根据最新公布的法庭文件，一月在弗吉尼亚州纽波特纽斯上课时，一名6岁的男孩被指控向一年级老师艾比·兹沃纳开枪，据称他当天就承认了自己的罪行。
位于诺福克的美国广播公司附属电台WVEC向美国广播公司新闻提供的可能原因文件宣布，在1月6日枪击事件发生后的几分钟内，所谓的枪手“发表了类似于‘我开枪打死了那个混蛋’的声明。”和“我做到了。”我昨晚拿到了我妈妈的枪。"
文件还指出，被指控枪杀兹沃纳的6岁儿童的母亲德佳·泰勒(Deja Taylor)在枪击事件发生后告诉警方，她认为在枪击事件发生的当天早上，“她的枪支存放在她的钱包里，扳机锁在适当的位置”，她的钱包放在卧室的梳妆台上。文件还称，泰勒告诉警方，她“把枪锁的钥匙藏在卧室的床垫下。”
泰勒在6月份承认持有枪支时使用大麻，在这种情况下，警方称枪击中使用的是9毫米半自动手枪。联邦检察官声称，当泰勒合法购买枪支并声称她没有使用大麻时，她“故意做出虚假和虚构的书面声明”。她定于今年晚些时候被判刑。
今年1月，泰勒告诉警方，她通常将枪支存放在装有扳机锁的钱包或锁箱中。然而，联邦检察官表示，没有找到锁箱，也没有找到钥匙或触发锁。
泰勒此前告诉ABC新闻，她最后一次看到枪是在它被锁上的时候，家庭律师詹姆斯·埃伦森后来说“没人知道”男孩是如何获得它的。
周二，在文件公布后，埃伦森告诉美国广播公司新闻，这位6岁的所谓射手“有一段时间以来一直有极端的情绪问题，他每天都在做得更好，这要归功于治疗、他祖父母的支持和在他康复过程中与他一起工作的令人惊叹的专业人士。"
新公布的文件也揭示了枪击前后的瞬间。警方表示，兹沃纳在医院告诉他们，她在枪击事件后被送往医院，她看到孩子站在他的办公桌旁，他“从他的夹克口袋里掏出一把枪，对准了兹沃纳”。当她问他，“你拿那个干什么?”根据文件，孩子开枪打了她的左手和躯干。
片刻之后，男孩被Richneck小学阅读专家Amy Korvac制服，她告诉警方，当她走过Zwerner的教室时，听到一声枪响。据称，这名儿童作出了承认开枪的陈述，因为Korvac在等待警察到来时阻止了他。
兹沃纳在枪击事件后住院近两周，并需要进行几次手术，此后她辞去了在学校的教学职务，并起诉学区索赔4000万美元，声称学校官员在枪击事件当天被警告过三次，学生有枪，但驳回了这些担忧。
“自1月份里奇内克小学发生悲剧以来，纽波特纽斯公立学校一直与纽波特纽斯警察局和其他当局合作，支持调查，”学区官员周二在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说，以回应置评请求。“虽然学校部门不能对法律行动发表评论，但NNPS仍然致力于确保所有学生和员工的福祉和关怀。”
6-year-old allegedly admitted shooting teacher Abby Zwerner, court documents say
The 6-year-old boy accused of shooting his first-grade teacher, Abby Zwerner, during class in Newport News, Virginia in January allegedly admitted to doing so that same day, according to newly released court documents.
Probable cause documents, provided to ABC News by ABC affiliate station WVEC in Norfolk, declare that in the minutes immediately following the January 6 shooting, the alleged shooter "made statements like, 'I shot that b**** dead.' And 'I did it.' 'I got my mom's gun last night."
The documents also state that Deja Taylor, the mother of the 6-year-old alleged to have shot Zwerner, told police after the shooting that she believed on the morning of the shooting "that her firearm was stored in her purse with the trigger lock in place," and that her purse was placed on top of her bedroom dresser. The documents also say Taylor told police that she "keeps the key for the gunlock [sic] under her bedroom mattress."
Taylor pleaded guilty in June to using marijuana while in possession of a firearm, in this case, the 9mm semiautomatic handgun police say was used in the shooting. Federal prosecutors claimed Taylor "knowingly made a false and fictitious written statement" when she legally purchased the gun and claimed she did not use marijuana. She is scheduled to be sentenced later this year.
In January, Taylor told police she normally stores her firearm in her purse with a trigger lock in place, or in a lockbox. However, federal prosecutors said that a lockbox wasn't found, nor was a key or trigger lock.
Taylor previously told ABC News that she last saw the gun when it was locked, and family attorney James Ellenson later said "nobody knows" how the boy obtained it.
Ellenson told ABC News on Tuesday, after the documents were released, that the 6-year-old alleged shooter "has had extreme emotional issues for some time and he is doing better every day thanks to therapy, his grandparents' support and the amazing professionals working with him on his recovery."
The newly released documents also shed light on the moments before and after the shooting. Police say Zwerner told them at the hospital, where she was taken after the shooting, that she observed the child standing by his desk, and that he "pulled a firearm out of his jacket pocket and pointed it" at Zwerner. When she asked him, "What are you doing with that?" the child shot her, striking her in her left hand and torso, according to the documents.
Moments later the boy was restrained by Richneck Elementary School reading specialist Amy Korvac, who told police she heard a gunshot as she was walking past Zwerner's classroom. The child allegedly made the statements admitting to the shooting as Korvac restrained him while waiting for police to arrive.
Zwerner, who was hospitalized for nearly two weeks following the shooting and required several surgeries, has since resigned her teaching position at the school and hassued the school districtfor $40 million, claiming school officials had been warned three times the day of the shooting that the student had a gun, but dismissed the concerns.
"Since the tragedy at Richneck Elementary School in January, Newport News Public Schools has worked cooperatively with the Newport News Police Department and other authorities in support of the investigation," school district officials said in a statement to ABC News Tuesday, in response to a request for comment. "While the school division cannot comment on legal actions, NNPS remains committed to ensuring the well-being and care of all students and staff."
