Nine on your side is live with complete Team Coverage on every aspect of todays shooting inside Madison High School. Here is what we know right now. 14yearold James Austin Hancock faces felony attempted murder charges. His friends call him austin. He will stand before a judge in the morning. Police say he pulled the trigger of a 380caliber around 1130 inside the schools cafeteria. Two people were hit. They are 15yearold Cameron Smith and 14yearold cooper caffery. They are both in stable condition. Condition. The school says they are in very high spirits tonight. Two more people were hit by flying shrapnel. They are brant murray and katherine doucette. She posted on facebook that she was grazed. But is okay. Madison local schools are closed tomorrow. It just went like boom, boom, boom, boom like 5 or 7 times times time we are hearing from one of the alleged shooters friends. Friends. She was on the other side of the lunch table when Austin Hancock pulled out a gun. She sat down with nine on your sides John Genovese late tonight. He leads our Team Coverage tonight. John . That teen has been Close Friends with austin for three years. When the gunshots began she froze in shock and before austin ran outside she says he looked at her and said goodbye beginning as a school day like any other 12 02we all walked into the lunchroom austin was perfectly happy we were all laughing and giggling and talking about stuffaleeanna carpenter was sitting with Austin Hancock and two other friends. It wasnt long she says before one of them made a comment about having a problem with another student want me to shoot him . Listening in disbelief12 38we were like what do you mean shoot him . What do you mean . And he was like i got a gun it didnt take long20 05it was a black gun he pulled it out and it was the loudest shot ever and i just saw the bullets like slowly fall by my face. And i look over and theres blood everywhere. 14yearold Cooper Caffrey hit by bullets. Two others by shrapnel. I dont know what to say, i dont know what to do. I dont know whether to push him down or run as he was heading for the dooraleeanna says she and austin locked eyes 17 45i saw him running and he said goodbye thats when i started running 21 38 im just thanking god that he was her friend and she didnt get shot accidentallymom ladawnya carpenter cant shake it from her mind23 50thats all ive done is just thank god all day thats shes safe and shes home and shes not hurthappening so fast aleeanna just wants to know why. 14 21he was a really good friend he came to school happy everyday i dont know if he had any bullying issues i didnt know of anyone bullying him he was cool with everyone, that i knew aleeanna says she gave her statement to investigators. She says austin recently brokeup with his girlfriend but before this happened says she didnt see anything tell us they believe they know the motive for this shooting but arent releasing those details. John genovese 9oys tonight we are trying to learn more about the suspected gunman in todays shooting. Shooting. Nine on your side lead Investigative Reporter jason law is live outside the Butler County juvenile Detention Center tonight with what weve uncovered. Anytime this happens, the first thing we want to know is why . We know James Austin Hancock was active in his school, a member of the wrestling team. Tonight i talked with a student who witnessed the gunman who says he was running around and shooting with the gun cocked to the side. 15 22 i dont know what was in his mind to do that. {15 23 {jtrack jake phelps says hes known James Austin Hancock since kindergarten. 16 42 i thought he was like, a good student. {16 44{jtrack phelps says hancock had friends. He wasnt bulled and he seemed like a typical teenager. {15 15 he was a normal kid. I played football with him in the fifth grade. He was pretty normal. {15 21 {jtrack by all accounts, the school day was normal until investigators say hancock pulled out a handgun and opened fire inside the cafeteria. Phelps was in the cafeteria too, and watched his classmatea boy hes known since they were both fivego on a shooting spree. 18 06 i heard a loud pop and i turned around and i saw this kid running and shooting people. {18 12 18 38 jason how many shots did you hear . Jake i heard i think four or five. Jason okay, and were they close together or were they spaced out . Jake the first one, like, the first one is where everyone turned around. Then like three seconds later, he shot three more, or four more. {18 53 phelps said he and some other students and cafeteria workers hid in a closet for more than an hour before they were told it was okay to come out. Jason the bullets were fired in moments today at Madison High School. But. To get the full picture of how events developed. You have to go back hours before then. The day began without anyone suspecting. But investigators say hancock likely arrived at school with the gun. A little after 11 oclock. The School Resource officer left the cafeteria. Then at 11 15. Deputies say hancock opened fire on his classmates. Madison high school, theres a shooting. He has a gun. He started shooting peoplethe gunman ran out of the school immediately. The sro called for help. While taking care of the victims. Hancock was arrested by 11 30 we branched out to serach for hiome ad dog was able to track him very quickly and take him into custody. At the same time. The school was lockdown. One of the children who was injured had run and hid and they were missed orginally so we had to do a second search of the schoola few hours later. The students were put on buses and taken to their parents. Soon after the shooting. State and federal agents arrived to join the investigation. As for the gun. The