The mother of a six-year-old student who seriously injured his school teacher in the eastern United States was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Wednesday.
His son brought a gun to his school in Virginia on January 6 and shot his teacher. The teacher, who was injured in his hand and chest, was in the hospital for two weeks.
Deja Taylor, 26, who owned the gun, was found guilty in a Newport News district court and sentenced to one year and nine months in prison, according to local media.
In June, she pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining a firearm and making a false statement on a government form required to purchase a firearm.
On this form, Ms. Taylor assured the Federal Arms, Tobacco and Explosives Control (ATF) agency that she was not using illegal drugs, which was false.
Prosecutors also accuse him of gross child neglect in a case in the US state of Virginia.
Given the number of fatal gun incidents involving children, pressure is growing in the United States to punish parents who often negligently allow access to these weapons.
Last week, the father of an Illinois teenager accused of killing seven people during a 2022 National Day parade pleaded guilty to “reckless conduct” for helping his son when he was 19. when he received the assault rifle used in the shooting.
The parents of a 15-year-old boy accused of killing four people at a high school in Oakland County, Michigan, in November 2021 have been accused of buying their son a gun even though they knew he represented elements, that suggested he posed a threat.