Overview
- Zwerner told jurors she thought she was dying after being shot in the hand and chest by a first grader in January 2023.
- Jurors viewed police body-camera footage showing officers and paramedics treating Zwerner at Richneck Elementary.
- The lawsuit alleges former assistant principal Ebony Parker ignored multiple staff warnings that the child might have brought a gun to school.
- Medical experts testified Zwerner’s left hand will not fully recover after six surgeries and that she has been diagnosed with PTSD.
- Parker’s defense argues the shooting was not foreseeable and cautions against hindsight bias as the criminal case approaches.