The Hancock County Prosecutor’s Office has ruled a fatal October officer-involved shooting in Findlay a justified use of force and classified the incident as a suicide by cop.
Superintendent Westrick said the student brought the BB gun to school, brandished it in the classroom, and then fled the building. Delphos police were notified and the student and the BB gun are now in police custody. Westrick said all buildings went into lockdown during the time period. The lockdown has been lifted and all students and staff are safe and carrying on with the school day.
One of the men charged with shooting a BB gun at Temple Beth Israel nearly a year ago has taken a plea deal. 31-year-old Jesse Gibson pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of criminal damaging and as part of the plea deal, the felony counts of vandalism and desecration were dropped. He will be sentenced in Allen County Common Pleas Court at the end of January. Police believe Gibson and Anthony Berry were involved in vandalizing the Lima synagogue with a BB gun as well as cars, a home, and a school in Shawnee Township in February of 2019. Berry was sentenced to community service and jail time last fall which was suspended.
A Celina High School student may be facing charges after allegedly making threats toward Celina City Schools last night. Just before 11 p.m. Sunday, the Celina Police Department responded to a complaint about a Celina High School student who posted a video of himself holding a realistic-looking handgun.
The Lima teenager that was arrested for shooting a Lima City School bus with a BB gun was at the Allen County Juvenile Court for an initial hearing.
A Lima teenager is in custody tonight after being arrested earlier today for shooting at a Lima City School bus with a BB gun on Monday.
Four teenage boys got in trouble this week, after carrying BB guns around school and firing at a man.