'I am, as a parent, obviously willing to take responsibility for him,' Deja Taylor said.
Deja Taylor says she is willing to take responsibility for the incident and that her son's actions can be linked to his ADHD diagnosis., says she is willing to take responsibility for the incident, and that her son's actions can be linked to his ADHD diagnosis.
In interviews and in her lawsuit, Zwerner characterized the boy as violent and said he "slammed the cellphone on the ground so hard that it cracked and shattered." In the lawsuit, she also claimed the child had a "history of random violence" and that he "attacked students and teachers alike." "He threw his arms up. He said, 'Fine.' And when he threw his arms up, he knocked her phone out of her hand on accident," she said. A suspension resulted from the incident. Taylor claimed only the screen protector had broken, and she says she had offered to pay for its replacement.The shooting took place the day the student returned to class from the suspension, according to the lawsuit.
A spokesperson for Newport News Public Schools told ABC News it could not comment on issues related to "a student's educational record." A representative for Briana Foster Newton, the principal of Richneck Elementary School at the time of the shooting, did not respond to repeated requests for comment from ABC News.
Ellenson said the gun was legally purchased. Deja Taylor says she last saw it when it was locked, but since then, Ellenson said, "nobody knows" how the boy obtained it. At the time, Deja Taylor's mental state was frail, she and Ellenson both said. She said she was suffering from postpartum depression following a succession of miscarriages and had been hospitalized for a week.
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