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Responsible if your 6 yr old shoots his teacher w your gun?

Updated: Dec 17, 2023

First of all, Deja (love that name girl) didn't get time because of child neglect. She got time because she smoked some weed which is a big no no if you own a gun. If she had had a few beers, everything would have been fine? In fact, throughout Texas you can walk into any bar armed to the teeth...it's all good.


Do any laws protect society from dirtbag parents and their murderous gremlin like offspring? Hmmm, sadly usually not. As someone who grow up in Highland Park, law enforcement had few options to keep weapons out of that fine young man Crimo. Even if you're fricken nuts...you get a gun baby.


Of course Taylor Jr was full of remorse immediately after he dropped his victim "I just shot that bitch dead". I bet he's got a bright homicidal future ahead. Well played young man.


And the familiy's shyster attorney James Ellenson had plenty to offer: there were " mitigating circumstances " surrounding the situation, including Taylor's miscarriages and postpartum depression. She also has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a condition sharing symptoms with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder...


God forbid the authorities separate this POS mom from her teacher whacking kid.


Deja Taylor, mother of 6-year-old who shot Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner, gets 2 years in prison for child neglect


UPDATED ON: DECEMBER 15, 2023 CBS/AP


The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for felony child neglect, nearly a year after her son used her gun to critically wound the educator.


Friday's sentencing was the second time Deja Taylor was held to account for the classroom shooting, which stunned the nation and shook the military shipbuilding city of Newport News.


Deja Nicole Taylor, the mother of the 6-year-old shooter at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, is seen following her arraignment at Newport News Circuit Court on April 14, 2023.



The state sentence she received Friday from Circuit Court Judge Christopher Papile was stiffer than what is called for in state sentencing guidelines and harsher than a joint sentencing recommendation of six months prosecutors and Taylor's lawyers had agreed to in a plea deal.


Taylor was sentenced in November to 21 months in federal prison for using marijuana while owning a gun, which is illegal under U.S. law. The combination of her state and federal sentences amounts to a total punishment of nearly four years behind bars.

Taylor's son told authorities he got his mother's 9mm handgun by climbing onto a drawer to reach the top of a dresser, where the firearm was in his mom's purse. He concealed the weapon in his backpack and then his pocket before shooting his teacher, Abby Zwerner, in front of her first-grade class.


Taylor initially told investigators she had secured her gun with a trigger lock, but investigators said they never found one.


Taylor pleaded guilty earlier this year to the felony neglect charge. As part of that plea deal, local prosecutors agreed to drop a misdemeanor count of recklessly storing a firearm.


Taylor also pleaded guilty to the federal marijuana-weapons charge. Investigators had found nearly an ounce of marijuana in Taylor's bedroom following the shooting.

James Ellenson, one of Taylor's attorneys, said earlier this year there were " mitigating circumstances " surrounding the situation, including Taylor's miscarriages and postpartum depression. She also has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a condition sharing symptoms with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to court documents.


Taylor told ABC's "Good Morning America" in May that she feels responsible and apologized to Zwerner.


"That is my son, so I am, as a parent, obviously willing to take responsibility for him because he can't take responsibility for himself," Taylor said.


During her sentencing in federal court last month, one of Taylor's attorneys read aloud a brief statement in which Taylor said she would feel remorse "for the rest of my life."

The bullet fired from Taylor's gun struck Zwerner in the left hand and her upper left chest, breaking bones and puncturing a lung. The teacher rushed her other students into the hallway before collapsing in the school's office.


When Zwerner and several children fled the classroom, reading specialist Amy Kovac went inside, saw the boy and the gun nearby on the floor and held the boy in place until police arrived.


Kovac told police the boy said, "I shot that b**** dead" while he was being restrained. He also said, "I got my mom's gun last night," according to Kovac.


Zwerner told the judge during Taylor's federal sentencing that she remembers losing consciousness while medics worked on her.


"I was not sure whether it would be my final moment on earth," Zwerner said.

Zwerner spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and has endured five surgeries to restore motion to her left hand. She struggles to put on clothes or tie shoes.

She is suing Newport News Public Schools for $40 million, alleging administrators ignored multiple warnings the boy had a gun. She told the federal judge she has lost a sense of herself and suffered "massive financial loss."


"Our focus remains on justice for Abby and holding the school system accountable," attorney Diane Toscano said in a statement to CBS News after the lawsuit was filed.

Zwerner no longer works for the school system and is no longer teaching. She said she loves children but is now scared to work with them.


She attends therapy and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, while also suffering from depression and anxiety.


"I contend daily with deep emotional scars," Zwerner said.

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