Messages of support for teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a 6 year old student, grace the front door of Richneck Elementary School Newport News, Va. on Monday Jan. 9, 2023. The Virginia teacher who authorities say was shot by a 6-year-old student is known as a hard-working educator who’s devoted to her students and enthusiastic about the profession that runs in her family. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)
School Shooting Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Authorities plan to offer updates on the shooting of a Virginia elementary school teacher by a 6-year-old student, and the community will later hold a candlelight vigil. The Newport News police department said that the police chief, mayor and school superintendent will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. to discuss the shooting that happened on Friday. Afterward, a candlelight vigil was planned at 6:30 p.m. for the wounded teacher, Abby Zwerner. Police Chief Steve Drew has said the boy shot and wounded Zwerner the teacher with a handgun in a first-grade classroom on Friday. Shortly after the shooting, police said Zwerner had life-threatening injuries, but she has improved and was listed in stable condition at a local hospital over the weekend.
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