Wed Jan 25, 2023, 01:36 PM

FakeNoose (27,622 posts)

Lawyer: Adminstrators were warned 3 times the day boy shot teacher at Virginia school

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (AP news story)

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, but the administration “was paralyzed by apathy” and didn’t call police, remove the boy from class or lock down the school, the wounded teacher's lawyer said Wednesday.

Diane Toscano, an attorney for Abigail Zwerner, said during a news conference that she has notified the school board in Newport News that the 25-year-old teacher at Richneck Elementary School plans to sue the school district over the Jan. 6 shooting, which left Ms. Zwerner with serious injuries.

“On that day, over the course of a few hours, three different times — three times — school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school and was threatening people. But the administration could not be bothered,” Ms. Toscano said.

She said that Ms. Zwerner first went to an administrator at around 11:15 a.m. on the day of the shooting and said the boy had threatened to beat up another child, but no action was taken.

Read more: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2023/01/25/newport-news-virginia-abigail-zwerner-us-shooting-richneck-elementary/stories/202301250086

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Lawsuits are coming. This is total negligence on the school administrators. Also, how negligent are the boy's parents? He got that gun from somewhere - probably his own home.

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Lawyer: Adminstrators were warned 3 times the day boy shot teacher at Virginia school (Original post)	FakeNoose	Wednesday	OP
What.The.Fuck.	Sky Jewels	Wednesday	#1
Only black children are a threat and disciplined in schools...didn't you know that?	Samrob	Wednesday	#34
Apparently the child is black	sarisataka	Wednesday	#38
Open mouth, insert foot.	LisaL	Wednesday	#40
by your logic	catsudon	Wednesday	#41
And did nothing.........	Lovie777	Wednesday	#2
The article you posted indicates where he got the gun nt	GusBob	Wednesday	#3
Yes it does, and it surely sounds like parental negligence	FakeNoose	Wednesday	#6
Yes they can claim locked	GusBob	Wednesday	#11
They do make keyless trigger locks with combinations.	Ray Bruns	Wednesday	#20
The article says a key was required.	ShazzieB	Wednesday	#21
Then the little bastard stole the key or the gun wasn't secured.	Ray Bruns	Wednesday	#25
Yes they can claim locked	GusBob	Wednesday	#12
According to this, they have put one out, but it doesn't reveal a lot.	ShazzieB	Wednesday	#24
"Oh, nothing to worry about. After all: who brings a gun to school and starts shooting?"	Aristus	Wednesday	#4
Unforgivable.	Paladin	Wednesday	#5
But who pays? Like suing the police. It doesn't come out of the pockets of those responsible.	thesquanderer	Wednesday	#13
Well, golly. I guess we're all just shit out of luck. (nt)	Paladin	Wednesday	#15
I'm sure criminal charges could be filed like reckless endangerment or something	MichMan	Wednesday	#22
And just like police, some other district will hire them, maybe even with better pay.	NullTuples	Wednesday	#31
Sue the parents too.	progressoid	Wednesday	#35
Like, time to retire without ANY financial worries for a lifetime and beyond for her family?	usaf-vet	Wednesday	#29
The do nothing plan is clearly not working	IronLionZion	Wednesday	#7
The do nothing plan totally supports the basic concept though.	Zilli	Wednesday	#16
It's not too much to pull a 6 year old aside and search for guns	IronLionZion	Wednesday	#17
I can see this stuff being ignored in middle school, where bullying is at its peak	Warpy	Wednesday	#8
You can see ignoring a kid bringing a gun to school? Please explain, I assume I'm reading that wrong	NullTuples	Wednesday	#32
So, let's get this straight...	PatrickforB	Wednesday	#9
Plenty of Peter Principals	McKim	Wednesday	#19
That is exactly what Republicans mean when they speak of their "common sense".	NullTuples	Wednesday	#33
"Acute care plan"	Lulu KC	Wednesday	#10
And the week of the shooting was "the first when a parent was not in class with him."	ShazzieB	Wednesday	#23
It sounds like this child was extremely troubled.	NH Ethylene	Wednesday	#37
Unbelievable	underpants	Wednesday	#14
Unreal how the Admin didn't take	Cha	Wednesday	#18
What's even weirder (to me) is that no administrator's names are ever mentioned.	ShazzieB	Wednesday	#36
They also haven't named the boy or his parents	FakeNoose	Wednesday	#42
Oh that's right.. I Hope	Cha	Wednesday	#44
It was secure . . then somehow it became unsecure . . then it . . just went off!	NBachers	Wednesday	#26
The gun was kept on a top shelf of closet in mother's bedroom.	LisaL	Wednesday	#28
It is not logical that the gun was secured.	GreenWave	Wednesday	#27
the administration, "was paralyzed by apathy" equals "DGAF"	NullTuples	Wednesday	#30
Wasn't his parent supposed to be by his side at all times	BigmanPigman	Wednesday	#39
In-Excusable. Fire them all. No business being employed at a school anymore. nt	Evolve Dammit	Wednesday	#43
There has to be more to this	Zeitghost	Wednesday	#45
Schools chief fired after boy, 6, shoots teacher in Virginia	Eugene	Wednesday	#46
Thank you for posting this - we need the BBC to learn anything, American papers can't tell us	FakeNoose	Wednesday	#47

