possible weapon in that child s backpack or otherwise. this keeps happening again and again. and the new wrinkle in this one is it was the 6-year-old who brought the gun to school. and shot a teacher. as the father who lost his daughter to gun violence at a school, what advice do you offer to these parents who are terrified and furious over how school officials have handled this? demand everybody, politicians, school board members, understand that when we talk about gun violence, it s not simply a question of in schools. demand that they do something to reduce access to weapons. the truth is all the issues we have in this country with regards to security and mental health and children who maybe
so, the virginia teacher who was shot allegedly by her 6-year-old student has been released from the hospital. it s now nearly two weeks since that horrible shooting, and police say abby zwerner was in the chest by a first grader who brought his mother s gun to school. the family released their first statement saying in part the firearm our son accessed was secured. our son suffers from an acute disability and was under a care plan at the school that included his mother or father attending school with him and accompanying him to class every day. we will regret our absence on this day for the rest of our lives. the statement thanked the teacher for her courage. the school district did not respond to the family s statement. there are new details also on the failed republican candidate accused of orchestrating several shootings at the homes of democratic officials in new mexico. a source telling cnn investigators are looking into whether solomon pena s campaign
committed to responsible gun ownership and keeping firearms out of the reach of children, their statement says newport news police say how the child obtained the gun is still an active part of the investigation. and while they explain their son is under hospital care, nbc news learned that teacher abigail zwerner is now out of the hospital, continuing her recovery as an out patient zwerner was shot on january 6th when the boy allegedly brought a gun to school. the teacher hailed as a hero for getting all of her students out even after she was injured i believe that miss zwerner, abigail, she saved lives on friday reporter: investigators say they are now finishing interviews with students who were in the classroom during the shooting that left a community shaken kristen dahlgren, nbc news a stunning announcement today from new zealand s prime minister celebrated around the world for her accomplishments but now suddenly leaving office because she says it s tired her out. andrea mit
one week after a 6-year-old allegedly shot his teacher in a virginia classroom, it turns out there may have been warning signs about the child bringing a gun to school. catie beck has the latest. reporter: tonight shocking new details revealed after a 6-year-old shot his teacher in a virginia school last week. the school superintendent revealing that a school administrator was told the child may have brought a gun to school that day. at least one administrator was notified of a possible weapon in the timeline that we re reviewing and was aware that student had there was the potential that a weapon was on campus. reporter: the superintendent also saying a school staffer searched the child s backpack but found nothing. hours after the search, the first grade student shot his teacher, abigail zwerner, in the chest with a 9 millimeter handgun. the 25-year-old hailed a hero for managing to get the rest of her class to safety. i believe miss zwerner, abigail,
to go along with that. i was listening to an interview that you did and there were snippets of one of your classes. and the reactions from people after they had taken the class. some people decided they didn t want that responsibility. what do you hear from people after this six weeks of training? have you seen people change their outlook or change their thinking in how effective they could or could not be? yeah, we have. we ve had teachers that have come through and we put them through some tough scenarios and we ve had some teachers make some mistakes and they realize that they are not up to the profip pro the proficiency level and thaed made that critical decision and that is what we re asking, to make critical decisions about what your capabilities are. and if they are not where they should be, then work on those things before you bring a gun to school. so how do you teach them to