A report was released from a special grand jury empaneled to examine whether any security lapses contributed to the shooting of a Richneck Elementary School teacher by a 6-year-old.
A 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded a teacher in Southeast Virginia last year had previously choked a different teacher and should have been unenrolled from the school, but lapses by administrators allowed him back on campus, according to a special grand jury report released Wednesday.
“Dr. Parker’s lack of response and initiative given the seriousness of the information she had received onThe special grand jury was empaneled by Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard E. Gwynn to examine whether any security lapses that contributed to the shooting last year that leftgrievously wounded, captured national attention and led to the ouster of the school superintendent.
Parker’s attorney has not responded to requests for comment, but has denied Zwerner’s allegations in a response to her lawsuit filed in court. Parker is scheduled to appear in Newport News Circuit Court on Thursday morning. She resigned from Richneck after the shooting. During the recess that followed, Zwerner told the reading specialist she thought she saw the boy pull something from his backpack and put it in his pocket, according to the lawsuit. The reading specialist searched the boy’s backpack but did not find the weapon. The reading specialist then told Parker that students had relayed to her that the boy had a gun.
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