Mother charged with neglect after child shoots teacher.

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his first-grade teacher in Newport News, Virginia, in January has been indicted on charges of felony child neglect and recklessly leaving a firearm to endanger a child. The child will not be criminally charged. A lawsuit brought this month by the teacher alleges school administrators and the school board were aware of the student’s “history of random violence” and did not act proactively amid concerns over a firearm in the boy’s possession the day of the shooting. The circuit court has also asked to impanel a special grand jury to continue the investigation.