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Wed Jan 25, 2023, 01:42 PM

Sky Jewels (2,778 posts)

Lawyer: Adminstrators were warned 3 times the day boy shot teacher at Virginia school

1. What.The.Fuck.

34. Only black children are a threat and disciplined in schools...didn't you know that?

38. Apparently the child is black

40. Open mouth, insert foot.

41. by your logic

2. And did nothing.........

3. The article you posted indicates where he got the gun nt

6. Yes it does, and it surely sounds like parental negligence

11. Yes they can claim locked

20. They do make keyless trigger locks with combinations.

21. The article says a key was required.

25. Then the little bastard stole the key or the gun wasn't secured.

12. Yes they can claim locked

24. According to this, they have put one out, but it doesn't reveal a lot.

4. "Oh, nothing to worry about. After all: who brings a gun to school and starts shooting?"

5. Unforgivable.

13. But who pays? Like suing the police. It doesn't come out of the pockets of those responsible.

15. Well, golly. I guess we're all just shit out of luck. (nt)

22. I'm sure criminal charges could be filed like reckless endangerment or something

31. And just like police, some other district *will* hire them, maybe even with better pay.

35. Sue the parents too.

29. Like, time to retire without ANY financial worries for a lifetime and beyond for her family?

7. The do nothing plan is clearly not working

16. The do nothing plan totally supports the basic concept though.

17. It's not too much to pull a 6 year old aside and search for guns

8. I can see this stuff being ignored in middle school, where bullying is at its peak

32. You can see ignoring a kid bringing a gun to school? Please explain, I assume I'm reading that wrong

9. So, let's get this straight...

19. Plenty of Peter Principals

33. That is exactly what Republicans mean when they speak of their "common sense".

10. "Acute care plan"

23. And the week of the shooting was "the first when a parent was not in class with him."

37. It sounds like this child was extremely troubled.

14. Unbelievable

18. Unreal how the Admin didn't take

36. What's even weirder (to me) is that no administrator's names are ever mentioned.

42. They also haven't named the boy or his parents

44. Oh that's right.. I Hope

26. It was secure . . then somehow it became unsecure . . then it . . just went off!

28. The gun was kept on a top shelf of closet in mother's bedroom.

27. It is not logical that the gun was secured.

30. the administration, "was paralyzed by apathy" equals "DGAF"

39. Wasn't his parent supposed to be by his side at all times

43. In-Excusable. Fire them all. No business being employed at a school anymore. nt

45. There has to be more to this

46. Schools chief fired after boy, 6, shoots teacher in Virginia

47. Thank you for posting this - we need the BBC to learn anything, American papers can't tell us

31. And just like police, some other district will hire them, maybe even with better pay.