
Another 6-year-old caught with handgun at school, mother charged: report
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A mother in Virginia is facing legal charges after her 6-year-old son was caught at an elementary school with a gun. The incident happened just over a month after first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner was shot by a student in her classroom.
Police responded to the school located at 7901 Nancy Drive around 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 for the report of a student having a weapon in the school. When officers arrived, school administrators turned over the handgun to them. No injuries were reported during the incident, police said. Police have charged the mother of a Little Creek Elementary School 6-year-old boy who allegedly took a gun to school. (Google Earth) The alleged incident unfolded Little Creek Elementary School in Norfolk, Virginia. (Google Earth) Police previously said a boy brought a 9mm handgun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, Abigail Zwerner, as she was teaching her first-grade class. ((Family of Abigail Zwerner via AP, File)) A shooting in a classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., occurred after an altercation between a student and a teacher, officials said. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
The incident happened just over a month after first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner was shot and wounded by a 6-year-old student on Jan. 6. Police have said the student took his mother’s 9 mm handgun to Richneck Elementary and intentionally shot Zwerner, who was hospitalized for nearly two weeks but is now recovering at home.













