Abby Zwerner, 25, a first-grade teacher who was allegedly shot in the chest on purpose by a six-year-old kid, has been named by authorities. Before shooting the victim in a classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, according to investigators, the youngster fought with him. Sebastian Gonzalez-Hernandez, a father whose six-year-old son was in the school, claims that the instructor “screamed at her pupils to get away” after the youngster fired a single round.
He told DailyMail.com that “even after she was shot, she concerned about the protection of her children.” She is an incredible and devoted instructor. My youngster adores it to the fullest, and we are grieved by what transpired. We’re all thinking of her and praying for a speedy recovery. After the shooting about 2pm on Friday, Ms. Zwerner was brought to the hospital for surgery and is still in serious condition.
The police are trying to figure out how the freshman got his hands on a gun and confirm that he was the one who pulled the trigger.
“It was not an accidental shooting,” Newport News Chief Steve Drew said at a Friday news conference. “It was in a classroom, there was an altercation. There wasn’t a situation where someone was running across the school to shoot. We had a situation in a certain location where a shot was fired. A grandmother of one of the students says a child brought bullets to school at school and spoke of carrying a gun afterwards, although she wasn’t sure it was the same boy. Superintendent George Parker said the school may use metal detectors on students, although it doesn’t test regularly.
Who was Abby Zwerner?
According to the MailOnline, a parent said the educator “shouted at her children to run” after she was shot. Another student reported that the shot was heard during the break between classes, which was cut short when they were quickly rushed back to their classes. The same student said, “Most of the class was crying.” Police Chief Steve Drew added: “This was not a situation where a student or other people were shooting up and down the halls during a sustained shootout.
It was in a classroom.” The children were eventually kicked out of school and reunited with their worried parents. A mother, furious at gun laws in the United States, told 3TKR, “Why is there a 7-year-old with a bloody gun?” “You have a beautiful country, you have beautiful people, but what is the problem? Weapons.
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