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Lock down the school, no. did the administrators evacuate the building, no. when a fourth employee who heard about the danger asked the administrator for permission to search the boy, he was denied. >> reporter: the school district citing an ongoing investigation declined to comment today on the statements from zwerners attorney but confirmed the assistant principal at richneck elementary school has resigned. earlier this month superintendent george parker acknowledged school officials were warn...

The teachers lawyer now says there were multiple warnings and that school officials should have acted. yamiche alcindor has details. >> this tragedy was entirely preventable if the school administrators responsible for school safety had done their part and taken action. >> reporter: the lawyer for abigail zwerner shot by her student announcing she intends to sue. >> they failed to act and abby was shot. >> reporter: she laid out a time line saying late morning zwerner went to school administrato...

When we hear from the district attorney. thank you very much. i areally appreciate. new developments on out of virginia. about the school teacher. they have voted to remove the superintendent and the principal has not resigned. a lawyer for the teacher claims that she and others repeatedly warned school officials that the boy had a gun. but officials did not take action. brian todd has been following this for us. hes in newport news for us once again this morning. brian, what does it mean now ...

Ukraine after russia unleashed a round of brutal missile attacks just hours after the white house said it will send american tanks to the ukrainian watt thefield. weems well take you live to kharkiv. in virginia, a school board fired its embattled superintendent after new claims that administrators were warned multiple times that a 6-year-old student had a gun just before shooting his teacher. in washington more than 70 democrats in the house and senate are urging president biden to reconsid...

Administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school and was threatening people. had the school administrators acted in the interest of their teachers and their students, abby would not have sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. a bullet that remains dangerously inside her body. >> reporter: and that attorney actually laid out a time line with even more detail of these warnings issued, very quickly, she said at 11:15 abby herself told the ad...

Said, well, he has little pockets, end quote. then at 1:00 p.m. according to diane, a third teacher told the administrators another child had cried and told her that he was fearful that the boy had shown him a gun at recess and threatened to shoot him if he told anybody. at that point a fourth teacher came up and asked to search the boy again. according to this attorney, that teacher was denied permission to doing that saying they should wait it out. the school day was almost over. we have reach...

This just coming in to us, a first grade teacher in virginia, she is now planning to sue her school district and says she and other staff members repeatedly warned administrators at the school that a 6-year-old student was armed with a gun. abby zwerner was shot in the chest. brian todd has the latest on this. brian, tell us more about what her attorney is saying. >> reporter: kate, a dramatic sequence of events laid out moments ago by the attorney for that teacher, abby zwerner, her attorney te...

Apparently had multiple warnings the boy was armed. the lawyer representing first grade teacher abby southwesterner say the newport news school failed to act on those reports. teachers told administrators on several occasions they suspected the boy had a gun. zerner was shot in front of her students and is now recovering from her injuries. kids killing kids. that sad conclusion11-year-old y shot after a snack after school. the incident shines a spotlight on increasing problem violence teenagers....

Looking into this, but heres my exchange talking about this issue of whether it was intentional because thats what the critics think. they think that they were -- some of these teachers and administrators didnt want to hurt the feelings of those who werent commended. listen to the exchange. >> part of the thing that has parents up in arms, this idea that it wasnt human error, that it was an intentional effort, whats your response to that accusation? >> we celebrate each and every one of our stud...

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