The US first-grade teacher shot by a six-year-old student in her Virginia classroom earlier this year filed a lawsuit against school administrators and the school board alleging they were aware of the student's "history of random violence" and did not act proactively amid concerns over a firearm in the boy's possession the day of the shooting, according to the lawsuit obtained by CNN.In the lawsuit, which seeks US$40 million ($59 million) in compensatory damages, an attorney for teacher Abigail Zwerner, 25, alleges school staff and administrators at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News were aware that the child was violent at home and his parents refused to place him in special education classrooms.The suit also alleges the school's assistant principal ignored concerns and warning signs flagged by several teachers and staff members, including that the six-year-old may have had a firearm in his possession in the hours leading up to the January 6 shooting, which left Zwerner hospitalised after a bullet went through her hand and into her chest.
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