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WLWT NEWS 5'S TODD *** IS LIVE
IN HAMILTON WITH MORE ON WHAT WE
AGAINST JAMES AUSTIN HANCOCK.
TODD?
TODD: THE 14-YEAR-OLD SHOOTING
SUSPECT WILL BE ARRAIGNED AT
1:00 IN BUTLER COUNTY JUVENILE
COURT.
ON WEDNESDAY, WE LEARNED A GRAND
JURY INDICTED JAMES AUSTIN
HANCOCK ON 4 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED
***, 4 COUNTS OF ASSAULT, AND
ONE COUNT OF INDUCING PANIC.
BUT THE GRAND JURY DECIDED TO
KEEP THE CASE AGAINST THE
TEENAGER IN JUVENILE COURT.
DETECTIVES SAY HANCOCK TOOK A
GUN TO MADISON JUNIOR-SENIOR
HIGH IN MADISON TOWNSHIP ON THE
LAST DAY OF FEBRUARY, AND THEN
FIRED AT STUDENTS IN THE
SCHOOL'S CAFETERIA.
TWO STUDENTS WERE HIT BY
BULLETS, AND TWO MORE, INCLUDING
SCOTT WEAVER'S SON, BRANT
MURRAY, WERE INJURED TRYING TO
ESCAPE THE GUNFIRE
TODD: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
ABOUT THE NEWS THAT THERE'S BEEN
AN INDICTMENT, KEEPING IT IN
JUVENILE COURT VERSUS ADULT.
WHAT DO YOU THIN
YES.
BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE IN
ADULT COURT.
HE MADE AN ADULT DECISION TO
STEAL A GUN, AND YOU KNOW,
PULLED IT OUT AND WANTED TO USE
IT, AND IT NEEDS TO BE HELD IN
ADULT COURT, I BELIEVE
TRIED IN JUVENILE COURT, HANCOCK
FACES THE POSSIBILITY OF STAYING
21, BUT ADULT PRISON TIME IS NOT
OFF THE TABLE.
IF THERE'S A CONVICTION AND IF
ANY RULES WERE TO BE BROKEN
JUDGE COULD THEN ADD TIME IN AN