at that point, the shooter, which is james hancock. ran out of the building. juvenile counts but he said that could change tomorrow when the teen faces a judge for the very first time. >> reporting live tonight. in middletown. fox 19 now. >> thank you. and, the sheriff department did just con firm to me the attacks that we can positively identify 14 year old james hancock with his photo we are work on getting that together for you. we will bring you. now, let's get over to scene far the school. it has been frightening day over there. fox 19 is is there live. mike could you spoke with a lot of witnesses today. >> i spoke lot of people today. i want take you back to your eight grade school year. it is beautiful monday morning. you are sitting in your cafeteria. waiting to have lunch. all of sudden you hear gun shots. well that's exactly happened -- what happeneded to students at this school today. we actually found 18 grader who witnessed one of her class mates will being shot. take a listen. >> we are hearing like couple i didn't really

got along with everyone. >> i was shocked. . >>> we are uncovering more. >> this is coming from james hancock's wrestling team. >> reporter: in particular, i spoke to one student who said he is their teammate. >> reporter: he was in the gym with the med phones on when 14-year-old james austin hancock started shooting in the cafeteria. >> everyone in the gem is gone -- gym and they were all gone. >> two of his wrestling teammates were involved in the shooting. hancock and one of the victims. cooper caffrey are all on the team. >> this is his first year on the wrestling team. didn't seem like anything was wrong. he wasn't bullied and everyone not along with him. >> the grandmother said she is grateful they are all home safe. >> there is not even words. it is literally. you can be here one minute and not know for the very first second. get them in your arms and hold them and kiss them. >> they were in shock. >> we are all real close and share everything with each other and just to think he would do that to another >> sheriff jones is there figuring out a motive. all four victims are in stable cond

james hancock pulled out a loaded gun and started shooting. two students were shot and flown to the miami hospital. brandt and katherine were shot either by schrock -- shrapnel or running. >> he ran from the school, through his weapon down. we retrieve the weapon, we are reviewing in tagging the crime scene at this point. which is the cafeteria in the school. it was close to school grounds. he did not get very far. he threw his weapon down. we retrieve the weapon. our deputy was in the school at that time. >> when i got the call, i immediately knew what to do. our superintendent knew where he had to be and where we could work from there. it is been viable not only for our students and teacher but also with the administration with their security plan. reporter: the district says that a trains situations like this several times a year. the sheriff has not commented on the motive or how many shots were fired. they are also investigating how the student got the gun. mike: thanks. both the young shooting victims were quickly flown north of butler c

he could not say whether or not the suspected shooter, again 14- year-old james austin hancock, intentionally opened fire trying to hit those students or just random students just trying to hit as many people as possible. we simply do not know at this hour. >> everyone obviously wants to know what about the two taken to miami valley hospital in dayton. >> reporter: the word here from miami valley hospital is very encouraging. the director of trauma here, dr. peter ekeh spoke to reporters a while ago and says both gunshot victims who he saw himself are in stable condition right now and should be be able to leave within a couple of days. one of those teenagers was shot just one time. the other teen was shot two or three times. but night he says will require surgery unless there's some sort overget immediatic surgery down the road. -- sort of orthopedic surgery down the road. this is very encouraging. you can imagine the parents with the teens in the hospital right now are very shaken up at this point. he did not speak to how they are doing emotionally recovering from the trauma but just that bo

short while ago. at this point, he hasn't said what the motive was. the alleged motive for james austin hancock, who injure four of the classmates. he says the priority for law enforcement today, was making sure that they took care of the victims and immediately, and also looked for the shooter. and they got the call around 11:15, there was a shooting. the school castia. there was a school resource officer inside the cafeteria at the time. he just left, heard the shots and had to turn back around and respond to the cafeteria for an active shooter. in case anyone is joining us, cooper cafferty and cameron however, they are in stable condition. meanwhile, brent murray and katherine doesette were both hurt either from being in or running from the cafeteria. >> imagine when you're at school and eating lunch, when there's an active shooter. everything you've seen in the news or train your kids for it, sometimes it goes out the window when the shots are fired. you think it can't happen. >> the sheriff was saying, he's absolutely shocked. they train for this. they've been training for the active shoot

