Six-year-old ‘shoots teacher in classroom’ in US

Police respond to a shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

A six-year-old pupil shot and wounded a teacher during an altercation inside a classroom in Virginia, US police and school officials have said.

No students were injured in the shooting at Richneck Elementary School in the city of Newport News, police said.