Teacher, 25, deliberately shot in the chest by six-year-old boy in Virginia in stable condition

The Virginia teacher who was intentionally shot in the chest by her 6-year-old student Friday afternoon is now in stable condition, the Newport News police chief said.

Chief Steve Drew met with 25-year-old Abby Zwerner and her family this morning and revealed in a statement Saturday afternoon that her condition is improving.

Zwerner, a first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School, was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries Friday after she was shot by a 6-year-old boy during an “alteration” in a classroom. The boy remains in police custody.

Abby Zwerner (pictured), 25, a first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School, was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries Friday after she was shot in the chest by a 6-year-old boy.

The Newport News Police Department said in a statement this afternoon: “In reference to the January 6 shooting at Richneck Elementary School, Chief Steve Drew met with the victim and his family this morning.

He has improved and is currently in stable condition. Chief Drew asked that you continue to keep her in her thoughts and prayers.

“The individual is a six-year-old student and is currently in police custody,” Drew said at a news conference Friday. ‘This was not an accidental shooting.

“It was in a classroom, there was an altercation,” he said. ‘We didn’t have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting. We had a situation at a particular location where a firearm was discharged.

A crowd of parents waited outside Richneck Elementary School after the 2 pm shooting where a six-year-old boy allegedly shot his teacher on purpose after an “altercation.”

Zwerner was shot in the chest at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News around 2 p.m. Friday.

The shooting occurred at Richneck Elementary School, a school for boys ages five to nine, shortly before 2 pm No children were injured and police are working to find out how the boy got access to the gun.

The grandmother of one of the students told DailyMail.com that a student brought “shiny gold bullets” to school last week, but it is unclear if this is the same boy who was detained today.

Speaking to DailyMail.com, he said: ‘Parents outside said their son told them a boy brought shiny gold bullets to school and was thinking of bringing his gun. The student told the parent, who informed the school.

“And yesterday the school responded to the parent saying the child’s parent said it was a nerf bullet and the parent said nerf bullets aren’t shiny and gold.”

She wasn’t sure if the boy who brought the ‘bullets’ is the same boy allegedly involved in today’s shooting.

Carlos Glover, nine, (pictured) was seen leaving school with his mother Joselin after the shooting. A student has been arrested, but the police have not released the student’s name.

The shooting occurred in a classroom and was an isolated incident. Officers are still trying to determine how they managed to obtain the weapon.

The father, Sebastián González-Hernández, confirmed Zwerner’s identity to DailyMail.com and also detailed his disinterest immediately afterwards.

He said he ‘yelled at his children to run away’ after the student fired a single bullet.

“Even after he was shot, he was thinking about the safety of his children,” González-Hernández said.

Her own six-year-old son, whom she did not want to name, was in the classroom when the shot rang out.

“My son didn’t see what happened, he heard the shot and turned around to see Miss Zwerner on the ground,” he told DailyMail.com on Friday.

‘She is an amazing teacher, very dedicated. My son absolutely loves her, and we are devastated by what happened. We all think of her and hope she gets better soon.”