A US teacher shot by a six-year-old student has said she will never forget the look on the boy's face when he pointed the gun at her. Abigail Zwerner is speaking publicly for the first time after being shot by a primary school student on 6 January.

Abigail Zwerner, the first-grade teacher from Virginia who was shot in January by one of her students, spoke for the first time to TODAY about what happened that day, and how she's doing now.

Abigail Zwerner was struck Friday while she was teaching her class, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said Monday at a news conference. "The 6-year-old child displayed a firearm, pointed it at her and fired one round," Drew said. "There was no physical struggle or fight. She was providing instruction to her class."