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Body-Cam Shows Gun Theft in Richneck Shooting

By Drooid · Oct 12, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Newport News Police Respond

Newport News police entered Richneck Elementary after a 6-year-old shot teacher Abby Zwerner.
Body-camera video shows the boy swearing and admitting he stole his mother’s gun.
Reading specialist Amy Kovac restrained the child while officers recovered the jammed handgun.
Zwerner survived, keeping a bullet fragment.
She filed a $40 million suit alleging school officials ignored the boy’s prior violent behavior.

Summary

Macron Praises Staff

President Emmanuel Macron posted solidarity and praised staff’s composure after the Aubagne school shooting.
Marine Le Pen demanded tougher school security, citing past teacher murders.
Education Minister Édouard Geffray condemned the act as “unacceptable” and called for a collective response.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu sent Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Education Minister to the school.
Prosecutors opened an attempted-murder investigation and praised a staff member who disarmed the shooter.

History

Historical Context

On April 20 1999, seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Colorado before committing suicide. The massacre triggered nationwide security upgrades, zero-tolerance rules and heightened gun-control debate, yet copycat attacks rose above 70 by June 2025 and foreshadowed later shootings such as Sandy Hook in 2012 and Parkland in 2018.

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Newport News Police Respond

Newport News police entered Richneck Elementary after a 6-year-old shot teacher Abby Zwerner.
Body-camera video shows the boy swearing and admitting he stole his mother’s gun.
Reading specialist Amy Kovac restrained the child while officers recovered the jammed handgun.
Zwerner survived, keeping a bullet fragment.
She filed a $40 million suit alleging school officials ignored the boy’s prior violent behavior.

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