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Richneck Elementary teacher shot by student discusses challenges in recovery

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Abby Zwerner, the first grade teacher shot in January by her student at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, made her first public appearance Monday in an interview with Savannah Guthrie on NBC Nightly News.

Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 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

Boy, 6, will not face charges for shooting Virginia teacher, say prosecutors

Abigail Zwerner was shot and injured on 6 January at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

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Editorial: In light of Richneck shooting, treat complaints with urgency

While the investigation into the Jan. 6 shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News continues, allegations against the school division allege an escalating pattern of disruptive behavior before the 6-year-old shot 25-year-old first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner.

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023

Boy, 6, who shot teacher in classroom had 'history of violent behaviour at school'

Lawyers for teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, accuse Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, US, of failing to act despite being told the student had a gun in his backpack

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 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

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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

Fallout from shooting by first-grader includes staff shakeup

The fallout from the shooting of a teacher by a first-grader in Virginia has prompted a staff shakeup in the Newport News school district

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Commentary: When a 6-year-old is accused of shooting his teacher, it’s time for a paradigm shift

Six-year-old children should be learning to read, identify new words by matching letters to sounds, count to 100, and do basic addition and subtraction. But now we have a 6-year-old who allegedly shot his teacher in Newport News, Virginia.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 27, 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

School shooting chief booted out of office after authorities ‘ignored gun warnings’

Abigail Zwerner was “shot purposely” in front of other students at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2023

School board in Virginia fires superintendent in wake of classroom shooting

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Newport News School Board has voted to part ways with Superintendent George Parker III.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

Leadership at Virginia school ‘failed to act’ after 3 warnings boy had gun on day of shooting, attorney says

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Richneck Elementary School teacher Abigail Zwerner intends to file a lawsuit against the Newport News school division after school administrators “failed to act” before she was shot by her 6-year-old student, according to Zwerner’s attorney.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

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Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

Leadership at Virginia school ‘failed to act’ multiple times on day student shot teacher, attorney says

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

School board in Va. to vote on firing superintendent in wake of 3rd school shooting in 18 months

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Newport News School Board will vote Wednesday evening on the firing of Superintendent George Parker and appointment of an interim leader.

Daily Mirror · Jan 22, 2023

Boy, 6, who shot teacher 'said he wanted to set her on fire and watch her die'

Teachers voiced their concerns over the six-year-old boy's behaviour but were ignored after he shot Abby Zwerner, 25, at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia

Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2023

ATF, police search homes of 6-year-old’s family in Virginia school shooting investigation

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A federal agency and the Newport News Police this week searched two homes belonging to the family of the 6-year-old boy accused of shooting his first-grade teacher.

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Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023

Handgun used by 6-year-old who shot teacher was secured with trigger lock and ‘out of reach’ on closet shelf, attorney says

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The 9 mm handgun a 6-year-old student used to shoot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School was secured with a trigger lock and kept out of the boy’s reach at the family’s Newport News home, according to an attorney representing the child’s mother.

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Family says six-year-old boy who shot Virginia teacher has ‘acute disability’

‘The week of the shooting was the first week when we were not in class with him,’ family says

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023

Family of 6-year-old who shot teacher releases statement, says gun was secure

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The family of the 6-year-old student who police say shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School issued its first public statement about the shooting, saying the boy “suffers from an acute disability and was under a care plan” in which his parents attended school with him.

Tribune News Service · Jan 16, 2023

Stephen L. Carter: The legal system has never had an answer for violent kids

According to news reports, the 6-year-old accused of shooting a teacher at a Newport News, Virginia, elementary school is unlikely to be charged with a crime. That decision highlights something that’s long been true: We just don’t know what to do about violence by small children.

The Guardian - US · Jan 16, 2023

Finding who can be held to account after a six-year-old shoots a teacher

Where does the accountability lie in the recent shooting in Newport News, Virginia, for a country so inured to gun violence?

Tribune News Service · Jan 13, 2023

6-year-old’s backpack was searched before shooting at Va. elementary school

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — School division leaders said Thursday evening that “at least one administrator was notified of a possible weapon” on campus before a 6-year-old student shot his teacher Jan. 6 at Richneck Elementary.

Tribune News Service · Jan 13, 2023

6-year-old’s backpack was searched before shooting at Newport News elementary school

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