Is learning who was with a hamilton man in his final moments before getting shot. Shot. 9 on your side reporter ashley zilka has the exclusive details from the crime scene. Ashley Christopher sandle just celebrated his 20th birthday three days ago but this Morning Police say his life was taken inside this home. pkg austin belden04 29 he gave me a ride home actually. He paid for me to get a ride home because it was so cold and i wake up and this is what happened. 38austin belden said goodbye to his best friend just like any other night. He could have never imagined that it would be the last time. But Hamilton Police say Christopher Sandle junior known as c. J. Was shot at his home on millville avenue around 6 15 this morning. He later died at the hospital. Rachel mccoy spent the evening with cjs family. She tells 9 on your side someone broke into the familys home and shot c. J. In front of his mother rebecca. Rachel mccoy11 32 i just know that someone came into the house and took her sons life. I know she watched her son die fair to her. 41c. J. s friends say he was down to earth and always stayed positive. Austen beldon03 33 he liked sports, he liked to go to the beach, he loved music. He loved music. He was just a good person to be around. 43so much so he became a big brother to his next door neighbor. Quinton whitson00 22 he was a good friend. He kept me out of trouble and all that and he was there for me if i needed him. 27 as Police Investigate his murder his loved ones try to cope with the fact that c. J. Is gone forever. Quinton whitson00 42 i started crying. I was walking home and i called my mom and my mom said i have something sad to tell you and i was like what and i just started bawling walking home with my head down. 52 austen beldon03 04 i just cant see why somebody would do this to him. 07rachel mccoy 10 13 we are going to get her through this. That is what we do. We are family. We have been family for a long time. 16 ashley right now there is no one in custody but mccoy believes it was not a random act. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward. Ashley zilka, 9 on right now west Chester Police are searching for the gunman who shot an 18 year old this afternoon. Police say the teen came under fire around 330 at a home on north pisgah drive. Thats right off route 42. The teen was first taken to west chester hospital. Then flown to Uc Medical Center due to the severity of the injuries. Police say the shooter drove off in a dark blue mazda protege two passengers were with him. Theres still no word as to what led up to the shooting. Police are trying to track down two people who claimed they were Cincinnati Police officers before busting into a westwood home. 9 on your side reporter tj parkers talked to neighbors who say this isnt the first Something Like this has happened. People who live along busy montana avenue in westwood say theyre alarmed after finding one of their neighbors homes was broken into9 on your side was on the scene when police began their investigation into the break in. Police tell us the suspects broke in through a window yelled out they were cpd officers. They then, inside hitting the man in the head with a gun and taking off with the victims car and personal items. The car and some of the items have since been recovered. Neighbors too scared to talk on camera tell us thereve been several break ins in the past year. This is a very scary incident you know because this neighborhood is getting to where its happened three or four times times i dont know why they keep picking this street, i dont know what it is with this streetCincinnati Police say these crimes are sporadic. Right now, theyre processing the recovered car and items for evidence. Now police say the victims werent able to give a good description of the people who broke into their home, so they say if you have any information, to give police call. In westwood, im t. J. Parker, 9 on your side. The jury could get the case tomorrow in the trial of a grant county man accused of killing his estranged wife and one of her friends. 30 witnesses testified against shaun hiles in court today. Nicole hiles and her friend, Larry Whiteker after ramming their truck in july 2014. Today in court nicoles former boss testified saying shaun had been stalking her by parking in a nearby driveway. During the week prior to the shooting you would see shaun hiles over there in that drivewway . I saw him the day of the murders after i closed the store. I started to leave and go home and i saw a car that had backed in to marks driveway. It looked like the tahoe that shaun had been driving. Driving. Several witnesses testified shaun ripped the mirrors off nicoles car in the hours before she was killed. In northern kentuckythe driver who hit and killed a grandfather and his 18 monthold twin grandkids made her first appearance in court. Court. Today jessica hood pleaded not guilty to three counts of manslaughter and assault. Shes charged with as he pulled his grandkids in a wagon in florence back in march. Hoods Attorney Says this was an accident. Not a crime that. He also says theres no evidence that hood was under the influence. Texting or distracted in any other way. Hood will be back in court next month. A man who brought pot brownies to Springboro High School will not face jail time but he did admit to the crime. Edward goschinski a now graduate admitted to letting three students and a teacher sample the brownies while he was still a student. He pleaded guilty to lesser charges. He could be ordered to take a drug test at any time. A mother kicked off a cincinnati metro bus over a stroller turns to 9 on your side for answers. Answers. This is video