Former assistant principal charged with youngster neglect in case of 6-year-old boy who shot instructor
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary faculty has been indicted on eight felony counts of kid neglect within the case of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his first-grade instructor in Newport Information, Virginia, final 12 months.
A particular grand jury discovered that Ebony Parker confirmed a reckless disregard for the lives of Richneck Elementary Faculty college students on Jan. 6, 2023, in keeping with indictments unsealed Tuesday in Newport Information Circuit Courtroom.
Every of the fees is punishable by as much as 5 years in jail.
Parker was working the day the 6-year-old fired a single shot at his instructor, Abigail Zwerner, throughout a studying class. Zwerner has filed a $40 million lawsuit alleging that Parker ignored a number of warnings that the boy had a gun at school that day. Zwerner was significantly damage within the capturing, however has recovered.
Within the lawsuit, Zwerner’s attorneys describe a collection of warnings that college workers gave directors within the hours earlier than the capturing, starting with Zwerner, who went to Parker’s workplace and instructed her the boy “was in a violent temper,” had threatened to beat up a kindergartener and stared down a safety officer within the lunchroom. The lawsuit alleges that Parker “had no response, refusing even to lookup at (Zwerner) when she expressed her issues.”
The lawsuit additionally alleges {that a} studying specialist instructed Parker that the boy had instructed college students he had a gun. Parker responded that his “pockets had been too small to carry a handgun and did nothing,” the lawsuit states.
The indictments allege that Parker “did commit a willful act or omission within the care of such college students, in a way so gross, wanton and culpable as to point out a reckless disregard for human life.”
The Related Press left a message looking for remark Tuesday with Parker’s lawyer, Curtis Rogers.
