NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY)— Abigail Zwerner, the former first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary School in January of 2023, took the stand Thursday.
Thursday marks the fourth day in the ongoing $40 million civil trial involving Zwerner, which alleges that then assistant principal Ebony Parker ignored warnings that the 6-year-old had a gun on the day of the shooting.
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Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Clarence Watson, who has been treating Zwerner since the shooting, was the first to take the stand Thursday morning.
He told the court that Zwerner has nightmares of the shooter finding her and shooting her again. He has diagnosed her with post-traumatic stress syndrome…