Shooting of teacher by six-year-old a red flag for US, says mayor

Boy taken into custody after wounding of teacher, whose condition is said to be showing signs of improvement

The shooting of a teacher in the city of Newport News in Virginia by a six-year-old student should be a red flag for the US, the city’s mayor has said, as the teacher’s condition showed signs of improvement.

The mayor, Phillip Jones, said the condition of the teacher, identified by local media as Abby Zwerner, was “trending in a positive direction” in hospital.