Former Virginia teacher Abigail Zwerner testified on Thursday (October 30) in a civil trial about the traumatic experience of being shot by a six-year-old student at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News. Zwerner, who is suing former assistant principal Ebony Parker for $40 million, described the moments after the shooting on January 6, 2023, saying, "I thought I was dying, I thought I had died." She explained to the jury that she felt she was "on my way to heaven" before everything went black.

The lawsuit alleges Parker failed to act on multiple warnings about the student bringing a gun to school. Zwerner recounted that a reading specialist informed her about the potential threat, and she assumed Parker was aware and would handle the situation. However, the gun was not fou

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