Judge dismisses trial against former Virginia assistant principal in case of 6-year-old with gun
Parker had been accused of ignoring warnings that a 6-year-old student had brought a loaded gun to Richneck Elementary that was later used to shoot his first-grade teacher, Abby Zwerner. The bullet went through her hand and pierced her chest. Judge Rebecca Robinson dismissed eight counts of felony child neglect, one for each of the bullets in the gun brought into Zwerner’s classroom in Newport News in January 2023.
- ▪Parker had been accused of ignoring warnings that a 6-year-old student had brought a loaded gun to Richneck Elementary that was later used to shoot his first-grade teacher, Abby Zwerner.
- ▪The bullet went through her hand and pierced her chest.
- ▪Judge Rebecca Robinson dismissed eight counts of felony child neglect, one for each of the bullets in the gun brought into Zwerner’s classroom in Newport News in January 2023.
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State Watch Judge dismisses trial against former Virginia assistant principal in case of 6-year-old with gun Comments: by Chrysnel Banzouzi - 05/21/26 12:04 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Chrysnel Banzouzi - 05/21/26 12:04 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – The trial for Ebony Parker, the former assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, has been dismissed by the judge after three days of the prosecution’s case. Parker had been accused of ignoring warnings that a 6-year-old student had brought a loaded gun to Richneck Elementary that was later used to shoot his first-grade teacher, Abby Zwerner. The bullet went through her hand and pierced her chest.
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