Bodycam footage shows six-year-old after shooting teacher in Virginia

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 19:19 · Archive

Bodycam footage released three years after a six-year-old shot his first-grade teacher at a Virginia school shows him cursing at police.

Bodycam footage released three years after the incident shows the aftermath of a shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, on 6 January 2023. A six-year-old boy had stolen his mother's 9mm handgun and brought it into the classroom, where he shot first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner, striking her in the left hand and upper left chest.

The newly released footage from officer Brian Torrez's bodycam captures the child sitting on the lap of reading specialist Amy Kovac whilst police surrounded them. In the video, the boy is heard shouting expletives at responding officers. When asked his name, the child responded: 'If you want a piece of me, come get it!' He later told police: 'I stole that from my mom,' pointing to the gun used in the shooting.

The boy, now aged nine or ten, continued to defy officers throughout the footage, telling them: 'I don't care if I go to jail' and 'I don't care if you call back up.' The footage had been obtained by the Virginian-Pilot and published for the first time since the ordeal.

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• Astonishing video shows moments after 6-year-old shot a Virginia teacherNewly released video shows the moments after a 6-year-old boy shot a teacher in Virginia. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports.CBS News · 8 Oct, 19:56
• 6-year-old curses at cops in newly unsealed bodycam after shooting teacher in Virginia classroomNewly unsealed bodycam footage captures the chaotic aftermath of the January 2023 shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, showing the then-6-year-old boy cursing at a school employee and responding officers after shooting first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner, striking her in the hand and chest. The boy, now 9 or 10, remains in Newport...New York Post · 8 Oct, 19:04
• Jaw-dropping new bodycam shows boy, 6, curse and threaten cops moments after he shot his teacher with gun he brought to schoolThe child, identified only as J.T., stole his mother's gun and brought it into school, before shooting his first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner in the left hand and upper left chest.Daily Mail · 7 Oct, 21:52

In this story: J.T. · Abigail Zwerner · Amy Kovac · Brian Torrez · Richneck Elementary School · Newport News · Virginia

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