BIZARRE: 2 - What They Never Told You

Teacher shot by 6-year-old student files $40 million lawsuit

Abby Zwerner, a first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, was shot in the hand and chest on Jan. 6 by a student. No charges have been filed.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 4, 2023

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Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2023

Virginia teacher files $40 million lawsuit against Newport News schools, administrators over shooting by 6-year-old

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The teacher shot by a 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 6 has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the Newport News School Board, asserting that administrators failed to keep the school safe.

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2023

First-grade student who shot teacher in US school allegedly tried to choke another teacher

Teacher Abby Zwerner was seriously injured when she was shot by a six-year-old boy at Richneck Elementary School on January 6

Irish Mirror · Feb 7, 2023

Boy, 6, who shot teacher tried to choke colleague 'until she couldn't breath'

Abby Zwerner, a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia, US, was shot at a reading table in her classroom after a 6-year-old boy stashed a gun into his backpack

Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 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

Boy who shot teacher allegedly tried to choke another

An attorney for a teacher who was shot and wounded by a 6-year-old Virginia boy says in a legal notice that the first-grader constantly cursed at staff and teachers, chased students around and tried to whip them with his belt and once choked another teacher “until she couldn’t breathe.”

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 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

Lawyer: Principal unaware boy had gun before teacher shot

The former principal of the Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher was not aware of reports that the student had a gun before the shooting occurred

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023