Teacher shot by six-year-old at school ‘showing signs of improvement’

The boy shot and wounded the teacher in a first-grade classroom on Friday at the school, according to authorities.

Pupils and police gather outside of Richneck Elementary School after a shooting (The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

A US teacher who was critically injured when she was shot by a six-year-old pupil in class in Virginia is showing signs of improvement, authorities said.

The mayor of Newport News said officials are struggling to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school shooting.