- Ebony Parker, a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School, faces eight felony child neglect charges following the January 2023 shooting of teacher Abby Zwerner by a 6-year-old student.
- Prosecutors accuse Parker of showing "reckless disregard for human life" by allegedly ignoring repeated warnings from school staff that the child had a loaded gun in his backpack.
- Each charge represents one of the eight bullets in the gun, and Parker could face decades in prison if convicted.
- Teacher Abby Zwerner survived the shooting with severe injuries and was awarded $10 million in a civil lawsuit against Parker, who was the sole remaining defendant.
- The child's mother has already been sentenced to nearly four years in prison on child neglect and federal gun charges, as Parker's trial is set to begin.
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