Virginia teacher who was shot by six-year-old tried to confiscate gun – report

Abby Zwerner, 25, had life-threatening injuries but is now continuing to improve in hospital

The Virginia school teacher shot by her six-year-old student was injured after she sought to confiscate the weapon from the child who had revealed the gun in class, a parent of another child in the class has said.

Brittaney Gregory, whose son is in the same class as the shooter at Richneck elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, detailed her son's reaction to the shocking scene to the Washington Post newspaper. Gregory said her son told her he that he felt like he couldn't breathe when the gun was fired.