A Virginia judge dismissed all eight felony child neglect charges against former assistant principal Ebony Parker in connection with the January 2023 shooting of first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner by a six-year-old student. Prosecutors had alleged Parker failed to act on warnings about the gun in the student's backpack, while the defense contested the sufficiency of evidence. The ruling followed a trial in which testimony issues arose, leaving the teacher's permanent injuries unaddressed in criminal proceedings against Parker.