Abigail Zwerner, a Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student earlier this year, is suing her school’s administrators for $40 million, claiming they failed to protect her against the violent child!
On Monday, People obtained a copy of the 20-page complaint in which the 25-year-old teacher of Newport News named several defendants in her lawsuit, including the School Board of Richneck Elementary School (where the attack took place), former schools Superintendent George Parker III, former Richneck Principal Briana Foster Newton, and former Richneck Vice Principal Ebony Parker. Related: Country Stars SLAM Politicians After Nashville Elementary School Shooting! In the filing, the teacher alleged the vice principal was warned several times by various teachers on the day of the shooting that the child was behaving violently and reportedly had a gun on him, yet action wasn’t taken.
Because of this, Abigail claims Ebony broke “her assumed duty” to protect Abigail “despite multiple reports that a firearm was on school property and likely in possession of a violent individual.” Zwerner now suffers from “physical pain and mental anguish.” The lawsuit also included more details about the unnamed student.
The school year prior, the then-five-year-old allegedly strangled and choked a teacher, reportedly causing him to be removed from the elementary school.