BREAKING: The mother of a 6-year-old student who shot his first-grade teacher has been indicted.
A six-year-old boy shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary in Newport News, Virginia, on January 6 Deja Taylor has been charged with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor charge for recklessly leaving a loaded gun that endangers a child, announced the Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.The office stated that it ‘determined that the facts and the law’ support the two charges against Taylor.
‘Every criminal case is unique in its facts, and these faces support these charges, but our investigation into the shooting continues,’ wrote Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn. A local prosecutor last month said that Newport News authorities would not seek charges against the boy.lawsuit against several Newport News Public Schools administrators‘There were failures in accountability at multiple levels that led to Abby being shot and almost killed,’ said Zwerner’s lawyer in Diane Toscano at the time.
‘Our lawsuit makes clear that we believe the school division violated state law, and we are pursuing this in civil court. We will not allow school leaders to escape accountability for their role in this tragedy.’Get your need-to-know latest news, feel-good stories, analysis and more
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