Overseas Network, January 7 (Xinhua) according to Fox News reported on the 6th, Virginia State Police Chief Steve Drew stated that a shooting incident occurred at an elementary school in Newport News that afternoon. A 6-year-old student held a gun. The gun severely injured the female teacher who taught at the school.
Virginia police have arrested the student.
At a press conference held on the evening of the 6th, Drew mentioned that the elementary school involved was for children aged 5 to 9, and the cause of the incident was a dispute between a student and a teacher.
The teacher injured in the shooting is in critical condition.
After the incident, a 6-year-old student was arrested immediately, but the police did not know how the student got the gun.
The school was closed on the afternoon of the 6th.
Gun violence is rampant in the United States, and juvenile crimes are frequent.
According to data from the Gun Injury Prevention Institute at the University of Michigan, one-third of surveyed U.S. households with youth under the age of 18 own at least one gun.
The survey also showed that some parents said that after the outbreak, they changed the way they store guns and put them in places where they are more accessible.
(Overseas Network/Wang Shanning)
(overseas network)