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ByLisaCornwell The Associated Press HAMILTON,OHIO A14-year- old boy pulled out a gun in a school cafeteria Monday and opened fire, hitting two students, and then ran from the school, threw the weapon down and was ap- prehended nearby with the help of a police dog, author- ities said. Two other Madison Lo- cal Schools students also were injured, possibly from shrapnel or from running away. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, said But- ler County Sheriff Richard Jones. Jones said the 14-year- old was a student and there was a motive to the shoot- ing which he did not iden- tify. The boy was charged preliminarily with two counts of attempted mur- der, two counts of felo- nious assault, inducing panic and making terror- ist threats, Jones said. Students were eating in the cafeteria when the shooting happened around 11:30 a.m., Jones said. Af- terward, classmates de- scribed a chaotic scene where they weren't sure what was happening at first. Thirteen-year-old Shelby Kinnin said she heard "a couple of bangs" and re- alized she was near the shooter. "I didn't really know it was gunshots until I looked over and a kid was grabbing his leg and falling over," she said. Many people ran from the scene, and the shooter went out a door, she said. She recognized him as a boy who was in a class with her last year, though she wasn't sure of his name. Her stepmother, Stepha- nie Kinnin, said it was un- nerving to see emergency responders swarm the school. "There is no feeling like that in the world," she said. "But my eyes found the chil- dren walking out looking for parents, and that was heartbreaking. Their eyes just told the story." The students who were shot were 14 and 15 years old and were taken to a hos- pital where they were in sta- ble condition, investigators said. A 14-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl were also in- jured, though it was unclear how, Jones said. "We don't know if it was from the shooting or from exiting the school or be- cause of the shrapnel from the bullets hitting into that small of an area," Jones said. Students who were in the cafeteria at the time said they didn't immedi- ately recognize the sounds as gunshots. Some students ran outside to a field before being brought back inside. A sheriff's deputy sta- tioned in the school had just been in the cafeteria, Jones said. All other students were safe, according to the school website. The school, which had practiced for such an event, immediately went into lockdown, said district spokeswoman A.J. Huff. The campus is near Mid- dletown, roughly 30 miles north of Cincinnati. State records show enrollment of about 250 junior high and 500 high school students. SHOOTING 4hurtasstudentopensfireinOhioschoolcafeteria MARSHALLGORBY—DAYTONDAILYNEWS A child is comforted Monday near Middletown, Ohio a er a school shooting at Madison Local Schools. By John Flesher The Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. The Obama administration said Monday it would keep a closer watch on state agen- cies in charge of drinking water safety, urging them to prevent more cases such as Flint, Michigan, where the system has been tainted with lead. In addition to double- checking their procedures for treatment and sampling, the U.S. Environmental Pro- tection Agency said states should bolster confidence in public water systems by making information such as lead and copper testing results and the location of lead water pipes available online. "Clearly there's public concern and understand- ably so, given the serious- ness of the events in Flint," Joel Beauvais, the EPA's deputy assistant adminis- trator for water, said in a phone interview. In a letter to Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, EPA Ad- ministrator Gina McCarthy said her staffers would meet with leaders of all state drinking water programs to make sure they are properly carrying out and enforcing federal rules on lead and copper pollution. "I ask that you encour- age your state agency to give this effort the highest priority, consistent with our shared commitment and partnership to address lead risks," McCarthy said. Similar letters were be- ing sent to governors of the other states that oversee compliance with the federal lead and copper rule, part of the Safe Water Drink- ing Act. All states do so ex- cept Wyoming, which relies on the EPA for the task, as does Washington, D.C. A task force appointed by Snyder said in Decem- ber the Michigan Depart- ment of Environmental Quality was primarily to blame for the Flint crisis be- cause it didn't require the city to treat its water with anti-corrosive chemicals af- ter beginning to draw from the Flint River in 2014. Flint stopped buying Lake Huron water from Detroit and switched tem- porarily to the river, a move designed to save money for the impoverished city of nearly 100,000 until it could join a new system that also would use lake water but hadn't finished building the infrastructure. Shortly afterward, resi- dents began complaining of problems with the river water's taste, smell and ap- pearance. Unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria prompted boil-water advisories. Af- ter denying it for months, state officials acknowl- edged last fall that water reaching some homes and schools was contaminated with lead. The EPA issued a memo last November to clarify requirements for corrosion controls. Michigan officials had believed the rule al- lowed Flint to test the water for two six-month periods before deciding whether controls were needed. Beauvais said for larger cit- ies such as Flint, corrosion controls are required at all times. The agency has been working for years on a pro- posed update of the rule, which it expects to com- plete in 2017. In addition to McCar- thy's letter to governors, Beauvais wrote separately to state environmental agency chiefs asking them to confirm within 30 days that they are abiding by the regulations. He recommended the agencies work with local water system officials to make sure the public gets prompt notifications about high lead levels in drinking water systems, as well as in- structions on dealing with lead risks. Michigan agrees with the proposals and is reviewing its compliance with the fed- eral lead and copper rule, but the measure should be rewritten so that it "makes more sense" and provides stronger safeguards, said Ari Adler, spokesman for Snyder. "What happened in Flint is a crisis, but Flint is not alone," Adler said. "Many municipalities across the country could easily be- come the next Flint and, even if something that large doesn't occur, it's likely the current federal lead and copper rule isn't doing enough to protect every res- ident of the United States from the dangers present within the lead pipes that are possibly running into their homes." SAFETY Amid Flint crisis, EPA wants states to double-check drinking water procedures THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Michael Glasgow, laboratory water quality supervisor, tests water for bacteria and pH levels, among other tests, at the Flint, Mich., water plant. 20815DalbyLn. Red Bluff 527-5314 Where Excellence Meets Affordable No Appointment Necessary FREE Is Your Check Engine Light On? 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