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The 6-year-old student who shot and injured his teacher at a Virginia elementary school last week used a gun legally purchased by his mother, authorities said on Monday.
The student had taken the gun from his residence and put it in his backpack before bringing it to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said Monday. Drew said the 9mm handgun had been legally purchased by the student’s mother in York County.
Drew previously said the shooting was not accidental and reiterated that it was a deliberate shooting on Monday. “It was intentional,” Drew said.
Drew said the student had “the gun on his person” before firing it at his teacher, Abby Zwerner, while she was teaching his first-grade class on Friday.
“What we know today is that she was providing instruction. He displayed a firearm, he pointed it and he fired one round,” Drew said. Before the gun was fired, there was no physical struggle over the gun, and no students were injured, he added. Teacher made sure her students were safe
Zwerner, 25, was struck by a bullet through her hand and chest. Although her wound was initially considered life-threatening, Zwerner was in stable condition on Monday at an area hospital.
