A 26-year-old woman was convicted of child neglect. This is the second punishment he has received in a month. Previously, these were firearms-related charges. Her six-year-old son shot his teacher during an incident in Virginia, United States.

A judge decided that Deja Taylor will spend the next two years in prison for negligence, Noticias Telemundo reported on December 16, 2023.

That medium indicated that “the sentence was heavier than the six months that the Public Prosecution Service had proposed.”

Univision noted that Taylor was sentenced to 21 months in prison last November.

“The combination of his state and federal sentences equates to a total sentence of nearly four years behind bars,” that news outlet pointed out.

Taylor was “accused of lying on a form about her marijuana use when she purchased the gun, which her son later used.”

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Shot in class

First grade teacher Abby Zwerner was in her classroom when a gunshot caused two wounds and, according to Telemundo 44 Washington, “she was seriously injured and underwent multiple surgeries.”

A lawyer, Gene Rossi, told the media mid-year that “Taylor takes full responsibility for her son’s actions and will feel guilty for the rest of her life.”

The bullet fired from Taylor’s gun – Univisión explained – “struck Zwerner in the left hand and the upper left portion of the chest, breaking bones and puncturing a lung.”

The news network recalled that “when Taylor purchased the 9mm pistol in 2022, he falsely stated on a background check that he did not use marijuana.”

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What happened to the teacher

According to Telemundo 44 Washington, the ‘Newport News’ event occurred on January 6 (2023), when Zwerner was shot in the hand and chest while sitting at a reading table at Richneck Elementary.”

Taylor’s son, as reported by Univisión, “described getting the 9mm pistol from his mother by climbing into a drawer to reach the top of a dresser drawer, where the firearm was in a bag. “Then he hid it in his backpack.”

Zwerner spent two weeks in a hospital. A bullet hit her in the hand and chest.

According to Univisión, the teacher said in recent months that “she has undergone five operations to restore the movement of her left hand.”

The teacher was diagnosed with “post-traumatic stress disorder, in addition to suffering from depression and anxiety.”

Every day I am confronted with deep emotional scars.

Abby Zwerner, teacher

On the unforgettable and painful January 6 of this year, “the teacher led her other students into the hallway before collapsing in the school office.”

In June 2023, Zwerner resigned from the school, Tiempo Latino said. While The Mercury News published that the teacher no longer works in the school system and no longer teaches. She was quoted with this statement: She loves children but is now afraid to work with them. (JO)