Virginia Official Suspected 6-Year-Old Had Possession of Gun Before Shooting Teacher, Says Superintendent

Virginia Official Suspected 6-Year-Old Had Possession of Gun Before Shooting Teacher, Says Superintendent
Police tape hangs from a sign post outside Richneck Elementary School following a shooting in Newport News, Va., on Jan. 7, 2023. Jay Paul/Getty Images
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An official at the Virginia school where a 6-year-old student brought a 9mm pistol in a backpack and allegedly shot his teacher suspected the child possessed a firearm before the shooting transpired, but the official failed to find it in a search, according to a superintendent.

During an online meeting on Thursday, the superintendent of Newport News Schools, Dr. George Parker, told parents that at least one school official was notified that the boy may have had a weapon before last week’s shooting that seriously injured Abigail Zwerner, a 25-year-old first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School.

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