New Richneck police video 2023 shooting aftermath

Oct 6

ABC shows newly released classroom body-camera footage after a six-year-old shot first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner in Newport News, Virginia, in 2023. Will Reeve reports that the child said he stole the gun from his mother and did not care about jail. The footage shows Amy Kovac restraining and admonishing him while officers ask about the gun. Reeve recalls the mother's child-neglect plea and says Zwerner was shot in the hand and chest; her attorneys say a bullet fragment remains and her injuries will last for life. This is newly disclosed footage of the old shooting.

Body-camera video from the Virginia school shooting involving a six-year-old first grader becomes public. ABC shows the child seated on an adult's lap while officers ask questions, recalling that the teacher survived hand and chest wounds in 2023 and the child's mother later pleaded guilty to child neglect. The new occurrence is disclosure of the old footage, rather than a new shooting or plea. ABC's October 8 complete follow-up airs the child's words that he does not care about jail, his claim that he took the gun from his mother, and Amy Kovac's restraint/admonition. Reeve identifies Abby Zwerner and the Newport News 2023 shooting; her attorneys say a bullet fragment remains and injuries will last for life. The old shooting is now separately indexed without duplicating either source story or moving the disclosure date.