Lawyer Denies Ohio Teen’s School Shooting Charges

With a gun? What are they doing with a gun?’ ” Madison student Zayd Ahmed said, CNN reported. It says plans will include on-site counseling.

“He’s 13 or 14 years old”. In addition to the shooting victims, two other students were injured by shrapnel or as they tried to get away.

A 14-year-old boy accused of shooting students in an OH school canteen has denied the charges during an appearance in juvenile court.

Hancock is charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault, one count of inducing panic and one count of making terroristic threats, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office announced.

Jones says as terrifying as the shooting was, it’s a relief that no lives were lost. The youth threw down his gun as he ran from the school and was soon arrested near the school with the help of a Middletown police K-9 unit, he said. School buildings will be open on Tuesday night, however, to offer parents and students reassurance ahead of a planned reopening on Wednesday, when additional staff members and crisis counselors will be on hand.

Thirteen-year-old Shelby Kinnin said she heard “a couple of bangs” and realized she was near the shooter.

The district has about 250 junior high and 500 high school students, according to enrolment estimates in Ohio Department of Education records. She recognized him as a boy who was in a class with her a year ago, though she wasn’t sure of his name. A 14-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl also were injured, though it was unclear how, Jones said.

The two students who were shot at Madison High School in Butler County, allegedly by a fellow student, are expected to survive.

Students were eating in the cafeteria when the shooting happened around 11:30 a.m., Jones said.

None of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.

Cameron Smith, 15, and Cooper Caffrey, 14, were injured by the gunfire.

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones in southwestern OH says he’s aware of a motive in Monday’s shooting at Madison Local Schools but isn’t ready to release it.

Dwyer says a suspect was taken into custody. He said they locked the students in a safe place. An Ohio sheriff says a 14-year-old suspect in the school shooting that w…

Madison Elementary School will be dismissed an approximately an hour early. Police in nearby Middletown say on their Facebook page that it was a shooting.

Immediately after the shooting, Hancock ran from the scene and along the way dropped the gun, which authorities said he had been carrying with him all morning, according to reports from local media.

Two of the students were taken by CareFlight to Miami Valley Hospital.

Desiree Helmandollar, a mother of two Middletown students, said it’s enough to make her consider pulling her kids out of the district.