Six year old who shot teacher in Newport News Virginia update:

[Irish_Dem]

27. Yep the school totally dropped the ball in this case.

And caused great risk to staff and students.
And to the 6 y/o as well.

Yes there are many questions to be answered.

I seriously doubt this is a recent situation, the child acting out this way.
So where are the parents, grandparents, other relatives?
Neighbors, friends?

Did anyone report the family to social services?
Did teachers report, they are mandated reporters in most states.

Was there an investigation? Are there other children in the home at risk?
If this child has siblings, they are in danger with him in the home.

Typically in this kind of case the authorities tell the parents, either the 6 yr old
is removed from the home, or all the kids are removed.

Perhaps other family members are perpetrators as well.

When you get a child this young who is homicidal it is always heart breaking.
And there are children as young as 3 who are truly suicidal and have to be on
24 watch. Or homicidal 6 yr olds like this child.

My daughter now works inpatient pediatric psych and yes, kids are still coming in
at such young ages, seriously disturbed.

Each case is different. There has to be a good psych work up, including family and medical history.
There could be physical problems, but it has to be more than that. Most children with grade three concussions
don't try to kill their teachers. This child could be psychotic or bipolar. Family history would shed light.
I would also ask for a drug screen for this child.

Even still, the child had to have access to the gun. Know how to aim and shoot it.
Had to learn that a belt can be a weapon to hit others.

In my experience with this kind of severe pathology, there is usually more than one causal factor.
Perhaps physical, neurological or psychosis, along with a problematic family.
So innate problems along with learned behavior.