The Latest Breaking News from Richneck Elementary School

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

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

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

Pupil, 6, stashed his mum's gun in backpack before shooting teacher in classroom

Teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, was shot by a 6-year-old boy at Richneck Elementary School in Virgina on Friday afternoon with a gun legally purchased by his mum

Daily Mirror · Jan 10, 2023

Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner ‘tried to confiscate gun before being shot by six-year-old boy’

Mum Brittaney Gregory said her son was in the same class at Richneck Elementary School and that Abby Zwerner was his favourite teacher

Evening Standard · Jan 10, 2023

Teacher shot by six-year-old student was trying to take the gun away from him

Abby Zwerner, 25, was shot while teaching her first-grade class at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Virginia teacher shot in classroom by pupil, 6, 'showing signs of improvement' in hospital

Police were called to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, on Friday after a classroom incident that left the teacher, Abby Zwerner, with “life-threatening” injuries

Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2023

Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old student is in stable condition, officials say

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A teacher shot by a student Friday afternoon at Richneck Elementary School “is improving,” James Graves, the president of the Newport News Education Association, said Saturday afternoon.

Tribune News Service · Jan 8, 2023