The mother of a 6-year-old boy who authorities say used her gun to shoot his teacher at a Virginia elementary school in January pleaded guilty Tuesday to a state charge stemming from the shooting, according to The Associated Press. Deja Taylor pleaded guilty to felony child neglect in a Newport News courtroom.
Her sentencing was scheduled for late October, according to online court records.
In April, Taylor’s attorney said his client had experienced miscarriages and postpartum depression before the January incident at Richneck Elementary School, according to The Associated Press.
In June, Taylor pleaded guilty to federal charges of illegally obtaining and possessing a firearm and making a false statement on a government form to buy the firearm.
She’s scheduled to be sentenced for the federal charges in October.
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