A former Virginia elementary school administrator was indicted last month on eight felony charges in connection to an incident last year in which a 6-year-old student shot his teacher, prosecutors announced on Wednesday .

A Newport News special grand jury charged Ebony Parker, the former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School, with eight counts of child neglect, according to a press release by the commonwealths attorney and the special grand jury report released Wednesday .

Parkers charges stem from Jan. 6, 2023, when a first-grade student brought his mothers gun to school and shot his teacher , Abigail Zwerner.

Multiple school staff members had informed Parker the boy had a gun, but she dismissed those concerns, the report alleged. The grand jury found her criminally liable for her lack of actions because her duties as assistant principal included the responsibility to care for the children in Ms. Zwerners classroom and throughout the school.