later boasted in a conversation with a school employee that “I shot that b[ ] dead,” according to unsealed redacted search warrants.
“I did it,” the boy told school officials, according to police in an affidavit. “I got my mom’s gun last night.” Zwerner told authorities the boy paused, “then fired one shot that struck Zwerner in her left hand and upper torso,” the affidavit obtained by affiliate WTKR said. Zwerner fled the classroom to the school office, according to the affidavit.A lawyer for the child’s family told CNN Tuesday, “The child had extreme emotional issues, and we are all working to see that he improves every day.”
The documents also included more information about a previous incident in kindergarten where the same child apparently choked a different teacher.