Virginia teacher who was shot by six-year-old tried to confiscate gun – report - The Guardian US

The Virginia schoolhouse teacher changeable by her six-year-old pupil was injured aft she sought to confiscate the limb from the kid who had revealed the weapon successful class, a genitor of different kid successful the people has said.

Brittaney Gregory, whose lad is successful the aforesaid people arsenic the shooter astatine Richneck simple schoolhouse successful Newport News, Virginia, detailed her son’s absorption to the shocking country to the Washington Post newspaper. Gregory said her lad told her helium that helium felt similar helium couldn’t respire erstwhile the weapon was fired.

Gregory said the people was speechmaking and astir to spell to creation people erstwhile the kid pulled a handgun from their backpack and pointed it astatine his teacher, Abby Zwerner. “She was going to confiscate it, and that’s erstwhile helium shot,” Gregory told the Post.

Gregory described Zwerner arsenic a “sweet lady” and “very attentive”. She said Zwerner was her son’s favourite teacher.

Zwerner, 25, had injuries described arsenic life-threatening but she is present continuing to amended successful the hospital. She was changeable successful the abdomen done her hand.

After she was shot, the teacher told the different students to run. The students stayed successful lockdown successful different teacher’s classroom.

It is not known however the kid came to beryllium successful possession of the handgun helium utilized to sprout his teacher.

The six-year aged remains successful custody and Newport News metropolis officials person said it is not apt a kid truthful young tin beryllium prosecuted, but his guardian oregon different big could look misdemeanor charges if the weapon came from the child’s home.

The Newport News mayor, Phillip Jones, said: “Newport News is simply a beardown community, but we are saddened and disheartened by the unspeakable calamity that took spot astatine Richneck simple school. It is astir intolerable to wrapper our minds astir the information that a six-year-old first-grader brought a loaded handgun to our schoolhouse and changeable a teacher; however, this is precisely what our assemblage is grappling with today. Our thoughts and prayers are with the teacher and her family, and we are hopeful she volition retrieve from this ordeal.”

In a statement, Virginia’s governor, Glenn Youngkin, said: “My medication has offered assistance successful effect to the shooting astatine Richneck simple schoolhouse successful Newport News and basal astatine the acceptable to assistance successful immoderate mode we can. I americium continuing to show the concern and americium praying for the continued information of each students and the community.”

Classes astatine Richneck simple were cancelled connected Monday and Tuesday pursuing the shooting.