New this morning. A 12year old in is big trouble after Mount Healthy police say they caught him with a fake gun and a cup of wine at school. It happened yesterday at mount Health Junior high school. Police tell 9 on your side the boy pointed the toy weapon at two different students after school and told them quote i am going to shoot you. They found the boy at his desk with the fake firearm and the vino. Hes now in juvenile detention and facing several charges. Dozens at a vigil at First Presbyterian church. Offering prayers and hope for students at madison high school. And were hearing from one of those students. Injured in mondays shooting. Genovese has his story. I didnt really get a good look at his face and he didnt really say anything, he just shot and then ran out. With bullet fragments still lodged in his leg 14yearold brant murray among four students injured in mondays shooting i saw the gun so i ducked under the table and i grabbed my friend, so were laying under the table and he ran out after he shot the two kids next to me. Two days laterthe images from those moments still on too many minds someone pulled out a gun at lunch Mitchell Ramsey fled the cafeteria that was my instinct to get the heck out of thererunning up a nearby hill before making this call for helpim outside im at a house as the majority of students are already returning back to class it felt really strange but came and the counselors it felt a whole lot saferthrough vigils and supportthis community is committed to moving forwardi came tonight to be able to just keep them lifted up in prayeraustin hancock the alleged shooter is facing charges for attempted murder. Knowing why it happened were told is whats needed to fully heal he was a good kid until he did what he did. He was liked by many people and he was funny. 14 year old James Austin Hancock is accused of pulling the trigger. Hes still in the Butler County juvenile detention facility this morning. Investigators still havent said anything about a motive. Meanwhile. Hancocks family has released its first statement about the shooting. They say in part they are actions at school on monday. We pray for the immediate recovery of the injured students and for the healing of the entire community. A former Ohio Police Officers fate may soon be decided by the us supreme court. Court. Jim barton is serving 15to50 years for the murder of his wife in 1995. But an Appeals Court found prosecutors withheld key evidence. Ohio is appealing that ruling to the supreme court. And on friday. Justices are expected to announce whether theyll hear the case. Nine on your side will let you know what the Court Decides on air. Wcpo dot com. And our mobile app. All charges have been dropped against a brown county man accused of trying to kill his neighbor. Robert philpot was found incompetent to stand trial. Last march. Police say philpot threatened David Amburgey with a hammer. Got arrested. Posted bond. Went back to amburgeys house and stabbed him. Philpots Attorney Says his client has been in a nursing home ever since the stabbing. But why he shouldnt be charged. 12 51 its frustrating and its just scary. Its frightful knowing that i could wake up any morning and see him sitting on the front porch. 58 philpots Attorney Says his client doesnt present a danger to anyone now. But amburgey says hes put his home up for sale so he can get away from his neighbor in case he does come home. The gop president ial candidates will take the stage later tonight during their latest debate. With one less name. And that means more attacks aimed at donald trump. Trump. Ben carson says he wont appear at tonights fox news debate. Although he says hes not ending his troubled campaign. A big name who skipped the last fox debate. Donald trump. Says hell be there and hes ready for tough questions from marco rubio. Ted cruz and moderator megyn kelly. The common theme tonight. Unity. Usually when youre the front runner everyone is saying please get out of the race so we can unify around the front runner. What people are saying now is please everyone get front runner from winning and destroying the republican party. Another voice against trump. Former gop president ial candidate mitt romney. In a major speech today. Hell lay out the case against the billionaire. And once again. Politifact will be working overnight. Taking a close look at the candidates statements. Well have their truth ratings for you tomorrow on good morning tristate starting at four30. On wcpodotcom. And our 9 on your side mobile app. Youll notice some street closures downtown this morning. And its not related to the streetcar. 