Boy, six, who shot teacher allegedly tried to choke another and whipped pupils

Abigail Zwerner, a first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School was shot by a six-year-old pupil (Family handout/AP)

A six-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher had constantly sworn at staff, chased students and tried to whip them with his belt, and once choked another teacher “until she couldn’t breathe”, a lawyer has said.

The incidents were described in a notice sent to the Newport News school district by Diane Toscano, a lawyer for teacher Abby Zwerner.