Newly Unsealed Bodycam Footage Shows 6-Year-Old Cursing at Police After Virginia School Shooting
The video captures the chaotic moments following the January 2023 incident at Richneck Elementary School.
Newly unsealed bodycam footage from the January 2023 shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, reveals the chaotic aftermath and the then-6-year-old shooter's aggressive behavior toward law enforcement and school staff. The video captures the boy, who is now 9 or 10 years old, cursing at a school employee and responding officers.
The shooting incident involved first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner, who was struck by a bullet from the child. The projectile hit her in the hand and chest.
The boy, who was 6 at the time of the shooting, remains in Newport News in the custody of his great-grandfather. His mother, Deja Nicole Taylor, has since been released from prison after serving sentences related to child neglect and firearm offenses at both state and federal levels.