. >>> the principal at richneck elementary school in virginia has been reassigned after a 6-year-old first grade teacher inside of a virginia classroom. according to the principal's attorney who just spoke to reporters for the first time since the incident which happened weeks ago, principal brianna foster newton was not warned about a gun. >> it continues to be reported that unidentified school administrators were aware that the 6-year-old student had a gun at school on january 6th and simply failed to act. mrs. newton has been assumed to have been one of those administrators. however, this is far from the truth. the fact of the matter is that those who were aware that the student may have had a gun on the premises that day did not report this to ms. newton at all. >> that was nbc news correspondent marissa para, thank you for being with us. all right, so this is the first time a lawyer has spoken, and it's contradicting what the lawyer for the teacher has said which is that the approximately and administrators were warned. am i right? >> reporter: yeah, the time line and the word c

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richneck elementary says the fifth grader who made the threat will not be allowed to return to schoolinvestigation is under way. >>> the fatal shooting of a beloved los angeles catholic bishop, 69-year-old david o'connell on saturday leaving the community in shock. here is camila bernal. >> reporter: the los angeles catholic community mourning the loss of david o'connell. the bishop who spent 45 years working in los angeles was shot and killed in his home saturday afternoon. >> such a beautiful human being. hard to believe anyone would consider hurting him. >> reporter: deputies responded to an emergency call and found o'connell had been shot. a man has been arrested in connection to the case, but authorities have not released any details about the suspect in the crime that has shocked the community. >> it's just heartbreaking to see what happened to him. i'm broken hearted. i've been crying for the last few days knowing he's no longer here to share all of his inspiration and prayers an everything with us. >> reporter: archbishop jose gomez describing o'connell as a man of deep prayer

. >> reporter: the assistant principal of richneck resigned last week, but it's not clear if she wasmer principal is going to be reassigned to another position but remains employed in the school district, her lawyer says. >> these teachers are selfless. >> reporter: last week, zwerner's attorney said she intends to file a lawsuit against the district claiming they dropped the ball when they were warned that day. >> three different times, three times school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school. and was threatening people. but the administration could not be bothered. >> reporter: could the former principal still be in legal jeopardy? even if she knew nothing of the threat? >> if she was on campus, if she was available for people to come to her with threats and they were supposed to do so, she had established that chain of command, done everything that she could have done to make sure that these sorts of threats got to her and yet they didn't, then she might not be liable. >> reporter: a spokeswoman told cnn she could

. >> reporter: on november 22nd, 2022, zwerner emails richneck elementary administrators saying, i do feel comfortable with him returning to my classroom today, saying the boy stuck his middle finger up to a classmate and pushed another to the ground after bumping into him. former assistant principal ebony parker suggests zwerner set up a conference with the boy's father about his behavioral difficulties. five days later, zwerner follows up asking when the unnamed student would move to another teacher's roster. then principal brianna foster newton says it would have been after meeting with the boy's parents, who allegedly canceled. that student remaining on zwerner's roster until the day she was shot in school, january 6th. her lawyer says administrators failed to take seriously several tips alleging the boy had a gun. >> three times school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school. >> reporter: but the newport news school district tells abc news, the former superintendent did say at least one administrator was told the b

also, a fifth grader also, a fifth grader at richneck elementary school reportedly texted gun-relatedame school where a teacher was shot in class by a student last month. >>> we're following the major storms across the country, 25 states from california to connecticut on alert for blizzards, heavy snow, ice and more and it's the first blizzard warning for los angeles county in more than 30 years. ginger, of course, is tracking it all. >>> why don't you take a look at this. fordham versus rhode island, ot, four seconds to go. why are we showing this? because fordham's anna dewolfe. the epic reporter, her teammates and fans in disbelief, fordham wins the game, 74-73. nothing like a buzzer beater. >>> and we've got a lot more ahead including the diabetes drug ozempic which more and more people are taking to lose weight. now pharmacies are running low. that's coming up. michael? >>> but first, robin, the alex murdaugh trial and the defense hammering away at the crime scene suggesting investigators did a poor job collecting evidence and they also hinted that they might put murdaugh on the