Prosecutors in Virginia say that a criminal investigation into staff members at a school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher will continue. The announcement comes a day after a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary was charged with felony child neglect. Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn told reporters Thursday that a special grand jury that was empaneled to investigate...

A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been indicted on eight felony counts of child neglect in the case of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in Newport News last year.

A judge in Virginia has ruled that a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in class can press forward with a $40 million lawsuit. That means that Abby Zwerner could get much more than just workers compensation for her injuries. The former first-grade teacher was hospitalized and endured multiple surgeries after a bullet struck her hand and chest...

Lawyers sparred in a Virginia courtroom over whether a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student should get only workers’ compensation. Abby Zwerner is suing Newport News Public Schools for $40 million. The school board is arguing that Zwerner’s injuries fall under workers compensation. The former first-grade teacher was hospitalized and endured multiple surgeries after a bullet struck her...

Abby Zwerner, a former first-grade teacher, was hospitalized for nearly two weeks and endured multiple surgeries after a 6-year-old student shot her and a bullet struck her hand and chest. She’s suing the public school system in Newport News for $40 million, raising questions about worker’s compensation.

Newly uncovered documents out of Newport News, Virginia, show the boy confessed to the crime immediately after. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

Recently unsealed search warrants describe the moments after a 6-year-old shot his teacher in Virginia. The warrants quote a reading specialist who ran into the classroom after the shooting and restrained the boy. The warrants say the child made statements including “I shot that (expletive) dead.” The unsealed court documents in the city of Newport News offer fresh details about...

The first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned from her position, school officials said Tuesday, more than two months after she sued the district for $40 million.

The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of using marijuana while possessing a firearm. It’s a crime under federal law that’s facing increasing scrutiny as more states legalize the drug. Deja Taylor is accused of lying about her marijuana use on a form when she...

The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old shot his teacher argues that her injuries fall under the state’s workers compensation act and cannot be addressed through her $40 million lawsuit. That’s according to court documents filed Wednesday by the Newport News School Board. Teacher Abigail Zwerner was shot in the hand and chest at Richneck Elementary in January. The school...