When Ebony Parker was told the boy allegedly brought a gun to school, the administrator's response was that the child's 'pockets were too small to hold a handgun and did nothing,' the suit alleges.
Staff warned administrators at a Virginia school that a child had a gun and was threatening other students before he shot a teacher, a lawyer said.by a 6-year-old student filed a $40 million lawsuit against her school district, alleging administrators were told the boy brought a gun to school prior to the shooting and "had a history of random violence," yet did nothing to stop him from harming her.
The child, who was not named in the lawsuit or by law enforcement officials, was not charged in the shooting. "We don't believe the law supports charging a 6-year-old with a criminal offense as serious as this one," Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney Howard Gwynn told ABC Hampton, Virginia, affiliate WVEC in a phone call last month.
The lawsuit, which refers to the boy as John Doe, alleges that just two days before she was shot, Zwerner had a classroom altercation with the boy when he took her cell phone and slammed it on the ground, shattering it. Zwerner, according to the suit, took the boy to the lead teacher and called school security, who did not respond. She claims that when a guidance counselor came to her classroom, the boy called them a derogatory name and was suspended for a day.
The instructor went ahead and searched the backpack while the boy was at recess, but didn't find a gun, according to the lawsuit.When Ebony Parker was told the boy allegedly brought a gun to school, the administrator's response was that the child's "pockets were too small to hold a handgun and did nothing," the suit alleges.
Since the shooting, Zwerner has experienced physical pain, anxiety, depression and nightmares, according to the lawsuit.
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