Deja Taylor said she does feel responsible for the shooting and apologized to the teacher, 25-year-old Abigail Zwerner.
shot and wounded his teacher as she taught class, an attorney for the boy’s mother said it still is not clear how the boy got the gun.legally purchased the gun used in the Jan. 6 shooting and Taylor’s attorney, James Ellenson, has said she believed her gun was secured on a high closet shelf with a trigger lock. In an interview ABC’s "Good Morning America" aired Wednesday, Ellenson said no one knows how he got it.
Taylor said her son has ADHD and while attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder might affect others mildly, she described her son as "off the wall," saying he "doesn’t sit still ever." The felony neglect charge is punishable by up to five years in prison. The misdemeanor charge of recklessly storing a firearm is punishable by up to one year in jail. The boy will not be prosecuted.
"That is my son, so I am, as a parent, obviously willing to take responsibility for him because he can’t take responsibility for himself," Taylor said. "I just truly would like to apologize ... she did get hurt. We were actually kind of forming a relationship with me having to be in the classroom. And she is really a bright person."
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