Jury deliberated $40 million lawsuit after Virginia teacher Abigail Zwerner was shot by 6-year-old student. School administrator accused of ignoring gun warnings.

Abby Zwerner, a former Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student in her classroom in 2023, testified Thursday that she thought she had died in the shooting.

A Virginia jury on Thursday awarded $10 million to a former teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student and later accused a former school administrator in a lawsuit of ignoring warnings that the child had a gun,