The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot a teacher at a Virginia school in January has been charged criminally in connection with the case, authorities said Monday.
In her lawsuit, Zwerner alleges school employees warned the assistant principal on at least three occasions on the day of the shooting that the boy might have a gun. Zwerner claims she also told Parker, the assistant principal, that the boy had threatened to beat up a kindergartner and was in a “violent mood” in the hours before the shooting.
In the days before the shooting, a text message from Zwerner claimed the boy had smashed her phone “and admin is blaming me.” Records obtained by The Post also indicated he had been accused of tryingHow Richneck Elementary failed to stop a 6-year-old from shooting his teacher The bullet tore through Zwerner’s outstretched hand and lodged in her upper chest, she said. Zwerner said some of the 15 to 20 students in the classroom began screaming and the room was plunged into chaos.
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