A special grand jury in Virginia this week indicted on child abuse charges the former assistant principal of an elementary school where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher last year and issued a scathing report detailing security and administrative failures at the school leading up to the shooting. The grand jury indicted Dr. Ebony Parker …
The Virginia mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in class in January was sentenced Friday to five years in prison with three years suspended. Deja Taylor will also serve two years of supervised probation that must include substance abuse treatment, parenting classes, and mental health treatment. Taylor pleaded guilty in August to neglect …
A 6-year-old boy who shot his elementary school teacher earlier this year won’t face charges, the city prosecutor in Newport News, Virginia, said on Wednesday. Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn told NBC News that the “prospect that a 6-year-old can stand trial is problematic” because of his age and ability to understand the processes …
Officials at a Newport News elementary school searched a 6-year-old student’s backpack but found nothing alarming hours before the boy shot his first-grade teacher during an altercation in her classroom. The teacher — 25-year-old Abby Zwerner — rushed her students out of the classroom after she was shot on the afternoon of January 6, then …
The parents of the 6-year-old Virginia boy accused of shooting his teacher on Monday could possibly face charges, legal experts say, if police determine the gun he used wasn’t secured at home. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a student at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News began arguing with the teacher, Abby Zwerner, 25, in a …
The Virginia first grade teacher shot by one of her students last week was moving to confiscate the weapon when the boy pulled the trigger. The shooting took place Friday afternoon at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, as CrimeOnline reported. Police said the 6-year-old pulled out a gun and shot the teacher during some …
The Virginia teacher shot by a 6-year-old in her first grade classroom on Friday has been identified as Abby Zwerner, a 2020 graduate of James Madison University. JMU President Jonathan Alger issued a statement on Saturday saying that the school would “do all we can to support [Zwerner], her family and friends, fellow teachers and …
A Virginia elementary school teacher is in critical condition after she was shot by a 6-year-old boy, officials in Newport News said Friday. City officials said the shooting was not accidental. The student began arguing with the teacher in a first-grade classroom, then pulled out the gun and fired a single shot, according to WVEC. …