. >>> 14 years-old james hancock felonious assault, inducing panic and making threats. we know two students were shot today. who are the victims. 15-year-old cameron smith and cooper caffrey, two other students were hurt and it is unknown how. >> shrapnel from the shooting or the melee after the shooting. >> they are brant murray and katherine doucette. we have been out here most of the day following the shooting. he has been speaking with number of parents and students, he has their reaction. >> avenue van? >> reporter: the schools behind us. i will share one cafeteria. 11:15 this morning. students say they heard one shot at first and then they thought something was dropping or popping a bag. >> not thinking it was gunfire. they knew it was gunfire and started to run. . >> one of the kids grabbed their leg. >> , the kid, he had a gun and ran out the school. >> reporter: very strong and brave to talk to us so soon after this happened. >> she said she ran outside here to a practice field. they all gathered. head counts there and were taken in the band room and sit in the

mike and sheree, sheriff richard jones says the suspect, 14-year-old james hancock shot with what appears to be a 380 semi-auto-matic handgun but it is still unclear how many shots were fired. reporter: the sheriff says hancock told officers a different number of shots than the amount of shell casing that were found inside the cafeteria. k-9 officers were able to track hancock' s scent to a wooded area outisde and he was taken into custody at the butler county juvenile detention center. right now, he faces two counts of attempted murder, two counts of felony assault, inducing panic and making terroristic threats. all charges are juvenile felonies at this point. the sheriff says even though this is what police officers situation for everyone involved. >> my throat swells up and i start sweating. and then restart thinking. how bad is it. it is a terrible feeling. it is a terrible feeling whenever something like that goes down. imagine getting the call. it is something to take in. that is what they are trained for. that is wife professionals get there. we decompress days after. reporter: the

at that point the shooter, which is james hancock, ran out of the building and up on the hill in front of the school and appears that he got rid of his handgun at that point and kept on running. he was apprehended on top of the hill and arrested at that point. and he is in juvenile at this that will be up to the court system. we are still working on where the weapon came from. it does appear that he had this for the first part of the morning in the school with him. do not know at this point and we cannot release at this point. the crime scene is a large crime scene and takes time to get the crime scene worked, photographed, detectives and sheriff's office response was great. naturally when this kind of thing happens, it takes all of us inside and outside of the district. i've had calls about schools not even in this county. >> that was the press conference about a shooting at an ohio high school by an alleged 14-year-old. nothing. weight in the presidential race? no other primary day has as many delegates up for grabs at one time. >> we are talking more than a third for democrats, near

the suspect james austin hancock, 14 years old. has been charged, he is a male charged with two counts of attempted murder. two counts of assault. inducing panic. making is in jgc at this time, he has been interviewed we are waiting for the court system and prosecutors office at this point. i will say that you will always hear about the shootings in other places. you don't think that the odds are against it happening here. there is over 3000 sheriff's offices in the united states. thousand of police departments, thousands of school districts. else. but also, at this school we have a school resource officer that was in the cafeteria where the shooting took place. minutes before the shooting cafeteria, heard the shots cafeteria. at that point, the shooter which is james hancock, ran out of the building, up on the hill his handgun at that point and kept on running. he was apprehended on top of the hill that appears on school grounds. he was arrested at that point. point. system, we are still working on where the weapon came from. it d

were injured by slap nell. 14-year-old, and katherine durbette. investigators say the shooters is james hancock. coverage is larry davis. >>> within minutes of the shooting, a long line of cars. parent began forming on the road, leading to madison junior high school. parent walked or drove the distance to get to the children. madison junior ahmed, said he heard gunfire when he was walking out of the library near the cafeteria am ran in. and library is kind of quiet. we are trying to hide. and she wrapped her keys and put it on the door. we went in. when the police were going to go. >> the school complex went on locked down. students are not sure what was going on outside what was walked down. when ahmed herd gunfire, i knew he had to go to a safe place. >> where am i going to go? i was in the hall. walked out of the library. and bang, bang, bang. everybody is running. the officers are running out of the room. i went back in the library. >> as the lock down was lifted, parents picked up their children. there were hugs and plenty of cheers. >> makes you want to never go home again. >> and the par

. >> 14-year-old 8th grader is at the center. his name is james austin hancock. it was a lunch for the junior high students. say handgun. not a long gun, handgun. charged with two counts of attempted murder much two counts of felonious assault, inducing panic and making terroristic threat. apparently he was saying something before the shots were fid. >> sheriff says they believe they have a handle on what the . >> good news, he did fwlee. he left the gun on the ground. immediately. all the parents have the kids back home, safe and sound. we will continue to bring you more coverage. stay with local 12 and local12.com. . >>> and how local business leaders train for cases like this. >> that training, to prepare students and educators. violence, i think it's important to say at this point as well, that everybody involved in that school and with the police department and as he said, both with local and federal and state, acted exactly the way they were supposed to. that's the good news. we come out without the loss of life life. >> they were notified quite frankly too. the weather was lovel