NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Ebony Parker, who worked as the assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School the day Abby Zwerner was shot by a 6-year-old student in January 2023, will now face a criminal trial after a jury in a civil lawsuit found her grossly negligent on Thursday.

Parker's trial on eight counts of felony child neglect — one for each bullet in the gun used by the child — is expected to begin Nov. 17 and last about three days.

The ex-assistant principal's criminal case comes less than two weeks after a jury delivered its verdict in the civil lawsuit filed by Zwerner. Parker did not take the stand in the civil case, which wrapped Thursday with a verdict that awarded Zwerner $10 million.

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