Mom of Virginia boy who shot teacher gets 21 months in prison for using marijuana while owning gun
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A Virginia woman whose son shot his first-grade teacher was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in prison for using marijuana while owning a gun.
"This case is not a marijuana case," federal prosecutors argued in court filings. "It is a case that underscores the inherently dangerous nature and circumstances that arise from the caustic cocktail of mixing consistent and prolonged controlled substance use with a lethal firearm." Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
Taylor, 26, still faces sentencing in December on state charges for felony child neglect. Zwerner, who was seriously wounded, is suing the school system for $40 million, alleging administrators had ignored multiple warnings that the boy had a gun.