The Virginia mother of a 6-year-old child charged with shooting his teacher earlier this year was indicted in connection with the incident, officials announced Monday.
Deja Nicole Taylor, 25, was indicted for felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly leaving a firearm, said the Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office in a statement (pdf) on Monday. Those charges were brought following an investigation by the commonwealth attorney’s office and the Newport News Police Department, his office said.
On Jan. 6, 25-year-old teacher Abigail Zwerner was wounded by a first-grade student in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School after school officials received warnings that the boy had a gun at school. Officials said that the child brought a gun in his backpack and shot Zwerner in the chest and hand….