{"id":834499,"date":"2026-09-02T20:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/834499\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:20:17","slug":"shooting-reported-at-virginia-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/834499\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting reported at Virginia elementary school"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A shooting<\/a> has been reported at Westwood Hills Elementary School in Waynesboro, Virginia<\/a>, prompting an evacuation<\/a> of the building. <\/p>\n

The August County Sheriff’s Office said that the incident is “contained and secured at this time.” <\/p>\n

One adult was injured in the shooting<\/a>, according to Robin Lawson, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police, who spoke to ABC News<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A social media post from Waynesboro Public Schools said that police are maintaining a large presence around the school. The incident occurred just weeks after the school\u2019s first day back<\/a> following summer break. <\/p>\n

Students have been taken to Westminster Presbyterian Church for reunification. <\/p>\n

\"FirstFirst responders outside Westwood Hills Elementary School in Waynesboro, Virginia, where a shooting was reported on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 (WHSV-TV)<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said that the “children are safe” and asked for the public to avoid traveling to the school to ensure emergency vehicles and buses aren’t blocked. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor the safety of students, families, school personnel, and first responders, the public is asked to continue avoiding the immediate area until further notice,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said. <\/p>\n

Governor Abigail Spanberger said she was aware of the shooting and is monitoring the incident. <\/p>\n

“I am monitoring the emergency at Westwood Hills Elementary School this morning. My heart is with these young students, their parents and families, and the teachers and staff at the school,” she wrote in a post on X<\/a>. “Thank you to the first responders who are assisting at the scene.”<\/p>\n

Jim Wood, a Waynesboro city council member whose district includes Westwood Hills Elementary School, told ABC News that the shooting was an isolated incident and that the shooter is no longer a threat to the public. <\/p>\n

He reportedly declined to comment on the status of the shooter. Wood called it a \u201cone-on-one incident,\u201d and added that the victim has been taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-834499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}