14th street will be closed between Central Parkway and elm street so a crane can move into position outside music hall. Its needed for the renovation project. The closure will be in effect from seven am until five pm both today and tomorrow. But residents and businesses will still have pedestrian access. Light snow falls this morning, so watch out for some isolated slick spots. As temperatures rise into the upper 30s today, but as temperatures fall this evening, snow will start to fall again. Low tonight of 30. Traffic clerk fight caught on camera. The weapons she used to protect herself. After a bandit pointed a gun in her face. Big problems with no subway. The weighty issues for jared some wild video this morning out of a Convenience Store in georgia. This clerk decided to fight back after a bad guy points a gun in her face. She slaps the gun away. Pushes his face. And smacks him with a board. When he runs away. She grabs a hammer and goes after him. That gunman was arrested and is now facing charges. This is new video of what may be a piece of the passenger jet that mysteriously disappeared in 2014. It shows a man holding whats described as Malaysian Airlines flight 370s horizontal stabilizer. Thats part of the planes tail. The debris was discovered over the weekend on the coast of africa. Its now on its way to malaysia for more testing. Toyota is expanding its recall of airbags that could drivers. The japanese automaker is adding another 331thousand cars to the recall list. Including 2008 corolla. Corolla matrix. And 2008to2010 lexus sc 430 modelstoyota has now recalled about 15 million vehicles worldwide because of the takata defect. More bad news this morning for former subway spokesperson jared fogel. Hes in prison. And apparently. Hes not eating fresh. Fresh. According to us weekly. Fogel has gained 30 pounds in just three months. Hes serving a 16year sentence for having sex with minors. As youll recall. Fogel lost 200 pounds by eating subway sandwiches. Light snow falls this morning, so watch out for some isolated slick spots. As temperatures rise into the upper 30s today, snow will transition to rain. But as temperatures fall this evening, snow will start to keeping the community safe. Uc Police Officers are facing a tough test to protect and serve. Serve. Things are changing. I definitely sense a change happening. Happening. Why some say this toptobottom review is already helping. The show must go on. The ringling brothers circus is back in cincinnati. The special performance tonight. And your last chance to see a big gmts animyoure watching good morning tristate at 4 30 on 9 on your side the group taking a hard look at ucs Police Department is already having an impact. Following last years deadly shooting of sam dubose by former officer ray tensing. Nine on your sides Evan Millward with the changes that have already been made. And the changes that are still coming. Right now uc police arent allowed to make offcampus traffic stops. Julie murray cuf right tag on my license plate that was january fourth. Julie murray told that story to Public Safety leaders and review company exiger wednesday. Murray 063557 my point was to illustrate the fact that everybody is confused about who has the authority and responsibility to do what . Ucpd already acting to investigate murrays claim. The Department Says it will use body camera video to figure out what happened and which officer conducted the stop. Nicole avant son attends uc 063039 i just want ucpd engaged in more service encounters than encounters where theyre questioning individuals or punishing them because that can be traumatic. Nicole avant perspective her son goes here but shes optimistic. Avant 062926 things are changing. I definitely sense a change happening. Starting sooner than many expected. The chief resigns after socalled gaps are found. 062650 Jeff Schlanger exiger advisory president the gaps . Were serious, yes. Evan is it policy procedure . Jeff im not going to get into it, it will be included in our report ultimately to the extent that we can share those details. The big top is returning to cincinnati. With a special performance tonight at us bank arena. Arena. Tonights ringling brothers performance of circus xtreme will honor cincinnati childrens hospital. Along with 100 special hospital circus extreme runs through sunday. And it will be the last time youll see elephants perform in the show. The circus is taking the animals out of its show after criticism from Animal Rights groups. In two months. The elephants will be moved to a special retirement facility in florida. This is video from last nights ringling brothers show in new york. Where clowns put together an earlybird special of sorts for the retiring elephants. They were treated to a brunch with some of their favorite foods. Including carrots. Cucumbers. Apples and watermelon. Now lets check in with with your nine first warning weather. Weather. Temperatures drop to the upper 20s this morning and light snow is falling. While we arent expecting a big snow or miss slick spots on the roads cannot be ruled out. While we start the day with snow, it will start to mix in with rain as temperatures increase to the upper 30s. While this should support more rain than anything this afternoon, i would not rule out some pockets of snow continuing, especially north of the ohio river. Thats where accumulations could increase to 1 2 total. As the temperatures drop later into the evening, the rain will start to change over to snow again. We could see additional minor accumulation of a 1 2 in isolated locations with some grassy areas or elevated roadways seeing the coverage. Friday will be a break from the active weather, with