A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old student shot first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner now faces criminal charges. A special grand jury in Newport News finds that Ebony Parker showed "reckless disregard" for the well-being of Richneck Elementary School students on Jan. 6, 2023, according to a criminal indictment unsealed Tuesday. The charging document alleges that Parker, who was responsible for Richneck students, "feloniously did commit a willful act or omission in the care of such students, in a manner so gross, wanton and culpable as...

The former assistant principal of a Virginia school has been indicted on eight felony counts of child neglect in connection with a high-profile incident last year in which a teacher was shot by a 6-year-old. Ebony Parker, the ex-administrator at Richneck Elementary School, is accused of having shown “a reckless disregard for the human life” of students at the school on Jan. 6, 2023, when teacher Abby Zwerner was shot by one of her first-grade students, according to unsealed indictments filed in Newport News Circuit Court, the The Virginian-Pilot reports....

A former assistant principal at Virginia’s Richneck Elementary School has been indicted in the high-profile shooting of a teacher by a 6-year-old student, according to court records. A special grand jury in Newport News charged Ebony Parker with eight counts of child abuse on March 11, a little over a year after the shooting generated national attention because of the young age of the shooter, according to recently unsealed charges. Newport News prosecutors declined to provide any details about the charges, but said the special grand jury empaneled to investigate...