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A grand jury in Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who
shot his teacher on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her
handgun in the family's home, a prosecutor said Monday.

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A grand jury sitting in Newport News charged the boy's 25-year-old mother
with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor charge of endangering a child
by reckless storage of a firearm, Commonwealth's Attorney Howard Gwynn
said in a news release.

The Associated Press isn't naming the mother to shield the identity of her
son.

The boy shot first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner on Jan. 6 inside her
classroom at Richneck Elementary School. Police said the boy's mother
legally purchased the gun. Her attorney, James Ellenson, has said the gun
was secured on a top shelf in her closet and had a trigger lock.

Ellenson said Monday that his client plans to turn herself in later this
week. He did not comment on the indictments, which were first reported by
the Daily Press.

The decision to charge the boy's mother is the latest development to
cascade from the shooting in this shipbuilding city of about 185,000
people near the Chesapeake Bay.

'Every criminal case is unique in its facts, and these facts support these charges, but our investigation into the shooting continues,' Gwynn said.

Gwynn said his office has petitioned the court to empanel a special grand
jury to continue an investigation into any security issues that may have contributed to the shooting.

'The safety and security of Newport News students is of utmost importance.
The Special Grand Jury will investigate to determine whether additional
charges against additional persons are justified by the facts and the
law,' Gwynn said.

Virginia's law on felony child neglect says any parent, guardian or other person responsible for the care of a child 'whose willful act or omission
in the care of such child was so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life' is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The
charge is punishable by up to five years in prison.

The misdemeanor charge says it's against Virginia law to 'recklessly leave
a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or
limb of any child under the age of fourteen.' That charge is punishable by
a maximum of one year in jail.

Police Chief Steve Drew has repeatedly characterized the shooting as 'intentional.' He said there was no warning and no struggle before the
child pointed the gun at Zwerner and fired one round, striking her in the
hand and chest.

Zwerner, 25, hustled her students out of the classroom before being rushed
to the hospital, where she stayed for nearly two weeks.

Ellenson told The Associated Press in January that he understood the gun
was in the woman's closet on a shelf well over 6 feet (1.8 meters) high
and had a trigger lock that required a key.

The family said in the wake of the shooting that the boy has an 'acute disability' and was under a care plan 'that included his mother or father attending school with him and accompanying him to class every day.' The
week of the shooting was the first when a parent was not in class with
him, the family said.

The family said in the days after the shooting that the child was placed
under hospital care and receiving 'the treatment he needs.'

The shooting also unleashed a torrent of criticism about school
administrators.

Days after the shooting, school officials revealed that administrators at Richneck Elementary had suspected the child may have had a weapon before
the shooting occurred. But they didn't find it despite searching his
backpack.

At a subsequent school board meeting, parents and teachers lambasted administrators for what they called a misguided emphasis on attendance
over the safety of children and staff. They said students who assaulted classmates and staff often faced few consequences, while Zwerner' shooting could have been prevented if not for a toxic environment in which
teachers' concerns were ignored.

In a lawsuit filed last week seeking $40 million in damages, Zwerner's attorneys accused school officials of gross negligence and of ignoring
multiple warnings from teachers and other school employees the day of the shooting that the boy was armed and in a 'violent mood.'

In the lawsuit, Zwerner's attorneys said all of the defendants knew the
boy 'had a history of random violence' at school and at home, including an episode the year before when he 'strangled and choked' his kindergarten teacher.

The school board in Newport News fired the district's superintendent,
while Richneck's assistant principal resigned from the school division.
The elementary school's principal is still employed by the district but no longer holds that position.

Richneck also installed metal detectors before it reopened on Jan. 30, a
full three weeks after the shooting occurred.


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