partly cloudy skies and highs in the 40s. Heading into the weekend, there a slight chance for another mix of snow and rain on saturday. With temperatures climbing into the upper 40s, it will limit our snow window and this should mainly be rain. Sunday looks better with partly cloudy skies and highs in the low 50s. And the extended forecast is trending well above normal for next week. Highs will increase into the 60s for several days. Morning rush light snow beginscloudy and coldlow 27thursdaysnow to rain rain to wintry mix early eveninghigh 39thursday night isolated snow showersturning coldlow 30fridaypartly cloudy staying chillyhigh 42friday nightclouds buildsnow chances making the switch. Theyll look the same. But kroger says your breakfast is about to change. Why they say organic eggs will also help your wallet stay green. Every time i talk to him he would get this sad look and say my teacher put me on the bus in my underwear underwearhumilated at school. The changes one mother wants. After her preschooler introducing longhorn s big, bold, steaks. The only way to make em better was to make em bigger. Our new center cut 10 ounce filet. Our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce tbone. And our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. Big, bold, steaks. Only at longhorn steakhouse. You can t fake steak. For lunch, try our steakhouse burger light snow falls this morning, so watch out for some isolated slick spots. As temperatures rise into the upper 30s today, snow will transition to rain. But as temperatures fall this evening, snow will start to a change is on the way to the eggs you buy for breakfast. Thats because kroger says its going cagefree. Free. The supermarket giant says its seeing a big increase in the number of people buying organic eggs. And it hopes to go 100percent cage free by 2025. It also says its working to ensure those cagefree eggs stay affordably priced for customers. Its official. Ecigarettes are not allowed on commercial flights. Flights. Us transportation secretary anthony foxx made that a rule yesterday. Electronic cigarettes now fall under the same restrictions as tobacco cigarettes. Studies have shown that ecigarettes contain harmful chemicals. And Transportation DepartmentOfficials Say theyre trying to limit your exposure to those chemicals. The community is coming together this morning to help the owner of a mariemont restaurant. Who was badly burned in a kitchen fire. The accident left 34yearold Luis Hernandes in the hospital. With his chest, back, arms and the back of his head burned. Hes now recovering from surgery. While his wife takes care of him and their three children. Hernandes and wooster pike. Which was also damaged in the blaze. Oq to help him. A fundraising page for hernandes and family has raised more than 20thousand dollars in just a couple of days. Get ready to slap yourself on your wrist because youre probably a culprit. Culprit. Nutritionists say you should be eating a cup and a half of fruit and two cups of vegetables each day. But nearly 90percent of adults admit they dont eat enough of the healthy stuff. A georgia mother is furious after a teacher sent her fouryearold son home on the bus. In his underwear. Janet burgo says her son had an accident and soiled his pants at School Friday afternoon. School leaders say the prek student was put on the bus without his pants and a sweatshirt tied around his waist. While teachers looked for other clothing. But the clothing was found. Are mandated reporters, how do you walk by a school of teachers and get on a bus in your underwear in 40 degree weather . Weather . That teacher has since resigned. And County School officials are investigating this incident. A tristate boy. Facing charges after bringing a gun to school. What else Police Officers caught him with at his desk. Surprising find. He thought it was a golf ball. But a florida man found something much bigger. How it managed to the Republican Debate stage is set in michigan for tonight. Why there will be one less participant and what this could mean for attacks on donald trump. Some snow in the region. Well tell you where it could cause some slick spots during your morning commute. Some light snow in the tri could cause some problems on the roads. Roads. The snow isnt heavy right now. But lets get straight to 9 first warning meterologist Jennifer Ketchmark now to get the new this morning. A 12year old in is big trouble after Mount Healthy police say they caught him with a fake gun and a cup of wine at school. It happened yesterday at mount Health Junior high school. Police tell 9 on your side the boy pointed the toy weapon at two different students after school and told them quote i am going to shoot you. They found the boy at his desk with the fake firearm and the vino. Hes now in juvenile detention and facing several charges. Breaking overnight. American astronaut scott kelly is back on us soil after spending almost a year in space. He arrived in houston just a few hours ago. Kelly spent 340 days at the International Space station. More than any other american astronaut. He arrived in houston just a few hours ago. Kelly spent 340