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Bodycam footage shows moments after 6-year-old shoots teacher
WBAL-TV • • nation
Key Points:
- Police body camera footage released shows the moments after a 6-year-old shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, inside a Virginia elementary school classroom in January 2023.
- The video captures the child shouting profanities at officers while being held by a reading specialist, reflecting his aggressive behavior after the incident.
- Zwerner was shot in the hand and chest and later testified she feared for her life; she was awarded $10 million in a civil lawsuit against the ex-assistant principal who was accused of ignoring warnings about the child having a gun.
- The student's mother was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for felony child neglect and federal weapons charges after the child accessed her handgun from her purse.
- The 6-year-old was not criminally charged due to his age, and his identity has been kept confidential.
