Crime & Justice

Mom of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Virginia Teacher Pleads Guilty to Child Neglect

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Prosecutors decided to drop Deja Taylor’s misdemeanor charge of recklessly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child.

Isabella Ramirez
Isabella Ramirez 

Breaking News Intern

A picture of Richneck Elementary in Newport News, Virginia. Months after her 6-year-old son shot teacher Abigail Zwerner with a handgun, mother Deja Taylor pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a charge of felony child neglect.
Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Isabella Ramirez

Isabella Ramirez

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