Deja Taylor, 25, of Newport News, is facing one felony count of child neglect and one misdemeanor count of recklessly storing a firearm so a child could gain access to it.

Source: https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/04/10/mother-of-1st-grader-who-shot-his-teacher-is-charged-with-neglect-n542986

FILE - In this undated photo provided by her family and lawyers, Abigail Zwerner, a first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Va., is shown inside her classroom.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/school-where-6-year-old-shot-his-teacher-set-to-reopen/article_d29e3ae8-fc26-5694-b6eb-c225ba27ce29.html

Governor Glenn Youngkin expressed his condolences to the Newport News community saying, “My administration has offered assistance in response to the shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News and stand at the ready to help in any way we can.

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Governor Glenn Youngkin expressed his condolences to the Newport News community saying, “My administration has offered assistance in response to the shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News and stand at the ready to help in any way we can.

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He most recently served as the Program Manager’s Representative at Supervisor of Shipbuilding Newport News for USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), undergoing a refueling and complex overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding.

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He most recently served as the Program Manager’s Representative at Supervisor of Shipbuilding Newport News for USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), undergoing a refueling and complex overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding.

Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/460406/fdrmc-detachment-rota-conducts-change-charge

Judge Matthew Hoffman of Newport News Circuit Court said that Ms. Zwerner’s injuries “did not arise out of her employment,” making her eligible for more than workers’ compensation.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/04/us/virigina-teacher-shooting-lawsuit.html

Norfolk schools have the next highest amount at $136 million, followed by Henrico at $116 million, Richmond City at $111 million and Newport News at $93 million.

Source: https://www.henricocitizen.com/articles/senate-to-take-up-bill-requiring-virginia-schools-to-spend-unused-relief-funds/

The federal firearms counts are in addition to state charges on which Taylor was already indicted in connection with the January 6 shooting of her son's first-grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia.

Source: https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/world/2023-06-06-mother-of-6-year-old-virginia-boy-who-shot-teacher-faces-us-gun-charges/

The teacher, 25-year-old Abby Zwerner, was shot in the hand and chest by the young student on January 6 while in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia.

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To celebrate the turn in the weather, travel to Newport News for this year’s Fall-O-Ween FestivalHampton Roads Transit to get around once you arrive by train.

Source: https://theroanokestar.com/2023/09/07/rail-authority-encourages-virginians-to-take-the-train-to-local-fall-festivals/

“Today our students got a lesson in gun violence,” said George Parker III, Newport News schools superintendent, “and what guns can do to disrupt, not only an educational environment, but also a family, a community.”

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/u-s-news/2023/01/shooting-at-virginia-elementary-school-wounds-1-adult/

Two inmates made a hole in a cell wall and escaped from the city jail in Newport News, Va., but were caught about 10 miles away at 3 o’clock the next morning eating breakfast at the International House of Pancakes in Hampton.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/03/25/looking-glass-could-i-get-off-with-a-warning-this-time/