Boy, 6, boasted about shooting Virginia teacher Abigail Zwerner
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New court documents show the pupil confessed to the attack and outline how he took his mother's gun.

The six-year-old student who shot his teacher in the US earlier this year, boasted about the incident saying “I shot [her] dead”, unsealed court documents show.

While being restrained after the shooting at a Virginia school, the boy is said to have admitted “I did it”, adding “I got my mom’s gun last night”.

His teacher, Abigail “Abby” Zwerner - who survived - filed a $40m (£31.4m) lawsuit earlier this year.

The boy has not been charged.

The boy’s mother, however, Deja Taylor, has been charged with felony child neglect and misdemeanour recklessly leaving a loaded firearm as to endanger a child.

In Ms Zwerner’s lawsuit, filed in April, she accuses school officials of gross negligence for ignoring warning signs and argues the defendants knew the child "had a history of random violence

The documents also mention another incident with the same student while he was in kindergarten. A retired teacher told police he started “choking her to the point she could not breathe”.

    • PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee
      121·
      11 months ago

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      • dtc@lemmy.world
        13·
        11 months ago

        Lol apologist? Are you kidding me right now?

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        • PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee
          21·
          11 months ago

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          Millions of Americans keep loaded guns in drawers, glove compartments, closets and naff hidden compartments. The pro-gun community generally turns a blind eye to this and staunchly oppose measures to ensure “responsible gun owners” are actually being responsible.

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          • dtc@lemmy.world
            1·
            11 months ago

            Who taught the 6 year old to load, cock and use a gun? I’m guessing the sob mother won’t fess up to it. Maybe kids are smarter than we think?