Teacher sues school after being shot

The first-grade teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student is now suing the school district for $40 million.

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00:00Abigail Zwirner, the Virginia teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student, is now

00:04suing the school district for $40 million.

00:06I remember the look on his face.

00:09I remember the gun going off.

00:11I remember feeling something.

00:13It was a pretty scary day.

00:15According to Zwirner, school administrators at Richneck Elementary School were warned

00:19multiple times by teachers and other students that the six-year-old was in possession of

00:24a handgun.

00:25School administrators, however, repeatedly failed to appropriately act on the information

00:29according to the lawsuit.

00:31Since the shooting, the school's assistant principal has resigned, the principal was

00:35transferred to a different role, and the school's superintendent was removed from his position.

00:40The lawsuit claims the six-year-old student also had a history of violent and inappropriate

00:44behavior at the school, though the prosecutor in the case clarified that the student will

00:49not face charges.

00:50The student's family released a statement saying the child has an acute disability and

00:54is receiving treatment at a medical facility.