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Handgun used by 6-year-old who shot teacher was secured with trigger lock and ‘out of reach’ on closet shelf, attorney says

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The 9 mm handgun a 6-year-old student used to shoot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School was secured with a trigger lock and kept out of the boy’s reach at the family’s Newport News home, according to an attorney representing the child’s mother.

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Family of 6-year-old who shot teacher releases statement, says gun was secure

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The family of the 6-year-old student who police say shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School issued its first public statement about the shooting, saying the boy “suffers from an acute disability and was under a care plan” in which his parents attended school with him.

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LA Catholic schools are growing after years of decline. But is it enough?

LOS ANGELES -- When the time came to select her daughter's elementary school, Inglewood, California, resident Nichole Celistan searched for a campus that fostered community, a school where her child would thrive.

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Stephen L. Carter: The legal system has never had an answer for violent kids

According to news reports, the 6-year-old accused of shooting a teacher at a Newport News, Virginia, elementary school is unlikely to be charged with a crime. That decision highlights something that’s long been true: We just don’t know what to do about violence by small children.

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6-year-old’s backpack was searched before shooting at Va. elementary school

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — School division leaders said Thursday evening that “at least one administrator was notified of a possible weapon” on campus before a 6-year-old student shot his teacher Jan. 6 at Richneck Elementary.

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Staff at school knew pupil, 6, had gun before he shot his teacher in classroom

A six-year-old boy at Richneck Elementary School in Virgina, US, shot his teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, on January 6 with a 9mm handgun legally purchased by his mum

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Woodlawn residents share deep frustrations as city outlines plans to open temporary shelter for asylum seekers in shuttered school

Plans to repurpose the former James Wadsworth Elementary School in Woodlawn into a temporary shelter for asylum seekers has been met with controversy. City officials delayed opening the site to allow for more community feedback.

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Gene Collier: The red flag America never sees

At the right time of day, you can hear an elementary school before you can see it, and if the air is still and the natural acoustics favorable, the discordant symphony of America’s youngest students at recess is an auditory blessing.

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Shooting fallout: Metal detectors in elementary schools?

The shooting of a first-grade teacher in Virginia by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence

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California parents describe horror of losing 5-year-old son swept away by floodwaters

LOS ANGELES — Just like any other Monday, Lindsy Doan was driving her 5-year-old son Kyle to Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel, where she works as a special education teacher and her son is a kindergartner.

Los Angeles Times

Mother of 6-year-old accused of shooting Virginia teacher could face charges, police say

The mother of the 6-year-old boy accused of shooting a teacher at a Virginia elementary school last week could possibly face charges, authorities said.

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Pupil, 6, stashed his mum's gun in backpack before shooting teacher in classroom

Teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, was shot by a 6-year-old boy at Richneck Elementary School in Virgina on Friday afternoon with a gun legally purchased by his mum

Daily Mirror

Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner ‘tried to confiscate gun before being shot by six-year-old boy’

Mum Brittaney Gregory said her son was in the same class at Richneck Elementary School and that Abby Zwerner was his favourite teacher

Evening Standard

Police: 6-year-old used mother’s gun in Virginia school shooting; injured teacher’s actions ‘saved lives’

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Police say a 6-year-old student who shot his teacher Friday at Richneck Elementary School used a 9 mm firearm that belonged to the child’s mother.

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The Independent UK

Teacher shot by six-year-old student was trying to take the gun away from him

Abby Zwerner, 25, was shot while teaching her first-grade class at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia

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Vigil planned for teacher who police say was shot by student

Authorities plan to offer updates on the shooting of a Virginia elementary school teacher by a 6-year-old student, and the community will later hold a candlelight vigil

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First grader who shot teacher in Virginia is among the youngest school shooters in US history

Barely a week into the new year, a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, becoming one of the youngest school shooters in the nation’s history. While details of the case are still emerging, his teacher remains hospitalized with serious injuries. David Riedman, creator…

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Virginia teacher shot in classroom by pupil, 6, 'showing signs of improvement' in hospital

Police were called to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, on Friday after a classroom incident that left the teacher, Abby Zwerner, with “life-threatening” injuries

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Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old student is in stable condition, officials say

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A teacher shot by a student Friday afternoon at Richneck Elementary School “is improving,” James Graves, the president of the Newport News Education Association, said Saturday afternoon.

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Teacher shot by 6-year-old no longer in critical condition as she’s hailed a hero for helping pupils flee

A Richneck Elementary School teacher identified as Abby Zwerner is listed as stable after allegedly being shot by a student

Daily Record

Six-year-old boy 'intentionally shoots teacher' at school leaving her seriously injured

The boy opened fire at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia on Friday and hit Abby Zwerner who is believed to have been left with life-threatening injuries.

Evening Standard

Boy, 6, detained after shooting teacher at school in Virginia

The teacher, a woman in her 30s, was left with life-threatening injuries after she was shot following an argument during class at Richneck Elementary School

Manchester Evening News

Boy, 6, deliberately shoots his teacher in classroom in Virginia, USA

The shooting was not an accident at Richneck Elementary School

The Texas Tribune

State police terminate another officer for response to Uvalde mass shooting

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw accused the suspended Texas Ranger of failing to perform his duty during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Bangkok Post

Unmask the kids: virologist

Kindergarten and elementary school students should no longer have to wear masks in schools as the Covid-19 situation in Thailand continues to improve, according to virologist Yong Poovorawan.

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