US EditionTrial starts in $40M lawsuit filed by a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student
The lawsuit claims former assistant principal Ebony Parker ignored multiple warnings about a student's gun possession before the January 2023 shooting at Richneck Elementary.
- A Virginia elementary school teacher, Abby Zwerner, was shot by a 6-year-old student in January 2023 as she sat at a reading table in her classroom, according to her attorney.
- Zwerner's attorney stated that former school administrator Ebony Parker ignored multiple warnings about the student having a gun before the shooting.
- Zwerner required nearly two weeks of hospitalization and six surgeries, resulting in limited use of her left hand.
- Parker faces a separate criminal trial on eight counts of felony child neglect related to the incident, as reported by prosecutors.
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Principal Dismissed Fears 6-Year-Old Had Gun Before Shooting
Jurors in Virginia heard emotional testimony Tuesday about how school officials allegedly ignored warnings that a 6-year-old student was carrying a gun before shooting his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News. Abigail Zwerner, 25, was shot through the hand and chest by her first-grade student on January 6, 2023, leaving her with a bullet still lodged in her body. Zwerner’s attorney, Diane Toscano, told jurors that former assista…
Principal ‘ignored’ warnings 6-year-old had gun before shooting Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner: ‘He has little pockets’
The former administrator at a Virginia school where a 6-year-old student shot his first grade teacher ignored multiple warnings from staff the the child had a weapon, the victim's lawyer told jurors.
School Staff Said a Boy, 6, Had a Gun. They Claim Asst. Principal Did Nothing, and Teacher Paid the Price
Abby Zwerner filed a $40 million lawsuit after she was shot by a student in 2023Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Abby ZwernerNEED TO KNOWAbby Zwerner was shot by a 6-year-old student in a Virginia classroom in 2023The civil trial for her $40 million lawsuit against the school's assistant principal began this weekZwerner's suit states that she had four surgeries in the wake of the shootingA Virginia teacher who …
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