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Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old student breaks her silence

Teacher suffered wounds to hand and chest

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023

Boy, 6, who took gun out of backpack and shot teacher in classroom will not face charges

Abigail Zwerner, 25, was teaching at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia when a six-year-old student fired a gun at her in what's been described as an "intentional" shooting

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

Virginia boy who shot his teacher won’t face criminal charges, says prosecutor

Six-year-old shot Abigail Zwerner on 6 January while she was teaching class, leaving her seriously injured

The Guardian - US · Mar 9, 2023

Virginia boy, 6, who shot first-grade teacher, also choked another teacher ‘until she couldn’t breathe’

Teachers who suspected boy brought gun to school warned school administration, legal notice says

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

New revelations from Richneck: Claim contends assistant principal failed to react to several warnings about 6-year-old

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The year before a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School, he choked another teacher “until she couldn’t breathe,” a pending claim against the Newport News school division contends.

Tribune News Service · Feb 5, 2023

Virginia elementary school's principal wasn’t told of reports 6-year-old had gun, attorney says

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The lawyer for the former principal of Richneck Elementary School said Thursday that her client was never told the 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher may have had a gun at school that day.

Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023

Experts say ‘missteps’ were likely in how school addressed special needs of Richneck student

When first grade teacher Abigail Zwerner was shot by her 6-year-old student in the middle of a lesson on Jan. 6, it left the Newport News community — and the nation — in shock.

Tribune News Service · Jan 29, 2023

Teacher to sue after 6-year-old shot her

"This entire situation was completely avoidable," said the teacher's attorney

Salon · Jan 26, 2023

Warnings boy had gun were ignored before he shot teacher at Virginia elementary school

Teacher Abigail Zwerner, 25, was left with serious injuries after she was shot at Richneck Elementary School on January 6

Irish Mirror · Jan 26, 2023

Teacher who was shot by boy, 6, sent chilling warning text an hour before attack

Abigail Zwerner, 25, text a loved one complaining administrator's at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News weren't helping after she was concerned with a 6-year-old boy's behaviour

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023