The $40 million lawsuit over the Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student could hinge on who was responsible for checking out classmates’ claims that the first grader had a gun.

Abby Zwener, who still carries the bullet lodged in her chest, is arguing that her former vice principal, Ebony Parker, failed to act on repeated warnings that the troubled boy had brought his mom’s handgun to class in Newport News, Virginia.

The case is slated to come to a close following four days of testimony in court, where Zwerner took the witness stand to recount the moment she was shot in the hand and chest in her classroom on Jan. 6, 2023. She said she believed she “died” and was on her way “to heaven.”

Jurors could begin deliberating Wednesday afternoon.

Over the first three days of tr

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