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A six-year-old boy shot his teacher at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia. Now officials are considering whether to charge the mother and how the legal system will deal with the boy.

An aunt of Abby Zwerner, the teacher who police say was shot by a 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary on Friday, told News 3 Zwerner is awake and alert.

In the moments before a six-year-old Virginia boy shot his teacher, there was no fight, no physical struggl...

Mayor Phillip Jones and newly elected council members Curtis Bethany III, John Eley III and Cleon Long took their oaths of office Tuesday morning before a judge at city hall. At the same ceremony, Bethany was elected vice mayor on a 6-1 vote.

How did a six-year-old boy get a gun and shoot his first-grade teacher? That's the question on Newport News City Council member John Eley's mind.

The shooter is only 6 years old. How did he have access to a gun?

Wounded by a shot allegedly fired by a 6-year-old, the teacher went to the school office to say ‘Call 911’ and then collapsed, a witness said.

A six-year-old boy shot his first grade teacher, Friday. Newport News city council member John Eley said he visited the teacher and her family in the hospital.

Tuesday night marked the final City Council meeting for Mayor McKinley Price, Vice Mayor Saundra Cherry, and councilmembers Sharon Scott and David Jenkins. The four departing members used their last meeting to reflect on their time on the council and to thank those who worked with them along the way.

A new look to city council is on the horizon in Newport News, but not before longtime Mayor McKinley Price could offer some last remarks.