COURT.
TODD?
TALK: -
TODD: DEFENSE ATTORNEY
CHARLIE RITTGERS SAYS BOTH SIDES
THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE ANNOUNCING
SOME KIND OF PLEA BARGAIN TODAY.
INSTEAD, THE HEARING WAS
RESCHEDULED.
WHAT BEGAN AS AN EMOTIONAL DAY
IN COURT ENDED AFTER A COUPLE
MINUTES.
15-YEAR-OLD JAMES AUSTIN HANCOCK
IS ACCUSED OF FIRING A GUN AT
MADISON JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH IN
LATE FEBRUARY.
TWO STUDENTS WERE HIT BY
BULLETS.
TWO OTHERS WERE INJURED TRYING
TO ESCAPE.
RITTGERS SAYS THE TEEN'S PARENTS
ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY
POLICE SAY THEIR SON PULLED THE
TRIGGER, AND THEY'RE GRATEFUL
THE VICTIMS ARE RECOVERING
>> THIS CAME OUT OF THE BLUE.
AUSTIN HAS NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE
BEFORE.
HE'S NEVER SHOWN ANY SIGNS OF
VIOLENCE BEFORE.
THEY WERE IN SHOCK AS TO WHAT
HAPPENED.
THEIR HOPE AND PRAYERS ARE FOR
THE RAPID RECOVERY OF THE KIDS
THAT WERE INJURED.
TODD: RITTERS SAYS COMPLICATIONS
AROSE BECAUSE THE CASE AGAINST
HANCOCK INVOLVES ELEMENTS OF
JUVENILE COURT AND ADULT COURT.
DESPITE THE DELAY, HE DOES NOT
