Who is Deja Taylor? Mother of the six-year-old boy who shot his elementary school teacher in Virginia arrested

Deja Taylor, 25, has been indicted by a grand jury with a felony child neglect charge and a misdemeanour charge.

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher in Newport News, Virginia, in January.

She has been indicted on charges of felony child neglect, and one count of recklessly leaving a firearm to endanger a child.

The woman, Deja Taylor, has no criminal record and that her gun was secured on a top shelf in her closet with a trigger lock.

The 6-year old boy has an “acute disability” and was under a care plan that involved a parent accompanying him to class every day.

The week of the shooting was the first when a parent was not with him in class.

Shortly after the shooting, school officials revealed that Richneck Elementary administrators had suspected the child may have had a weapon before the shooting occurred and searched his backpack, though nothing turned up