shot on mother of three says the driver told her she had to fold up her double stroller. But she says she couldnt while trying to hold her one year old and two five month old twins. So she was booted off the bus. Its not in anybodys way. Its over to the side. Why it cant it be on lock and i just hold it . It . We would not want an incident where if the bus driver had to make a hard stop the stroller could roll and injure a passenger nearby or worse yet injure the children inside the stroller. Stroller. Well be following up with metro bus officials to see the results of their investigation into what happened. Crews work fast to clean up a crash just in time for the evening rush. Police say the diesel truck overturned on i75 near i275 in sharonville. Fuel spilled onto the highway. The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Still a lot more ahead tonight at 7. Including what the prosecutor deciding not to indict the father who mistakenly killed his own son. Plus. Why the woman at the center of a Million Dollar mansion is back in court. The new fight shes facing. Steve . 9 on your side at 7 continues tonight no charges will be filed against the dad who mistakenly shot and killed his own son. The man pulled the trigger after checking out a noise in the basement of Authorities Say 14yearold georta mack snuck back into his house after being taken to the bus stop. He was trying to skip school. Crime. Prosecutor joe deters decided to not file any charges because of the pain and guilt macks dad will live with for the rest of his life. A father son duo is locked up after fronting as carpet cleaners to steal from tri state families. Families. Police say richard and Forrest Smith are the ones seen in this video rummaging through the desk drawers of a the ones who robbed a Clermont County home. While cleaning carpets. Tonight they are both in jail one in Kenton County and the other in butler county. But they will also be facing theft charges in Clermont County as well. Next at 7. 7. Back in court. The battle an indian hill woman now faces after trying to back out of buying her dream mansion. And theres a chance for rain as we head closer to the weekend. Plus, its warming up your 9 first warning forecast is after the break theres still time if you want to claim you rchance at tonights record breaking jackpot. After the break, were live with how powerball frenzy the woman at the center of the indian hill mansion lawsuit was back in court today. Today. Crysta pleatman is being sued for backing out of a contract to buy a Million Dollar home upon learning a convicted criminal lived next door. Shes also accused of harrassing the homeowner in a series of emails after backing out. The allegations date back to 2014. Today in Court Representatives from sibcy cline and it experts took the stand to discuss the breach of contract. And the value of the home. A judge has asked both parties to settle out of court but an aggreement has yet to be reached. Tonights Powerball Jackpot is 1point5 billion dollars. And so many of you are buying tickets before tonights big drawing live on 9 on your side. The afternoon, talking with many of them and joins us thanks, john were having fun with this powerball fever. We wanted to know what cincinnati mayor john cranley would buy for the city. If he won the powerball. Powerball. So i tweeted him this afternoon. He tweeted back saying quote a portion of it for an endowment for my anti poverty hand up initiative and Child Poverty task force. On the 9 on your side facebook page, we are asking what the first good deed youll do after winning 1 point 5 billion dollars. And you can watch the powerball drawing live only on 9 on your side at 11. If youre afraid youll forget, sign up for our push alerts and youll get a reminder right before the drawing tonight. Teachers at Mariemont Junior High School are standing by one of their own, whose son was badly hurt crash. Jason lonnemann grew up in mariemont. Where his mom still teaches. He was in a car hit by a drunk driver on december 31st. His friend died from his injuries. So today fellow teachers and Community Members gave some of their blood to help others. It. 30thousand dollars was raised for the lonnemann family to help cover jasons medical expenses. He is still in a columbus area hospital. Tonight a mothers facebook plea to find the two men who helped save her daughters life in yesterdays 40 car pileup is going viral. Bev cochrans Daughter Brittany was one of the drivers who got caught up in the snow squall on i74 at the ohio indiana border. After getting hit then hitting into a wall after doing a 180. Two men then rushed over to the very shaken brittany to make sure she was okay. He left actually so i dont know where he went to he turned around he made sure they all stopped soon as everything was ok as soon as a few minutes went by he actually went over the median and he left. Left. Cochrans facebook search has gained thousands of views and a lot of help from strangers. So hopefully shell find those two men very next at 7. 7. Caught in the act. The reason why two waffle house employees were shown the door. The video thats going and finally tonight. Two women are out of a job after getting caught doing hair. In a waffle house. House. The women were caught on cell phone video using a pot their braided hair. It happened while others inside the memphis waffle house ate their food in disgust. I just thought it was nasty and i needed to let somebody see this. This. Waffle house caught wind of the video and fired the women. The local Health Department came in and preformed a full inspection of the restaurant. That is 9 on your side at 7 for this wednesday. Updates on