Judge dismisses charges against ex-school official accused of neglect after 6-year-old shot teacher
Updated on: May 21, 2026 / 1:57 PM EDT / CBS/AP
TL;DR
- All charges against former elementary school assistant principal Ebony Parker were dismissed on Thursday.
- Parker faced eight counts of felony child neglect related to the January 2023 shooting where a 6-year-old student shot teacher Abby Zwerner.
- Circuit Judge Rebecca Robinson dismissed the charges, stating that the court found Parker's alleged actions not to be a crime.
- Prosecutors had alleged Parker ignored warnings that the student had a gun.
- The defense argued Parker's actions did not indicate she believed the child possessed a firearm.
- Abby Zwerner was wounded in the shooting, spent nearly two weeks in the hospital, and was awarded $10 million in a civil trial.