The mother of a 6-year-old who shot and injured his teacher in a Virginia elementary school pleaded guilty on Tuesday to felony child neglect, after police said her son intentionally used a gun she legally purchased to injure his first-grade teacher in January.
The mother of a 6-year-old who police say intentionally shot his first grade teacher earlier this ... [+]
Deja Taylor, the 26-year-old mother, was charged by a Newport News, Virginia, grand jury in April, and also faces a misdemeanor charge of recklessly leaving a loaded firearm to endanger a child.
Taylor’s 6-year-old boy was not charged after leaving his teacher, Abigail Zwerner, with “life-threatening” injuries.
Zwerner filed a $40 million lawsuit against the Richneck Elementary School administration in April, claiming the school’s former principal and assistant principal, as well as its former superintendent and school board, ignored warnings that the student planned to shoot his teacher with the gun and failed to report the weapon.
This is a developing story and will be updated.