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The six-year-old boy who shot his elementary school teacher in Virginia previously threatened to burn and kill another teacher, threw furniture around the classroom and even barricaded one door, but school officials dismissed staff complaints.
The Washington Post cites messages between teachers and staff at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News which detail how faculty - including Abigail Zwerner, the teacher who was shot - had complained about the child.
On January 6, the child brought a gun into the classroom and shot Zwerner in the stomach. She survived, but has spent three weeks recovering in the hospital.
The unnamed boy shot teacher Abigail Zwerner (pictured) on January 6 in the classroom. She was finally released from the hospital this week after three weeks
School officials had been told that day that he had a gun - but allowed him to attend class after searching his backpack and not finding it.
Neither the boy nor his family have been identified. They claimed in a statement released to the press via an attorney that he has an 'acute disability'
