Shooter reported he felt neglected by both his parents, did not get enough attention because all his other siblings. Parents separated when he was little, father got custody, lived with step-mom and -siblings. Shooter had been taking ADHD medications since he was 6, he started abusing Adderall since he was 13. Reportedly, the medication was making him angry and emotional but he was saving up pills and taking several at a time. Shooter felt somewhat close to his grandmother, whom he visited the weekend prior to brag about his BB gun his mother bought him, grandmother showed him her handgun. Shooter stayed at his grandmother's and stole her handgun that night. Shooter was hesitating if he should have taken it but was scared to admit it and get in trouble. Reportedly, he only took it to show off and did not mean to shoot people. When shooter brought the gun to school in his backpack, he felt anxious the whole time. At first, he put the clip in one pocket and the gun in the other but the clip was slipping so he put it in the gun. Shooter had told 2 other students about the gun and they got scared he would do something because of the way he had been feeling so one of them warned another student and she panicked. Shooter had taken a large dose of Adderall the night before and the anxiety kept building up, he panicked and blacked out, that is when the shooting happened. 2 students shot, 2 injured by either fragments or other. Shooter was on the wrestling team, both students shot were also on the wrestling team. Shooter had no previous behavioral issues. Rejected from the track team because of poor grades, when he was eligible, parents did not let him join. 

FBI Study: On February 29, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., James Austin Hancock, 14, armed with a handgun, allegedly began shooting in the cafeteria of Madison Junior/Senior High School in Middletown, Ohio. He shot two students before fleeing the building. No one was killed; four students were wounded (two from shrapnel). The shooter was apprehended near the school by law enforcement officers.