Former assistant principal Ebony Parker faces criminal charges following the 2023 Richneck Elementary School shooting where a 6-year-old shot his teacher.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The criminal trial for a former assistant principal is taking place in Newport News this week, marking the latest development in the fallout from a January 2023 school shooting that drew national attention.
Ebony Parker, the former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School, faces eight counts of felony child neglect in connection with the shooting of first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner. Prosecutors allege Parker failed to act despite multiple warnings that a 6-year-old
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