Mother of 6-Year-Old Boy Who Shot His Teacher in Virginia Could Be Jailed for Failing Drug Tests

Mother of 6-Year-Old Boy Who Shot His Teacher in Virginia Could Be Jailed for Failing Drug Tests
Deja Taylor arrives at federal court in Virginia Beach, Va., on June 12, 2023. Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot via AP
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia could be jailed Thursday for failing drug tests while awaiting sentencing on federal weapons charges that she used marijuana while possessing a firearm.

A bond revocation hearing is set in federal court in Newport News for Deja Taylor. Her son used her gun to shoot Abby Zwerner in her classroom in January. The first-grade teacher was seriously wounded and has endured multiple surgeries.