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Teacher Testifies After Being Shot by 6-Year-Old Student

Inside EditionNovember 5, 20252 min672,829 views
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Teacher's Ordeal and Testimony

  • 🎯 Abby Zwerner, a 28-year-old teacher, testified about the traumatic experience of being shot by a 6-year-old student.
  • πŸ€• She recounted believing she was dying and on her way to heaven at the moment of the shooting.
  • πŸ₯ Her immediate memory after the event was seeing co-workers applying pressure to her wounds.
  • πŸ’₯ The bullet passed through her hand and remains lodged in her chest.

Prior Incidents and Warnings

  • πŸ“± Zwerner described a prior incident two days before the shooting where the student slammed her phone to the ground, breaking the screen protector.
  • βš–οΈ The student was suspended for a day following this incident, and both he and his mother apologized.
  • 🏫 The student was allowed to return to school, after which the shooting occurred.

Lawsuit Against Assistant Principal

  • πŸ›οΈ Abby Zwerner is suing the former assistant principal, Ebony Parker, alleging failure to act on warnings.
  • πŸ“’ Four individuals had reportedly approached Parker with concerns that the student possessed a firearm.
  • πŸ“Ή Body camera footage showed Parker in the school office shortly after the shooting.

Defense Arguments

  • ❓ Attorneys for the assistant principal questioned the severity of Zwerner's injuries, referencing her attendance at a Taylor Swift concert a few months after the shooting.
  • 🀷 The defense argued that no one could have foreseen a 6-year-old bringing a firearm to school.
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School ShootingTeacher TestimonyStudent Gun ViolenceAbby ZwernerEbony ParkerSchool NegligenceAssault WeaponVirginia CourtroomBody Camera FootageStudent SuspensionAssistant Principal Liability
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