A Virginia teacher filed a $40 million lawsuit Monday, claiming administrators at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News failed to heed multiple warnings that a student had a gun before the boy shot and critically wounded her during class in January.
that the first-grade student had a gun on him at school. Zwerner claims she also told Assistant Principal Parker in the hours before the shooting that the boy had threatened to beat up a kindergartner and was in a “violent mood.”“Upon hearing that information, Assistant Principal Parker had no response, refusing even to look up at Plaintiff when she expressed her concerns,” the suit alleges.
Zwerner claims the boy had a “history of random violence” and had strangled a teacher in kindergarten. Two days before the shooting, the lawsuit alleges, the boy smashed Zwerner’s phone and called her and others an inappropriate name.During recess on Jan. 6, Zwerner informed another teacher she suspected the shooter had a weapon after seeing him remove something from his backpack, the lawsuit alleges.
A guidance counselor also warned the assistant principal about the boy possibly having a weapon about 45 minutes before the shooting, the suit alleges. The counselorThe 6-year-old pulled out the gun and shot Zwerner as she taught her first-grade class shortly before 2 p.m. on that Friday afternoon, police said. Zwerner“I remember the gun going off. I remember feeling something,” Zwerner said. “I was terrified. In that moment, my initial reaction was, ‘Your kids need to get out of here.
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