Visible police presence at St. Bernard schools after threats made

TODAY NEW DETAILS THIS MORNING AFTER A SHOOTING NEAR A HOME TIED TO A BENGALS PLAYER. RICHARD CHILES IS LIVE WITH WHAT POLICE KNOW SO FAR. PLUS THE FUTURE OF TICK TOCK IS UP IN THE AIR AS A GROUP OF LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES INTRODUCE A BILL TO BAN IT. WELL, GRAB YOUR WINTER COATS, SEND SOME FREEZING STARTED MANY COMMUNITIES AS WE’RE SETTLING INTO SOME COOL MARCH AIR. WHEN THE RAIN RETURNS AND THE CHANCE TO SEE SOME SNOW THIS WEEKEND. THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY LEADING THE WAY. WELL, THAT COOLDOWN CONTINUES. AND YES, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHANCES FOR THE FOUR LETTER S-WORD. SNOW ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEK. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, ASHLEY KIRKLEN. AND I’M KELLY RIPPON. SO IT’S A GOOD DAY TO HAVE THOSE EXTRA LAYERS IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE. NOTHING TOO CRAZY, BUT IT IS COLD. SO LET’S CHECK IN WITH WLWT. METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO ON WHEN WE COULD SEE THOSE. I’M GOING TO GO WITH FLURRIES. I JUST FEEL LIKE I LIKE THAT SNOW. OH, THAT’S LIKE TOO MUCH, RIGHT? YEAH, IT’S AGGRESSIVE. YEAH, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE’VE BEEN IN THE SEVENTIES MULTIPLE TIMES. SO BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE WEEKEND, YOU THINK IT’S COLD NOW? TEMPERATURES TAKE A STEP BACK, KIND OF SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE POTENTIAL TO SEE SOME FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS AS WE TRANSITION OUT OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. NOW, RIGHT NOW, IT’S ALL DRY. IT’S COLD, RIGHT? IT’S RIGHT AROUND FREEZING RIGHT NOW, IT’S 32 DEGREES IN CINCINNATI. FLORENCE, INDEPENDENCE OF THE TAVIA, 29 IN HAMILTON, 28 RIGHT NOW IN SPRING BOROUGH. SO A COLD START. CLOUDS WILL BE MOVING IN HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, BUT THIS MORNING, JUST THE LIGHTEST BREEZE AND IT FEELS LIKE THE MID AND LOW TWENTIES. SO YOUR CURRENT WIND CHILL IN CINCINNATI RIGHT NOW AT 25 AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY. PLANNED ON TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT PROBABLY IN THE UPPER 40 OR SO JUST A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE CLOUDS AROUND, IT’S GOING TO SEEM A BIT CHILLIER THAN WHAT WE HAD YESTERDAY. RIGHT NOW, 32 FEELING LIKE 22 BY LUNCHTIME WILL BE AT 41 AND UPPER FORTIES TODAY. BUT THE TEMPERATURES TAKE A STEP BACK BY THE WEEKEND. I’M TRACKING THE TIMELINE FOR THE RAIN THAT BRINGS IN SOME COOLER AIR AND WHEN WE WILL BE TRACKING SOME SNOW SHOWERS ON THE RADAR COMING UP KELLY. ALL RIGHT. REALLY THANK YOU. DEVELOPING ON WLWT, LEARNING MORE AFTER AN ANDERSON TOWNSHIP TEENAGER WAS HURT AS NEIGHBORS SAY A GAME OF NERF WARS LED TO REAL GUNSHOTS FIRED. YEAH, OFFICIALS ARE NOW TELLING US THAT THE TEEN IS A STUDENT AT ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL AND WLWT NEWS 5 RICHARD CHILES LIVE THIS MORNING WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AS INVESTIGATORS SHARE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION. GOOD MORNING, RICHARD. GOOD MORNING. STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT WHO MAY HAVE FIRED THAT SHOT AND THE EXTENT OF THE TEEN’S INJURIES. BUT WHAT WE’RE LEARNING AT THIS TIME, TEEN WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN A GAME CALLED NERF WARS. AND I UNDERSTAND SHOTS FIRED. WE DO UNDERSTAND FROM TALKING WITH FOLKS IN ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL, THIS TEAM WAS A STUDENT AT THAT SCHOOL. NOW, THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION TO THAT SHOOTING TAKING PLACE ON MONDAY. WHEN DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THE CALL OF SHOTS FIRED. SHERIFF’S SAYS ONE TEENAGER WAS INJURED BUT HAVE NOT CONFIRMED WHETHER OR NOT THAT TEEN WAS SHOT OR HURT. AND SOME OF THE WAY NEIGHBORS TELL US SEVERAL TEENS WERE PLAYING A GAME CALLED NERF WARS INVOLVING TOY GUNS. WHEN MOMENTS LATER THEY HEARD REAL GUNSHOTS. TWO FIRE ROUNDS IN THE DARK AT TEENAGERS THAT ARE PLAYING A GAME IS VERY SCARY. AND IT MAKES YOU REALLY REEVALUATE. IF YOU WOULD WANT YOUR CHILD TO PLAY IN THESE NERF WARS. I GUESS. NOW THAT’S WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED TAPING OFF PARTS OF BENGALS RUNNING BACK JOE MIXON HOME AND EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT. LAST NIGHT. THE FORCE HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT CONFIRMING TO WLWT’S THAT THE PERSON INJURED WAS A STUDENT AT ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL. IN A STATEMENT, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SAID THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REGARDING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT WHICH HAPPENED AFTER SCHOOL HOURS AND OFF SCHOOL PROPERTY. ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SAYS THE STUDENT IS RECOVERING AT HOME NOW. SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IN REGARDS TO WHO MAY HAVE FIRED THE SHOT OR, AGAIN, HOW THAT TEEN WAS INJURED, WHETHER OR NOT IN THE INDIVIDUAL HAS IN CUSTODY OR WHETHER OR NOT ANY CHARGES WILL BE EXPECTED. REPORTING LIVE THIS MORNING, RICHARD CHILES WW T NEWS 5. ALL RIGHT. MORE QUESTIONS THIS MORNING ABOUT THE DEATH OF A NEWBORN BABY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY WHO WAS FOUND ALONE INSIDE AN EMPTY HOME LAST WEEK. FALMOUTH POLICE WERE CALLED TO MOUNTJOY STREET FOR A REPORT OF AN ABANDONED NEWBORN WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED IN TIME. THEY SAY THE HOUSE WAS VACANT AND THE BABY WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND NOT BREATHING. THE BABY WAS RUSHED TO HARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WHERE THE NEWBORN LATER DIED. POLICE ARE LOOKING TO INVESTIGATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE BABY’S BIRTH AND DEATH, AS WELL AS WHO THE BABY’S FAMILY IS. AN OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE OFFICER IS IN JAIL, ACCUSED OF SHOOTING BOTH OF HIS PARENTS. 911 CALLS REVEAL IT STARTED WITH AUSTIN SNIDER’S PARENTS TELLING POLICE HE WAS DRUNK AND TRYING TO BREAK INTO THE HOUSE. THE DISPATCH DISPATCH ASKS IF HE HAS ACCESS TO A GUN. THE SNYDERS TOLD THEM HE IS AN ODIN, OUR OFFICER, AND THE CALLS RECORDED THE MOMENT POLICE SAY SNYDER SHOT HIS PARENTS. POLICE TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT ANY MORE VIOLENCE. BUT NEIGHBORS CALLED THE INCIDENT UNSETTLING. I’M A LITTLE BIT UPSET AND A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. I’M NOT LIKE, SCARED SCARED BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS PROBABLY AN ODD THING, BUT I’M JUST WORRIED THAT HE’LL GET LIKE SIX MONTHS OR SOMETHING AND COME BACK AND LIVE ON THE STREET. SNYDER RIGHT NOW, BEING HELD IN THE CLAREMONT COUNTY JAIL AND FACING TWO COUNTS OF FELONIOUS ASSAULT, BOT

