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Attorney: Mom of Virginia Boy Who Shot Teacher Was Depressed US News | The Epoch Times https://ift.tt/sBZSueD NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his teacher had a series of miscarriages and post-partum depression in the year before the shooting, her attorney said Friday, after she was arraigned on charges of child neglect and failing to secure the handgun her son used in the shooting. Police say the boy fired a single shot at his first-grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, on Jan. 6, striking her in the left hand and chest. She spent two weeks in the hospital and has had four surgeries since the shooting. The Associated Press is not identifying the mother to shield the identity of her son. A grand jury indicted the mother this week, and she was released on a $5,000 bond after turning herself in Thursday.... April 15, 2023 at 12:58AM https://ift.tt/a5WbMqn The Associated Press https://ift.tt/7mAXIxo