‘I don’t care if I go to jail’: Newly released video shows 6-year-old defiant after Virginia school shooting

Newly released body camera footage captures the immediate aftermath of a January 6, 2023, shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, where a six-year-old student shot his teacher, Abigail Zwerner. The video, previously sealed during legal proceedings, shows the child using profanity and acting defiantly toward responding officers and school staff. The boy's mother has been sentenced on felony child neglect and federal weapons charges, while the teacher was recently awarded $10 million in a civil suit for negligence against a former school administrator.

Newly released body camera footage captures the immediate aftermath of a January 6, 2023, shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, where a six-year-old student shot his teacher, Abigail Zwerner. The video, previously sealed during legal proceedings, shows the child using profanity and acting defiantly toward responding officers and school staff. The boy's mother has been sentenced on felony child neglect and federal weapons charges, while the teacher was recently awarded $10 million in a civil suit for negligence against a former school administrator.