A child is comforted Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, in Madison Township in Butler County, Ohio after a school shooting at Madison Local Schools.
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Thirteen-year-old Shelby Kinnin said she heard “a couple of bangs” and realized she was near the shooter.
March 01-Two students were injured by gunfire and two more were injured while escaping a gunman at Madison High School early Monday.
Philpot said there will be additional staff members on buses and especially in the cafeteria to ease students’ return.
Madison Schools Superintendent Curtis Philpot says crisis counselors will be on hand Wednesday to help students move forward following Monday’s shooting which injured four.
He’s in custody facing felony charges of attempted murder, felonious assault, inducing panic and making terroristic threats. With his ankles shackled, he sat silently during the brief hearing and kept his head down, reading the complaint.
In a hearing that lasted a few seconds, Hancock’s attorney Ed Perry denied the charges and Hancock was ordered held in the Butler County juvenile detention center until a hearing April 5. One relative told a reporter through tears, “You have no idea” how hard this is.
The Associated Press doesn’t generally name juveniles charged with crimes.
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones identified the teen as James Austin Hancock, according to media reports. He said the youth apparently had a.380-caliber handgun obtained from a family member for “some time”, including all morning inside the school before he allegedly jumped up from a cafeteria table and opened fire.
“I didn’t really get a good look at his face and he didn’t say anything he just shot and then ran out”, Brant Murray. “They wish all the victims a speedy recovery”. “He just pulled out his gun and started shooting”.
During Monday’s arraignment, Prosecutor Mike Gmoser said he’s considering a number of options in prosecuting Hancock, including trying him as an adult because of the violent nature and seriousness of the charges.
Jones told The Associated Press that while that might sound harsh, he believes it’s important to “send a message” to students that using guns isn’t like playing a video game.
Jones wants Hancock prosecuted in adult court.
“Both boys who were hospitalized are doing very well and are in very high spirits”, the school district said on Facebook on Monday night.
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“It’s a awful feeling anytime something like that goes down”, Jones said, describing his reaction when word came of the shooting about 11.20am on Monday. He says it’s the first school shooting in memory in Butler County in southwest OH, although there have been repeated school lockdowns because of threats in recent months.
