A Virginia prosecutor said Thursday that he will pursue the case against a former assistant principal indicted on a felony child neglect charge at the elementary school where a 6-year-old shot a teacher last year, and suggested others could be charged as the investigation continues.
A day after a special grand jury report outlining the case against ex-administrator Ebony Parker was made public, Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn told reporters that he was “troubled” by the findings and believes the charge is warranted. He added that he had never brought a charge against a school administrator or heard of it being done as it relates to this type of case, but that “we go wherever the facts will lead us.”
“I never thought about this as precedential,” Gwynn said. “I simply think about this as us doing our jobs. And so, whether it has any precedent or not, it’s not really relevant to what we do and it has no bearing into any decision we make.”
