A Virginia jury heard closing arguments Wednesday in a $40 million civil case in which they will decide whether an assistant principal acted with gross negligence when a then-6-year-old student shot his first grade teacher. The teacher, Abby Zwerner, was shot in January 2023 in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. Her complaint alleged the school's assistant principal at the time, Ebony Parker, failed to act after being informed multiple times that her student had a firearm on the day of the incident and did not let staff search him prior to the shooting. The bullet went through Zwerner's left hand and then into her chest, where it remains. She was initially hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, police said. The civil complaint alleged Parker acted

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