The mother of the 6-year-old boy, Deja Taylor, was sentenced in December to two years in prison after pleading guilty to felony child neglect. Earlier, she was sentenced to 21 months after pleading guilty to using marijuana while owning a firearm and making false statements about drug use.The indictment against Ms. Parker was also unsealed…
The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher in a Virginia classroom was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison after pleading guilty in August to a charge of felony child neglect. The sentencing of the mother, Deja Taylor, is the latest development in a case that drew national attention amid charged…
A man who targeted a 6-year-old boy and his mother for being Muslims brutally attacked them with a military-style knife, killing the boy and wounding the mother at a residence outside Chicago on Saturday, the authorities said. The boy, who was stabbed 26 times with a serrated knife with a seven-inch blade, was pronounced dead…
A grand jury in Newport News, Va., has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old who shot and injured his first-grade teacher at an elementary school in January, the authorities said on Monday. The mother, Deja Taylor, faces one felony charge of child neglect and a misdemeanor charge for child endangerment that involves a loaded weapon,…
Richneck Elementary serves more than 550 students; more than half of them are Black and Hispanic, and about a quarter are white. It listed a security officer on its website. Several experts pointed to counseling and mental health support as a better investment for schools, and said officials must also look outside of schools to…
Curtis Bethany, a councilman for the city, said Newport News was dealing with “unchartered” territory. “I’ve never heard of a 6-year-old going to school with a loaded gun.” Incidents at schools involving a shooter so young are exceptionally rare. David Riedman, who founded the K-12 School Shooting Database after the mass shooting at a high…