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Expert Faults Ex-Assistant Principal as Jury Sees Body-Cam in Abby Zwerner $40 Million Trial

The case tests whether Ebony Parker can be held liable for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings that a 6-year-old had a gun.

Overview

  • An education administration expert testified Parker had four separate warnings and should have confiscated the backpack, secured the student, and contacted police.
  • Staff witnesses said Parker was told the boy might have a gun as early as about 12:20 p.m., including accounts from a reading specialist, a counselor who sought permission to search, and another first-grade teacher.
  • Jurors viewed body-camera video from the immediate aftermath, and doctors described life-threatening wounds, including a bullet that remains in Zwerner’s chest.
  • Parker is the sole defendant after other parties were dismissed, and she faces a separate criminal trial next month on eight felony child neglect counts.
  • Zwerner is expected to testify later in the proceeding, and the jury has not begun deliberations.