Attorney: Mom of Virginia boy who shot teacher was depressed
April 14, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher had a series of miscarriages and post-partum depression in the year before the shooting, her attorney said Friday, after she was arraigned on charges of child neglect and failing to secure the handgun her son used in the shooting.
Mother of young boy who shot teacher arrested in Virginia
April 13, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia has been formally arrested on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun, police announced Thursday.
Criminal probe focuses on school where boy, 6, shot teacher
April 11, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot his teacher in an elementary school classroom are investigating whether the “actions or omissions" of any school employees could lead to criminal charges, according to court documents released Tuesday.
Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old: ‘I thought I had died’
March 21, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said it has changed her life and she has vivid memories and nightmares about that day.
Teacher shot by 6-year-old describes challenging recovery
March 21, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said she has had four surgeries and is going through a challenging recovery.
Report: 6-year-old won’t be charged after shooting teacher
March 8, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Authorities in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher will not seek criminal charges against the child, the local prosecutor told NBC News Wednesday, in a decision that was anticipated by legal experts.
Prosecutor gets case involving 6-year-old who shot teacher
February 22, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Detectives in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot his teacher have finished their criminal investigation and turned it over to the local prosecutor's office for review, the police chief for Newport News said Tuesday.
Student accused of threat at school where boy shot teacher
February 21, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A fifth-grade student at the same Virginia elementary school where a first-grader shot his teacher last month told classmates in a text message that he would “pop some bullets” and tell someone to shoot up the class, a school official wrote in an email to parents.
Boy who shot teacher allegedly tried to choke another
February 7, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher constantly cursed at staff and teachers, tried to whip students with his belt and once choked another teacher “until she couldn't breathe,” according to a legal notice filed by an attorney for the wounded teacher.
Lawyer: Principal unaware boy had gun before teacher shot
February 2, 2023 GMTThe former principal of the Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher was not aware of reports that the student had a gun before the shooting occurred, her lawyer said Thursday.
School where boy shot teacher reopens with added security
January 30, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher reopened Monday with stepped-up security and a new administrator, as nervous parents and students expressed optimism about a return to the classroom.
Fallout from shooting by first-grader includes staff shakeup
January 27, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The fallout from the shooting of a teacher by a 6-year-old student in Virginia has prompted a staff shakeup in the Newport News school district.
In addition to the firing of Superintendent Gary Parker this week, the principal and assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School have left their jobs.
Virginia House GOP votes down gun control measures
January 27, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia House Republicans have voted down a range of bills that would have added new restrictions on firearms, including a ban on assault-style weapons, a college campus gun ban and a gun-storage bill that were priorities for Democrats.
Lawyer: Warnings boy had gun ignored before he shot teacher
January 26, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, but the administration “was paralyzed by apathy” and didn't call police, remove the boy from class or lock down the school, the wounded teacher's lawyer said Wednesday.
Board voting on superintendent departure after teacher shot
January 24, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board is scheduled to vote this week on the departure of its superintendent after a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his first-grade teacher.
On Tuesday, the Newport News School Board posted an agenda for a special meeting on Wednesday, saying it will vote on a separation agreement and severance package for Superintendent George Parker III.
Virginia Senate panel OKs gun bills after campus shootings
January 23, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Democrat-led Virginia Senate panel voted Monday to advance a range of gun control bills, including legislation meant to address recent campus shootings at the University of Virginia and a Newport News elementary school.
Schools face pressure to take harder line on discipline
January 21, 2023 GMTAs kids' behavior reaches crisis points after the stress and isolation of pandemic shutdowns, many schools are facing pressure from critics to rethink their approaches to discipline — including policies intended to reduce suspensions and expulsions.
Lawyer: 6-year-old who shot teacher has ‘acute disability’
January 20, 2023 GMTNORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the child suffered from “an acute disability” and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred.
Anger grows in Virginia city where first-grader shot teacher
January 19, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia’s coast, the community reacted with collective shock.
Shooting by 6-year-old raises complex cultural questions
January 18, 2023 GMTHe was 6, in his first-grade class in Newport News, Virginia. He pointed a handgun at his teacher, police say, and then he pulled the trigger.
School searched 1st-grader’s backpack before teacher shot
January 13, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but did not find the 9mm handgun he brought to school despite searching his bag, the school system's superintendent said.
Metal detectors to be used in city where boy shot teacher
January 12, 2023 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Metal detectors will be installed in every school in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old boy shot and wounded his teacher last week, school officials said Thursday.
Shooting fallout: Metal detectors in elementary schools?
January 12, 2023 GMTNEWPORT 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.
Chief: 6-year-old shot Virginia teacher during class lesson
January 10, 2023 GMTNEWPORT 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.
Teacher shot by 6-year-old known as devoted to students
January 8, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia teacher who authorities say was shot by a 6-year-old student is known as a hard-working educator who is devoted to her students and enthusiastic about the profession that runs in her family, according to fellow teachers and city officials.
Mayor: Teacher shot by 6-year-old ‘red flag for the country’
January 7, 2023 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6-year-old student in Newport News is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school shooting, the city's mayor said Saturday.
Police: 6-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia classroom
January 7, 2023 GMTNORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.