Butler County sheriff says investigators are trying to figure out where it came from. And as we learn more about what happened inside the school. We are hearing for the first time about the first first responder. Madisons School Resource officer. Officer. Nine on your side reporter Evan Millward continues our live Team Coverage tonight with that part of the story. Im told there is some evidence tonight that Austin Hancock waited until School Resource office kent hall walked out of this cafeteria to start shooting. Hall is retired from Butler CountySheriffs Office and has a son who just graduated from here last year. covered Thomas Hall Madison twp trustee, son of sro 2910 he, hes a very strong man. Among hundreds of reunions monday parents impatient to hug their child hall 2801 when i seen him, i gave him a big hug. There was a child, impatient to hug his dad. Hall 2803 one of the greatest hugs ive ever got to give him, even if it was short. Thomas hall is a 2014 madison grad, a student at miami. Hes even a township trustee. But monday first and foremost he was a son to School Resource officer kent hall. Hall 2915 hes seen a lot, hes been through a lot, hes the strongest man i know and, going forward, he will get Even Stronger from this. Hall says his dad had just walked out of the cafeteria when the shooting started. Greg cox turning Point Church Pastor 2402 and then when the call came out today it was like, wow. That was quick, god. Hall stopped by this prayer vigil at turning point church. On sundays the church meets inside madison high the kids do sunday school in the cafeteria. And this past weeks message now gives pastor greg cox chills. Cox 2313 i made the reference that the river down there, it doest keep evil away, its everywhere even in a conservative, Nice Community like madison. But i never would have dreamed the illustration would have happened the next day. Hall 3154 i prayed, personally, to be able to go home to my dad tonight, i was very thankful for that. We asked both pastor cox and thomas hall if they knew the accused shooter. They both told me they recognized the name but didnt personally know him. Back to you. Todays shooting rocked the small town to its core nine on your sides ashley zilka is live with what the people of madison are saying tonight. Ashley . Its been a draining and emotional day for the people of madison township. How could it happen here . That is the question plaguing people who live in this area. Lexi jones 12th grader27 51 i did hear the gunshots. I was not too far away from the cafeteria. 56joie robinson 10th grader30 02 i heard the announcements come on like level 4 lockdown. Tonight madison township is hurting. Mary taylor youth pastor24 25 its a disturbing thing. I talked to several people today and my one comment is you always hear there is another city or anther school that its happening at but you dont realize until it actually hits home how devastating it can be. 39the township has a population of about 8thousand and when you ask someone about todays tragedy. A madison student allegedy opening fire inside a cafeteria youll get the same answer. Lexi jones28 33 i honestly did not think this would ever happen at madison. 36joie robinson30 41 at first i didnt believe it. Honestly nobody would think it ever happened because its such a small school and an 8th grader. He was a really good kid too. 50and even if you dont have a direct connection to Madison High School you still feel the sense of sadness in this small community. Sarah powell is a teacher at adams elementary in middletown. Her School District went on a soft lockdown because of todays shooting. Sarah powell adams elementary teacher34 57 i know our School Everybody was listening to what was going on. Teachers were in tears. 02 mary taylor 24 50 its been eye opening i think for the community to see that this can happen here. 57sarah powell 35 09 we want to protect our community and we want to protect each other and not only our school but all the other schools as well. 13 tomorrow Madison Schools will be closed. Their staff will still report though and come up with a plan to support all of the students when they come back to school. Reporting our coverage of the shooting at madsion high school isnt over. On wcpo dot com hear the 911 calls for help made from inside the building earlier today. And wake up with good morning tristate starting at 430, for live Team Coverage from Madison High School. Anchor chris riva will anchor live from outside the school. But first coming up next at 11. 11. Experience. The praise tonight for how those inside the school acted when the shots rang out. And what do you say to your kids . We have expert advice for those of you wanting to talk about todays shooting with your children. Your nine first warning forecast is coming up and grim discovery. The two tonight after the remains of a Northern Kentucky woman turn up in the ohio river nine on your side at 11 continues youre watching 9 on your side at 11 the madison School District wasnt the only one today dealing with a gun in school. A middletown student was also arrested today after a teacher was told he had a hangun in his backback. Middletown locked down its schools when the shooting in madison took place. When that lockdown was lifted. A student came forward to told a teacher about the gun. School Officials Say the student will be suspended after a hearing. The Madison School system is being praised tonight for its response to todays shooting. Butler county sheriff Richard Jones says the school followed its security plan well. Every school in ohio is required to file a plan for dealing with emergencies and disasterthat plan is onfile. So police. Firefighters. And medics can get to it