Visible police presence at St. Bernard schools after threats made

Updated: 8:14 PM EDT Mar 13, 2023

St. Bernard and Elmwood Place school district officials have announced an increased police presence at their schools after two students were accosted by a male Tuesday. Superintendent Mimi R. Webb announced that police will have a visible presence in and around all of the St. Bernard-Elmwood Place school buildings. "As always, the safety of students and staff is our top priority," she wrote in a statement. On Tuesday evening, two female students were walking home when they were stopped by a man on the street. Later, an unidentified voice message indicated that this man threatened to come to the school Wednesday. Administration, staff, and law enforcement are said to be keeping an eye out for suspicious behavior. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the school office at 513-482-7121. Additional questions can be directed to your school's principal.

SAINT BERNARD, Ohio —

St. Bernard and Elmwood Place school district officials have announced an increased police presence at their schools after two students were accosted by a male Tuesday.

Superintendent Mimi R. Webb announced that police will have a visible presence in and around all of the St. Bernard-Elmwood Place school buildings. "As always, the safety of students and staff is our top priority," she wrote in a statement.

On Tuesday evening, two female students were walking home when they were stopped by a man on the street. Later, an unidentified voice message indicated that this man threatened to come to the school Wednesday.

Administration, staff, and law enforcement are said to be keeping an eye out for suspicious behavior. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the school office at 513-482-7121. Additional questions can be directed to your school's principal.