Criminal Trial Begins For Assistant Principal, Charged After First Grader Shoots Teacher
Amy & T.J.
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🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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A historic trial is underway today for Dr. Ebony Parker, the former assistant principal of a Virginia elementary school. Parker is charged with 8 counts of child abuse after one of her students shot his first grade teacher in class back in 2023. It’s the first time a school educator has been held criminally responsible for a school shooting. Parker is being accused of ignoring repeated warning signs that the 6-year-old had brought a gun to school.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.2 | Hey there, folks. It is Monday, May 18th. |
| 0:08.7 | And this morning, just underway, what is it believed, believed to be the first criminal |
| 0:13.0 | trial of a school administrator who is being held responsible for a shooting at the school. |
| 0:19.3 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:21.4 | This has, I mean, nobody can find another case. We've seen parents being held responsible. |
| 0:26.7 | We've seen police officers, school resource officers being taken into court. This time it's an |
| 0:31.7 | assistant principal. Yes, this, they believe, is the first of its kind, and a criminal trial is underway right now in |
| 0:40.0 | Newport News, Virginia. A former assistant principal, her name is Dr. Ebony Parker, is facing |
| 0:46.7 | eight felony counts of child neglect, and I was trying to figure out how they came up with |
| 0:53.1 | eight counts, because one school teacher, |
| 0:56.7 | a first grade teacher, was shot in this incident. She did survive. But the eight felony counts |
| 1:01.9 | are for the eight bullets that was in that loaded gun that was brought to school by a six-year-old |
| 1:09.9 | three years ago in January of 2023. A lot of people remember this case because it was wild. Well, you're talking about a six-year-old when you hear about a school shooting, but yes, a six-year-old kid, very troubled by all accounts, brought a gun to school. Shot the teacher in the chest and hand. The teacher is okay, but that teacher, Robs, did win a civil suit. This wasn't |
| 1:29.3 | too long ago at the end of last year, and a lot of people will remember that. But a civil jury |
| 1:34.0 | certainly thought that this teacher, excuse me, assistant principal was responsible. |
| 1:39.2 | Yes, the teacher is Abby Zwerner. Again, she was a first grade teacher. And you mentioned, yeah, |
| 1:43.7 | she was shot in the chest in the hand. She was reading. She was reading in her classroom. She was at a table. She spent nearly two weeks in the hospital. She had six surgeries. She doesn't have the full use of her left hand. And by doctor's accounts, just by a small margin, did she survive actually? |
| 2:04.2 | Because this bullet that this six-year-old shot at her is inches from her spine and vital organs, |
| 2:10.7 | and it's actually in such a dangerous place. |
| 2:12.6 | They can't even remove it. |
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