quickly. The School District was very aggressive in using social media to keep parents up to date on the situation as it developed. As we mentioned. School will be closed tomorrow. And all extra currricular activies are also canceled. When something tragic happens like the shooting today at madison high we wonder what toll its taking on our kids. What do we say . How do we ease their anxiety . We spoke with a child psychologist today to get you answers to these questions. sot 22 44 the first step is really to just start the conversation to find out if those fears are and normalizing their feelings. Child pyschologist at cincinnati childrens hospital. She says coping with this kind of stress can be handled by keeping your routine and taking a big breath. Breath. Just some basic coping skills of relaxation skills, deep breathing, listening to music, doing family activities together can all help decrease anxiety. Anxiety. But what about when its time to go back to school. How do you make them bemerer says saysstart a conversation with your child. Ask them if they have fearsidentify teachers or people at school who can help them feel safe. But for parents, fear that this can happen again can be alleviated as easily. School shootings seem to be here to stay. Stay. We used to be able to say oh that doesnt happen very often, or that happens far away from here. But the fact true anymore. Kids, you might have questions for your school. Find a list of them on wcpo. Com right now. We do want to turn now to your weather. Weather. Nine first warning chief meteorologist Steve Raleigh is here with your first look at tomorrow. Hi steve the weather will remain dry with fair skies before rain, thunderstorms, snow and much colder air head into the tristate over the next couple of days. This evening, the weather will stay fair with mild evening temps in the mid 40s before falling to mid to upper 30s by morning. Tuesday, a strong low pressure system will bring back rain and storms chances during the afternoon and evening. Some locally heavy rain along with isolated thunderstorms will hit as soon as noon and through the afternoon and evening. Behind this system we are looking at a changeover from rain to snow tuesday night into wednesday morning with little to no accumulation. Thursday will bring yet another chance of light snow to rain here in the tristate. We are still tracking this system so well in other news weve been covering for you today. Police say there are now two people of interest in the case of a falmouth woman whos body was found last night. Tara turner had been missing since january 31st. Her remains were found last night in shag creek near route eight. The Kentucky State Police are leading the investigation with help from the Pendleton County sheriff. Its the biggest prize of the president ial Campaign Season so far. Super tuesday. Tonight all the candidates are making their last minute pitches across 12 states. For democrats. More than one thousand delegates are at stake for republicans. Nearly 600 delegates will be decided. Were following up for you on the murder of a pastor in dayton, ohio. Police there are Still Deciding what charges to file against reverend william schoolers brother. Police say Daniel Schooler shot his brother yesterday as services were ending. Tonight in Healthy Living at least nine pregnant women in the us are infected with the zika virus. Virus. All were infected by traveling to places where the virus in spreading. Another six women contracted the virus through sexual contact. Among the nine cases in the pregnant women. 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A costly game when vanderbilt beat kentucky saturday. The wildcats dropped to 22nd in one poll. Poll. And costly in terms of money for vanderbilt whose kids rushed the court. The sec has fined the school 100 thousand dollars for that. The Miami Redhawks won twice last week. Senior guard Eric Washington today was named the Mac East Division player of the week. Week. That was well deserved and so was this. Uc freshman jacob evans was named the rookie of the week in the american conference. Mount st joe men won their league title saturday. The yre going to the ncdouble a tournament for the first time. The number one ranked thomas more women are going. And theyll host the first and second round games on friday and saturday. Girls region nine began tonight at bb and t. It was highlands against holy cross in the openerzoie barth is only a freshman for the bluebirds. But a productive freshman. She takes the steal and scores. She had 14 points tonightbut it was close all night long. 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And here is the very latest of what we know at this hour about Todays School shooting in madison this morning just after 1115, police say James Austin Hancock pulled out a gun in the middle of the cafeteria and began firing. He hit two people who were taken to miami valley regional hospital. Hospital. Two more students were injured by flying shrapnel while trying to get out of the way hancock is charged with attempted murder, felonious assault, inducing panic and making terroristic threats. He will stand before a judge in the morning. And you can count on good morning tristate to bring you overnight developments as they come in. Live coverage from and for those of you wanting to see todays General Hospital episode. It airs after nightline at 105. Thats 9 on your side at 11 for this mondaylive Team Coverage of todays shooting at Madison High School. When and now Abcs Jimmy Kimmel live. Dicky from hollywood its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight andy samberg. From zootopia, ginnifer goodwin. 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