Mother of 6-year-old shooter pleads guilty to gun and drug charges.

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court to using marijuana while possessing a firearm, which is illegal under U.S. law. Deja Taylor is accused of lying about her marijuana use on a form when she bought the gun, which her son later used to shoot Abby Zwerner in her classroom in Newport News. Taylor’s attorneys agreed to a negotiated plea agreement with prosecutors that calls for a sentence of 18 months to 24 months in prison. The federal case against Taylor is separate from the charges she faces on the state level: felony child neglect and reckless storage of a firearm.