The first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned from her position, school officials said Tuesday, more than two months after she sued the district for $40 million. The last day of Abby Zwerner’s contract was Monday, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement. The district said that Zwerner…

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia is now facing federal charges that allege she used marijuana while also possessing a gun, which is illegal under U.S. law. Deja Taylor, 25, is also accused of lying about her marijuana use on a federal background check form when she bought the…

NORFOLK, Va.—The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old shot his teacher argues that her injuries fall under the state’s workers compensation act and cannot be addressed through her $40 million lawsuit, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Abigail Zwerner was “clearly injured while at work, at her place of employment, by a student in the…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher had a series of miscarriages and post-partum depression in the year before the shooting, her attorney said Friday, after she was arraigned on charges of child neglect and failing to secure the handgun her son used in the shooting. Police…

The Virginia mother of a 6-year-old child who shot and wounded his teacher earlier this year was arrested on Thursday in connection with the incident, according to authorities. Deja Nicole Taylor turned herself in at the Newport News City Jail for outstanding warrants related to the Jan. 6 shooting at Richneck Elementary, the Newport News…

RICHMOND, Va.—A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said she has had four surgeries and is going through a challenging recovery. Speaking publicly for the first time since the Jan. 6 shooting, first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner said during an exclusive interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie that she has some days…

The 6-year-old boy who shot his first-grade teacher in January will not be charged, the city prosecutor in Newport News, Virginia, told NBC News on Wednesday, but he has not yet decided whether any adults associated with the case could be. In an interview with NBC News, Newport News Commonwealth Attorney Howard Gwynn said the “prospect…

A Newport News, Virginia elementary school teacher helped her students to safety after a 6-year-old student brought a 9 mm Taurus pistol into her classroom in a backpack and allegedly shot her in the chest, police said in an update on Monday. Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew told reporters on Monday that police interviewed…