2023 in Virginia

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Last updated October 31, 2025

The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in Virginia .

Incumbents

State government

Governor:Glenn Youngkin (R)

Events

January 3 – Newport News elementary school teacher Abby Zwerner is shot by a 6-year=old student at Richneck Elementary School. Zwerner suffers life-threatening injuries but survives the shooting.^[1]
May 15 – A bat-wielding man attacks two staffers for Representative Gerry Connolly at his office in Fairfax. Connolly was not in office at the time of the attack. The suspect is also charged with a hate crime for an earlier incident in which he is accused of smashing a white woman's windshield with a bat.^[2]
June 6 – 2023 Richmond shooting: Two people are killed and five others injured after a mass shooting at Huguenot High School in Richmond.^[3]
August 10 – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opens an investigation into a fatal vehicle crash in Virginia involving a Model Y vehicle from Tesla.^[4]
September 15 – The U.S. government warns a Virginia judge that allowing a United States Marine to keep an Afghan war orphan risks violating international law and could be viewed as endorsing international child abduction.^[5]

References

↑ Bibeau, Paul; Mervosh, Sarah; Robertson, Campbell (January 9, 2023). "6-Year-Old Brought Gun From Home in Newport News School Shooting, Police Say". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
↑ Stabley, Matthew (May 15, 2023). "2 Staffers Attacked With Baseball Bat at Rep. Connolly's Virginia Office". NBC 4 Washington .
↑ "Gunman shoots two dead, wounds five others at Virginia high school graduation". Reuters . June 7, 2023.
↑ "US opens investigation into fatal Tesla crash in Virginia". Reuters . August 10, 2023.
↑ "Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone". AP News. September 15, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2024.

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[1] Bibeau, Paul; Mervosh, Sarah; Robertson, Campbell (January 9, 2023). "6-Year-Old Brought Gun From Home in Newport News School Shooting, Police Say". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2025.

[2] Stabley, Matthew (May 15, 2023). "2 Staffers Attacked With Baseball Bat at Rep. Connolly's Virginia Office". NBC 4 Washington .

[3] "Gunman shoots two dead, wounds five others at Virginia high school graduation". Reuters . June 7, 2023.

[4] "US opens investigation into fatal Tesla crash in Virginia". Reuters . August 10, 2023.

[5] "Secret records: Government says Marine's adoption of Afghan orphan seen as abduction, must be undone". AP News. September 15, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2024.

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2023 in Virginia

Contents

Incumbents

State government

Events

See also

References