Across the country, school shootings continue to terrorize parents and students. But how these cases are handled by the legal system is seeing a shift, with prosecutors in some cases making a point to file charges against the shooters' parents, too. On Monday, Virginia prosecutors announced …
The mother of the 6-year-old student who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News three months ago has turned herself in to face two pending charges.
Deja Taylor, right, arrives with attorney James Ellenson at the Newport News Sheriff's Office on Thursday to turn herself in. Taylor is the mother of the 6-year-old first-grader who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 6. Taylor was charged with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly leaving a firearm so as to endanger a child.
Deja Taylor, right, arrives with attorney James Ellenson at to the Newport News Sheriff's Office on Thursday to turn herself in. Taylor is the mother of the 6-year-old first-grader who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 6. Taylor was charged with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly leaving a firearm so as to endanger a child.
Deja Taylor, right, arrives with attorney James Ellenson at the Newport News Sheriff's Office on Thursday to turn herself in. Taylor is the mother of the 6-year-old first-grader who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 6. Taylor was charged with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly leaving a firearm so as to endanger a child.
Deja Taylor, right, arrives with attorney James Ellenson at to the Newport News Sheriff's Office on Thursday to turn herself in. Taylor is the mother of the 6-year-old first-grader who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 6. Taylor was charged with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly leaving a firearm so as to endanger a child.