I briefly heard about something that happened two days ago. A student in Virginia took a handgun to school and purposely shot his teacher. I looked up some info, but even two days later the details are not being revealed. Possibly because it was a six year old!
Police Chief Steve Drew said the boy shot and wounded the teacher with a handgun in a first-grade classroom. He was later taken into police custody. Drew said the shooting was not accidental and was part of an altercation. No students were injured. Police have since declined to describe what led to the altercation or any other details about what happened in the classroom, citing the ongoing investigation. They have also declined to say how the boy got access to the gun or who owns the weapon.
I can't imagine a parent of any other child in that classroom (maybe school) wanting that child to remain in that school, or vice-versa. I can't imagine any further information that does come out about this will be at all satisfactory.
Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said, “This is a red flag for the country.”
Ya think? We've had red flags for decades about this. I don't remember the context in which I heard this quote once, "I saw all the red flags, but I just thought it was a parade."
