A teacher has sustained life threatening injuries after a six year old elementary student shot them using a gun. Picture: ABC4​

A six-year-old boy shot and gravely injured a female teacher at a US school and was taken into custody, authorities said.

The teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after the student opened fire at around 2 pm, police told wtkr.com.

The school was placed in lockdown and no students were injured, according to the NY Post.

Richneck Elementary was on lockdown after a school staffer was shot Friday. Picture: ABC4

Virginia elementary school staffer shot, police rushed to investigate. Picture: ABC4

The boy got into “an altercation” with the teacher before he allegedly pulled the trigger of a handgun, police and school officials told The Daily Press.com.

Police recovered evidence from a single location where the shooting unfolded, Drew said in an interview with WAVY-TV 10.

The school was placed on lockdown after the shooting. Picture: ABC4

The teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. Picture: ABC4

“We don’t have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting. We have a situation in one particular location where a gunshot was fired,” he said.

“Everything right now is safe. The school has been cleared,” he added.

By 3 p.m., there was no longer an active shooter and a reunification site was set up for parents near the school’s gym entrance, authorities said.

The suspect’s name wasn’t immediately known Friday.

A representative from the school didn’t immediately return The Post’s request for information Friday.

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