'I shot that b**** dead': 6-year-old student allegedly bragged about gunning down his 1st-grade teacher

The 6-year-old student who shot his teacher in January allegedly bragged about it afterward.

Newly unsealed documents revealed what the student, a first-grader in Virginia, told the staff member who subdued him after he pulled out a gun and shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, in the hand and chest.

After the student shot Zwerner, a reading specialist working at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News restrained the child while waiting for police to respond. The boy told the staff member, "I did it," and admitted, "I got my mom's gun last night." He then bragged about shooting Zwerner.

"I shot that b**** dead," the boy allegedly said, WTKR-TV reported.

Fortunately, Zwerner did not die. But she needed multiple surgeries to recover from the gunshot wounds.

Since the shooting, Zwerner has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the school system, accusing officials of gross negligence. The lawsuit alleges that multiple school officials were tipped off that the student, who had significant behavior issues and a past history of violence, brought a gun to school the day of the shooting, but failed to intervene to prevent the shooting.

Last month, a judge ruled that Zwerner's lawyers can begin the discovery process. However, where the case will be tried remains up in the air. Because the Newport News School Board claims Zwerner suffered from work-related injuries (yes, seriously), the case could end up before the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission and not civil court.

The matter of venue will be settled in October, the Associated Press reported.

Meanwhile, the young boy's mother, Deja Taylor, will appear in court next week for a plea hearing. Initially, she was charged with two crimes: felony child neglect and a misdemeanor for leaving a firearm where a child could access it and endanger themselves or others.

Taylor was later charged with possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of a controlled substance and for making a false statement when purchasing a firearm. She pleaded guilty to those crimes in June and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.

When announcing Taylor's guilty plea, U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber said:

It is clear from this case that enforcement of our existing federal firearm laws is critical to ensuring public safety. Federal requirements for firearm ownership are not optional and exist to protect owners, their family members, and the communities where they live. Failing to abide by those requirements when purchasing or possessing a firearm can have far-reaching consequences.

Hunter Biden, on the other hand, was offered pretrial diversion for possessing a firearm while being the unlawful user of a controlled substance. He was not charged with lying on the federal form used to purchase a firearm despite allegedly having lied about being a drug user.

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