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A 6-year-old boy who shot his Virginia elementary school teacher in 2023 is seen cursing at police officers in a newly released body camera video.
\u201cWhere is the weapon?\u201d one officer asks.
\u201cIt\u2019s over there,\u201d the child says, cursing at the officer.
\u201cIf you want a piece of me, come it all, b—-,\u201d the child says.
The video shows the moments after the first-grader shot Abigail Zwerner at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News on Jan. 6, 2023. The bullet tore through her hand before striking her in the chest, where it remains.
At a civil trial against the school\u2019s former assistant principal, Ebony Parker, a doctor testified that removing the bullet would be far more dangerous than leaving it in place.
Zwerner testified at the trial that she thought she was dying after she was shot<\/a>.
\u201cI thought I was on my way to heaven or in heaven,\u201d she said. \u201cBut then it all got black.\u201d
Zwerner, who no longer teaches, was awarded $10 million in damages<\/a>, plus interest, last year, after a jury found that Parker ignored warnings that the child had a gun in his backpack. The jury said that the shooting could have been avoided and that Parker\u2019s gross negligence led to the incident.
In the video, the child also appears to curse at a different teacher, who is restraining him as police begin processing the scene.
\u201cMy mom had that,\u201d the child says, in reference to the gun. \u201cI stole that from my mom.\u201d
At another point, the child screams at the officers.
\u201cBoth of y\u2019all want a f—ing piece of me, b—-,\u201d he says.
The teacher holding him says the child still has gun residue on his hands.
The video was initially sealed during Parker\u2019s criminal trial, where she was charged with eight counts of child neglect. A judge dismissed the case in May<\/a>, ruling that Parker had not committed a crime under state law.
The judge decided to release the video but ordered the child\u2019s face be blurred.
\u201cI don\u2019t care if you call backup,\u201d the child tells police. \u201cI don\u2019t care if I go to jail.\u201d
The child\u2019s mother, Deja Taylor, was arrested after the shooting on a state charge of felony child neglect and a federal weapons charge. In 2023 she was sentenced to two years in prison on the child neglect charge<\/a> and 21 months on the weapons charge.
Minyvonne Burke is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News.
© 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n

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