Navy finds no link in series of suicides by carrier crew
December 19, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Three suicides by sailors assigned to a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, which set off alarms about conditions on and around the ship, were not connected, but the poor quality of life onboard was a “contributing factor” in one of the deaths, according to a Navy report released Monday.
Former officer gets 6 years for fatal shooting in Virginia
December 9, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A former police officer in Virginia was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for fatally shooting a man after a struggle in which the man got hold of a stun gun and used it on officers.
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Pastor investigated for campaigning during church services
October 29, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia pastor who is running for a City Council seat is being investigated by local authorities for allegedly campaigning and soliciting donations during church services.
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Plane crash kills flight instructor, injures student pilot
October 7, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — An investigation at a Virginia airport has revealed that a student pilot was flying a small plane when it crashed, killing the flight instructor, Virginia State Police said in a statement Friday.
1 dead, 2 injured after small plane crashes in Virginia
October 6, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — One person died and two people suffered life-threatening injuries following a plane crash Thursday afternoon at Virginia's Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport, authorities said.
Police search for man convicted in death of Cummings’ nephew
September 16, 2022 GMTNORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia are searching for a man found guilty earlier this week of conspiring to kill a college student who was a nephew of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland.
Former officer pleads no contest after son fatally shot self
August 24, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A former police officer in Virginia has pleaded no contest to a charge related to his toddler son accidently shooting himself with his father's service weapon. The 2-year-old died after the October shooting.
Teen gets 10 years for shooting, wounding 2 at high school
August 5, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A teen was sentenced Friday to 10 years behind bars for shooting and wounding two fellow students at a Virginia high school last year.
A judge in Newport News, Christopher Papile, handed down a punishment that will include time in a juvenile detention center as well as state prison, The Virginian-Pilot reported.
Huntington Ingalls: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
August 4, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) _ Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $178 million.
The Newport News, Virginia-based company said it had net income of $4.44 per share.
2 arrested in Virginia after man robbed as he lay on ground
July 13, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia have arrested two people in connection with a shooting in which they say the pair robbed a man as he lay on the ground dying.
Virginia cafe owners want community to socialize with cats
July 10, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — What do cats, coffee and community all have in common?
They’re all essential parts of a new business coming to Newport News this summer.
Cups and Claws Café will offer a chance to socialize with adoptable cats while drinking a cup of coffee and munching on baked goods.
2 men found shot to death inside Virginia convenience store
June 16, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Two men were found fatally wounded after an apparent shooting inside a convenience store in Virginia, police said.
News outlets report Newport News police said officers responded to a suspicious situation at a business near Fairway Plaza Shopping Center around 11:50 p.m.
Police officer charged with sexually exploiting child
June 11, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia police officer has been arrested on federal charges that he sexually exploited a child.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that Newport News Police Sgt.
Huntington Ingalls: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
May 5, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) _ Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $140 million.
The Newport News, Virginia-based company said it had net income of $3.50 per share.
Teen pleads guilty in high school shooting that wounded 2
April 29, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty Friday to malicious wounding in a shooting that injured two students at a Virginia high school in September.
The teen pleaded guilty to two counts of malicious wounding and four gun charges in the shooting that prompted panicking students at Heritage High School to run for the exits and barricade themselves in classrooms, The Daily Press reported.
Police: Man shot to death outside Va. shopping center
March 20, 2022 GMTCHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A man was fatally shot outside a Virginia shopping center, police said, marking another serious crime during a weekend of violence in the Hampton Roads region.
The Chesapeake Police Department said its officers responded to a gunfire report Saturday afternoon at the Holly Point Shopping Center, where they found a man who had been shot.
Union members ratify contract at Newport News Shipbuilding
March 8, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Union members at a Virginia shipyard that builds the nation's aircraft carriers have ratified a 5-year contract that includes more pay.
The Daily Press reported Tuesday that members of United Steelworkers Local 8888 overwhelmingly approved the agreement with Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Police: Officer charged after son shoots self with dad’s gun
February 25, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A police officer in Virginia is facing a misdemeanor charge after police say his toddler fatally shot himself with his father's service weapon.
The Daily Press reports that the Newport News police officer was charged on Feb.
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Virginia shipyard, union reach tentative contract agreement
January 30, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Newport News Shipbuilding — Virginia’s largest industrial employer and a key player in the Navy’s modernization efforts -- has reached a tentative five-year contract with its biggest union.
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Rioter who wore ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt pleads guilty
January 26, 2022 GMTA Virginia man who wore a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt at the U.S. Capitol during last year's riot pleaded guilty on Wednesday to joining the mob of people who stormed the building.
Police: Burglar steals puppies and cash from Va. pet salon
January 22, 2022 GMTHAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Someone stole six newborn huskies in addition to cash during a burglary at an eastern Virginia pet grooming business, police said.
Hampton police were called to Critter Cleaners on Friday morning.
2 plead guilty to submitting fake COVID-19 loan applications
January 13, 2022 GMTNEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia couple has pleaded guilty to submitting at least 40 fake loan applications totaling more than $5.1 million connected to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the U.S.
Richmond awards contract to remove monument pedestals
January 6, 2022 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond has awarded a contract for removing the city's last major Confederate statue and the pedestals where other Civil War monuments once stood.
The city published a notice Wednesday saying it will award the contract to the same company that recently finished taking down the city’s Robert E.
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