Overview
- Zwerner alleges ex–Richneck Elementary assistant principal Ebony Parker ignored multiple staff warnings that a first-grader might have brought a handgun to school before he shot her in 2023.
- Defense expert Dr. Amy Klinger testified Parker’s actions met professional standards and that the event would have been difficult to foresee, emphasizing shared responsibility for school safety.
- In a video deposition played in court, Zwerner acknowledged she did not isolate the student from the class on the day of the shooting.
- After testimony detailing six surgeries, a bullet fragment that remains in her chest, and a PTSD diagnosis, jurors are expected to deliberate following today’s summations.
- Parker faces a separate criminal trial next month on eight felony child-neglect counts, and the boy’s mother, Deja Taylor, is serving a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to federal gun and child-neglect charges.