The Virginia elementary teacher, who was shot by a 6-year-old student, escorted her students out of the classroom to safety while wounded, officials say.
is being hailed as a hero who saved lives by escorting her students out of the classroom while wounded.
The bullet went through the teacher's hand and into her upper chest,"but she was still able to get all of her students out of that classroom," he said.Zwerner's condition was described as stable Monday. “The altercation was between a 6-year-old, the student, who did have the firearm, and the teacher, and then a round was fired,” Drew had said.
A court-ordered temporary detention order was placed on the child who is"currently receiving treatment at a medical facility," Drew said. The investigation remains ongoing, he said.that tracks U.S. shootings on school grounds dating to 1970, said shootings by a child on a campus are extremely rare. “She has improved,” police said in the statement. “Because of the ongoing nature of the investigation, we will not be releasing any further information at this time.”Richneck was closed to students this week,“I’m in awe, and I’m in shock, and I’m disheartened,” George Parker III, superintendent of Newport News Public Schools, said at the media briefing last week.
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