Prosecutor: Law doesn't support charging 6-year-old who shot teacher at Richneck
"The general consensus is that a 6-year-old cannot form the requisite criminal intent to be guilty of an aggravated assault," Newport News CA Howard Gwynn said.
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"The general consensus is that a 6-year-old cannot form the requisite criminal intent to be guilty of an aggravated assault," Newport News CA Howard Gwynn said.
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Abby Zwerner, the first-grade Richneck Elementary teacher who was shot in a classroom earlier this month, has been released from the hospital, according to Riverside Regional Medical Center.
No charges have been brought forward, nearly two weeks since a shooting inside Richneck Elementary. That could change, depending on the course of the investigation.