On January 6, 2023, American school teacher Abby Zwerner was seriously injured when a six-year-old male student shot her while she was teaching in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. The boy had brought from home, in his backpack, a 9mm semi-automatic pistol belonging to his mother.
Zwerner's shooting provoked conversations about the culpability of young shooters and their parents, and comparisons with the 2000 killing of Kayla Rolland, also committed by a six-year-old student.
The mother of the six-year-old male was convicted of criminal possession of a weapon, making false statements, and child neglect in relation to the shooting, and was sentenced to 3+3⁄4 years in prison. She has publicly stated that she takes responsibility for the shooting.
Waendesha Mashitaka wamesema Mtoto huyo ambaye ni mwanafunzi katika Jimbo la Virginia bado mdogo kuweza kutambua masuala ya sheria badala yake wanaangalia nani anaweza kushitakiwa katika tukio hilo.
Mwalimu Abigail Zwerner (25) aliyejeruhiwa mkononi na kifuani amefungua mashtaka dhidi ya Shule...
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