Concerned employees warned the administration three times that the 6-year-old had a gun on campus, the teacher's lawyer said

Abby Zwerner, the teacher who was allegedly shot by a 6-year-old at an elementary school in Newport News, Virginia, warned school administrators the day of the shooting that the child had a gun, according to her lawyer.

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