Teacher Abby Zwerner recounts that the 6-year-old was ‘rebellious’ just before the incident.
Testimony in School Shooting Trial Highlights Warnings Ignored During a testimony on Tuesday, former Virginia teacher Abby Zwirner recounted alarming behavior from a 6-year-old student who shot her in class. She described the child as “defiant,” noting troubling actions leading up to the incident. “I could see this student looking at me,” Zwirner recounted, reflecting […]
Teacher Abby Zwerner describes the unsettling actions of a first grader and how she alerted the principal about him prior to being shot.
During a trial on Tuesday, Virginia teacher Abby Zwirner testified about her repeated warnings to assistant principal Ebony Parker regarding a first-grade student who shot himself in a classroom in 2023. Prosecutors claimed that despite several days of violent and aggressive incidents involving the 6-year-old boy, the administrator failed to search for him or take […]
Trial starts for principal who didn’t prevent 6-year-old from injuring Abby Zwerner
A former elementary school administrator in Virginia is currently on trial facing child neglect charges, which could lead to a lengthy prison sentence if she’s found guilty. This comes after she was previously ordered to pay $10 million following the tragic shooting of a teacher by a 6-year-old student. The jury selection for Ebony Parker’s […]
Teacher Abby Zwerner receives $10 million in lawsuit after being shot by a 6-year-old.
A jury in Virginia has determined that a former elementary school administrator is liable for $10 million in the shooting death of a first-grade teacher at the hands of a 6-year-old student. The teacher, Abigail Zwirner, is suing Ebony Parker, the former assistant principal at Rich Neck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, for gross […]