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While specific details of the incident at Richneck Elementary School have not been released by authorities, the police allege that the shooting was intentional.

Like many other US cities before it, Newport News, Virginia, is this week dealing with the aftermath of a s...

The Richneck Elementary suspect is the youngest shooter Newport News has investigated -- but similar cases have unfolded at least three other times in America.

David Riedman, creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, discusses the rarity of school shooters under the age of 10

Barely a week into the new year, a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, becoming one of the youngest school shooters in the nation’s history.

The wounded teacher got her students to safety. Elementary-aged school shooters are very rare, data show.

The gun allegedly used by a 6-year-old boy to shoot his teacher at a Newport News, Virginia, school was legally purchased by the childs mother, officials said.

David Riedman, creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, discusses the relative rarity of school shooters under age 10 and the likely aftermath of the event.

Extremely young school shooters are not believed to be capable of forming criminal intent.

There have been 17 publicly reported shootings involving kids younger than 10 years old across a 52-year period.