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Students and police gather outside of Richneck Elementary School after a shooting, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 in Newport News, Va. A shooting at a Virginia elementary school sent a teacher to the hospital and ended with “an individual” in custody Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.(Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

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Shooting fallout: Metal detectors in elementary schools?
By BEN FINLEY AND DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press
Thu,01/12/23-1:10AM , 298 Reads
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The shooting of a first-grade teacher by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence, with many in the Virginia shipbuilding city where it happened demanding metal detectors in every school.
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Newport News Councilman Elect John Eley, South District 3, speaks at a candlelight vigil in honor of Richneck Elementary School first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner at the School Administration Building in Newport News, Va., Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Eley served on the Newport News School Board before being elected a councilman. Zwerner was shot and wounded by a 6-year-old student while teaching class on Friday, Jan. 6. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

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Chief: 6-year-old shot Virginia teacher during class lesson
By BEN FINLEY AND DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press
Mon,01/09/23-11:36AM , 144 Reads
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — In the moments before a 6-year-old Virginia boy shot his teacher, there was no fight, no physical struggle and no warning, authorities said Monday.
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