The mother of a 6-year-old boy who authorities say shot his teacher at a Virginia elementary school could face charges, Newport News police chief said
“I think that is certainly a possibility,” Drew told “CNN This Morning,” a day after police confirmed the boy took the firearm from his home and brought it to school in his backpack Friday before allegedly opening fire in a classroom at Richneck Elementary School, wounding a teacher and sending her to the hospital. Drew has spoken with the commonwealth attorney multiple times, he said, but emphasized the investigation remains ongoing.
The boy was taken into police custody Friday, and Drew said Monday he was under a temporary detention order and was being evaluated at a hospital. Police received the call that a teacher – later identified as first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner, 25 – had been shot at 1:59 p.m. Friday, Drew said. When officers entered the classroom where the shooting happened five minutes later, they saw the boy was being physically restrained by a school employee.
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