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Grand jury indicts the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his Virginia teacher

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Right_in_Virginia:
Grand jury indicts the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his Virginia teacher
The Jan. 6 shooting of first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner in Newport News stunned the community when police announced the child's actions were intentional.
NBC News, Apr 10, 2023

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who seriously wounded his teacher with a gun in January will face charges in the shooting, a local prosecutor in Virginia said Monday.

A grand jury indicted Deja Taylor on charges of felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child, Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney Howard Gwynn said. The indictment comes a month after Gwynn said he would not seek charges against the student.

"Every criminal case is unique in its facts, and these facts support these charges, but our investigation into the shooting continues," Gwynn said in a statement on Monday.

His office has also petitioned the Newport News Circuit Court to empanel a special grand jury to continue an investigation into potential security lapses that may have led to the shooting.

"If the Special Grand Jury determines that additional persons are criminally responsible under the law, it can return additional indictments," Gwynn said.

A lawyer for Taylor did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday about the charges.

State statutes say felony child neglect, which maintains there was "reckless disregard for human life," carries a sentence of up to five years in prison if found guilty, while the misdemeanor charge of recklessly leaving a loaded firearm carries a sentence of up to one year in prison.

A lawyer for Abigail Zwerner, the wounded teacher, said Monday that charges against the student's mother are welcome but more people need to be held accountable.


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mountaineer:
DEC. 15, 2023, UPDATE: The mom of the 6-year-old boy who brought a gun to school & shot his teacher has been sentenced to prison.

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https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1735758238275248378

mountaineer:

--- Quote ---Last month, Taylor was sentenced to 21 months in prison for using marijuana while owning a firearm.
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Isn't that pretty much what Hunter Biden got away with?

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