Mom charged after teacher shot in Virginia classroom

A grand jury in Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher Prosecutor Howard Gwynn said in a news release that a grand jury sitting in Newport News on Monday charged the boy s mother 25-year-old Deja Taylor with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor charge of endangering a child by reckless storage of a firearm The Associated Press isn t naming the mother to shield the identity of her son The boy shot his first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner on Jan 6 inside her classroom at Richneck Elementary School Police say the boy s mother legally purchased the gun Her attorney has said the gun was secured on a top shelf in her closet and had a trigger lock

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