Washington DC: A six-year-old boy shot a teacher at a school in Virginia, USA. The incident occurred Friday at Richneck Elementary School. The teacher was seriously injured.
Police said it was not an accidental shooting and the boy is being questioned in custody. Looking for details.
The school superintendent replied that the incident shocked him. He said social support is needed to ensure guns are out of the reach of children.
School shootings have happened many times before. On May 19, 19 children and two students were killed in a shooting by an 18-year-old man at a Texas school.
44,000 people were killed by gunfire in the United States last year. About half of these are homicides, accidental shootings and self-defense, and half are suicides.
