Several teachers and employees at Richneck Elementary School said they voiced concerns about a student having a gun in school before the 6-year-old shot his first grade teacher one afternoon in early 2023.

They described how they handled the news — from three other students — that the boy had a gun in school that day, and how they reacted when he opened fire.

Surveillance footage showed 18 students running from Classroom 11 — where the shooting took place — to another classroom across the hall, as first grade teacher Abigail Zwerner ran to the school office in search of help.

A surgeon at Riverside Regional Medical Center described the wounds to Zwerner — including a bullet fragment that’s still inside her body. Surgeons can’t remove that bullet, Dr. Alan Chap said, because it’s only

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