{"id":1823692,"date":"2023-01-25T12:49:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823692"},"modified":"2023-01-25T12:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:57:40","slug":"teacher-shot-by-6-year-old-reportedly-texted-warning-to-loved-one-that-child-was-armed-no-school-officials-came","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teacher-shot-by-6-year-old-reportedly-texted-warning-to-loved-one-that-child-was-armed-no-school-officials-came\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Shot By 6-Year-Old Reportedly Texted Warning To Loved One That Child Was Armed. No School Officials Came."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteacher-shot-by-6-year-old-reportedly-texted-warning-to-loved-one-that-child-was-armed-no-school-officials-came%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823692&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Abigail Zwerner was a Virginia teacher in the first grade who was attacked by her six-year old student. She reportedly sent a text message to a loved one prior to the shooting revealing that her child had a gun and that school officials had not responded to her pleas for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>A source told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/teacher-shot-6-year-old-texted-dire-warning-loved-one-was-wounded-sour-rcna67290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> that the text from Zwerner stated the boy\u2019s backpack carried a gun and administrators at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News weren\u2019t coming to her aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was frustrated because she was trying to get help with this child, for this child, and then when she needed help, no one was coming,\u201d According to the source.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Diane Toscano, Zwerner\u2019s attorney, announced she will file a lawsuit against the Newport News School Division.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zwerner&#8217;s lawyer, Diane Toscano, stated that Newport News School Division was notified by Zwerner that she plans to sue the school. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eQ9nK7m6Gj\">pic.twitter.com\/eQ9nK7m6Gj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelsey Kendall (@KelseyKSU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KelseyKSU\/status\/1618281678753136645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The boy was allegedly a minor at the time of the shooting. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/21\/boy-who-shot-abigail-zwerner-told-another-he-wanted-to-set-her-on-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told another educator<\/a> He wanted Zwerner to be set ablaze so he could watch her die.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything that has been reported to our school leadership team in regards to concerns at Richneck from teachers and staff members is part of the investigation. It\u2019s being thoroughly investigated,\u201d Michelle Price, spokesperson Newport News Public Schools said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virginia 6 year old stole mom\u2019s gun to shoot teacher. Are parents likely to be charged? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7XD2mXoolc\">https:\/\/t.co\/7XD2mXoolc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Abigail?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Abigail<\/a> Zwerner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Abby?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Abby<\/a> Zwerner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Newport?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Newport<\/a> News Shooting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AbbyZwerner?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AbbyZwerner<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Richneck?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Richneck<\/a> Elementary School <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/90UajbLB7Y\">pic.twitter.com\/90UajbLB7Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scallywagandvagabond (@ScallywagNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScallywagNYC\/status\/1612678929034231809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Parker III (Director of Newport News School Division), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/parents-wonder-6-year-old-virginia-boy-shot-teacher-backpack-was-searc-rcna65914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> After the January 6 shooting virtual village hall, the boy came to school late. His book bag was checked when he signed in. \u201cAt least one administrator was notified of a possible weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newport News police spokesperson claimed that police had confirmed \u201ca school employee was notified of a possible firearm at Richneck Elementary before the shooting occurred,\u201d adding, \u201cThe Newport News Police Department was not notified of this information prior to the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zwerner sustained injuries that were described as life-threatening at time of shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was going to confiscate it, and that\u2019s when he shot,\u201d The mother of one child in class shared her story\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/01\/08\/richneck-elementary-school-shooting-newport-news-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-director of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice mentioned what he called the \u201cinfancy defense\u201d It is possible that the child could be charged if he or she is in custody of the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a practical matter, it would be next to impossible to prosecute a 6-year-old, no matter how serious,\u201d Andrew Block said so to the Post. \u201cThe bigger barrier, presuming the prosecution could overcome that, is all defendants have to be competent to stand trial. That means you have to understand the nature of legal proceedings against you and assist in your own defense. There\u2019s no way a 6-year-old would meet that criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A parent of a student in the first grade told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11613793\/Teacher-25-deliberately-shot-chest-six-year-old-boy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0Zwerner \u201cscreamed at her kids to run away\u201d After being shot. Sebastian Gonzalez-Hernandez continued, \u201cEven after she\u2019d been shot she was thinking about the safety of her children. My son didn\u2019t see what happened; he heard the gunshot go off, and turned around to see Miss Zwerner on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is an amazing teacher, so dedicated,\u201d He concluded. \u201cMy son absolutely loves her, and we\u2019re devastated about what\u2019s happened. We are all thinking of her and hoping that she gets better soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/screamed-at-her-kids-to-run-away-6-year-old-shoots-his-1st-grade-teacher\/\">\u2018Screamed At Her Kids To Run Away\u2019: 6-Year-Old Shoots His 1st Grade Teacher<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abigail Zwerner, the Virginia first-grade teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student, reportedly texted a loved one before the shooting that the child had a gun and school officials were not responding to her pleas for help. A source told NBC News that the text from Zwerner stated the boy\u2019s backpack carried a gun &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1823695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[10652,4392,11673,6716,15035,3638,4292,3924,4049,4698,16432,7267],"class_list":["post-1823692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-6-year-old","tag-armed","tag-came","tag-child","tag-loved","tag-officials","tag-reportedly","tag-school","tag-shot","tag-teacher","tag-texted","tag-warning"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}