A 6-year-old old student who shot his first grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia last year exhibited signs of violence prior to the shooting and should not have been enrolled in school, according to a special grand jury report released Wednesday. Behavioral Problems: The child 'exhibited many behavioral problems' prior to the Jan. 6, 2023 incident where he shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, with a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol.
The special grand jury detailed a disturbing incident when the student choked his kindergarten teacher in Sept. 2021. 'On September 27, 2021, Ms. White was concluding breakfast with the students when the child went to dump his breakfast in the hallway trash can and never returned. Ms. White went to search for him and found him with the security guard. When Ms. White tried to take his hand and bring him back to class the child hit Ms.
According to the report, Parker only took action after Zwerner had left her office. The assistant principal told her assistant to call the boy's mother to pick him up early. According to the grand jury report, Parker was made aware on four occasions on the day of the shooting that the child might be a 'potentially dangerous threat': At noon, a Richneck reading specialist told Parker that two students told her the child had a gun in his backpack, yet it was not checked.
At 12:30 p.m., the reading specialist told Parker that while she did search the backpack, she did not find a weapon,. Zwerner said that the child might have put something in his pockets. A music teacher warned Parker that another first-grade teacher mentioned a gun. And at 1:40 p.m., a guidance counselor told Parker the child might have a firearm or ammunition and, when he asked whether he could search him, Parker 'refused and took no action.
The gun the boy fired at Zwerner jammed after he fired the first round, according to the report. There were seven more bullets in the magazine — and 15 other 2nd grade students in the classroom. 'The firearm had jammed due to his lack of strength on the first shot, inhibiting him from shooting Ms. Zwerner or anyone else again,' the report said. 'The firearm had a full magazine with seven additional bullets ready to fire if not for the jamming.
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