A former assistant principal in Newport News was found grossly negligent for ignoring repeated warnings that a six-year-old boy had a gun at school, jurors concluded on Thursday, and that omission caused the 2023 shooting of first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner. A jury of seven deliberated for six hours over two days, and awarded $10 million in damages, plus interest, to Zwerner for the physical and psychological injuries she suffers from almost two years after being shot by one of her students.
