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Trial 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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Court TV broke the news in on Monday, October 27, 2025.
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