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Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Adam Benson, a 7th/8th grade technology teacher at Mars Middle School checks backpacks prior to students walking through the metal detectors during the first day of school, Tuesday, September 08, 2020.

Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle: Mark Rodgers, band director, at Mars Middle School directs traffic as students enter the school during the first day Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

State police collect evidence at the scene of a police shooting in the 300 block of West Jefferson Street. According to PSP trooper Josh Black, Butler City resident John Ebberts, 35, was jumping in and out of traffic and acting erratically Tuesday morning. Ebberts stabbed a responding butler city police officer multiple times before the officer discharged his weapon fatally wounding Ebberts. Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

State police collect evidence at the scene of a police shooting in the 300 block of West Jefferson Street. According to PSP trooper Josh Black, Butler City resident John Ebberts, 35, was jumping in and out of traffic and acting erratically Tuesday morning. Ebberts stabbed a responding butler city police officer multiple times before the officer discharged his weapon fatally wounding Ebberts. Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

Butler County coroner William Young was called to the scene of a police shooting in the 300 block of West Jefferson Street. According to PSP trooper Josh Black, Butler City resident John Ebberts, 35, was jumping in and out of traffic and acting erratically Tuesday morning. Ebberts stabbed a responding butler city police officer multiple times before the officer discharged his weapon fatally wounding Ebberts. Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

State police collect evidence at the scene of a police shooting in the 300 block of West Jefferson Street. According to PSP trooper Josh Black, Butler City resident John Ebberts, 35, was jumping in and out of traffic and acting erratically Tuesday morning. Ebberts stabbed a responding butler city police officer multiple times before the officer discharged his weapon fatally wounding Ebberts. Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

State police collect evidence at the scene of a police shooting in the 300 block of West Jefferson Street. According to PSP trooper Josh Black, Butler City resident John Ebberts, 35, was jumping in and out of traffic and acting erratically Tuesday morning. Ebberts stabbed a responding butler city police officer multiple times before the officer discharged his weapon fatally wounding Ebberts. Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

State police collect evidence at the scene of a police shooting in the 300 block of West Jefferson Street. According to PSP trooper Josh Black, Butler City resident John Ebberts, 35, was jumping in and out of traffic and acting erratically Tuesday morning. Ebberts stabbed a responding butler city police officer multiple times before the officer discharged his weapon fatally wounding Ebberts. Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

PSP trooper Josh Black addressed the media after a police shooting in the 300 block of West Jefferson Street Tuesday morning. According to trooper Black, Butler City resident John Ebberts, 35, was jumping in and out of traffic and acting erratically Tuesday morning. Ebberts stabbed a responding Butler City police officer multiple times before the officer discharged his weapon fatally wounding Ebberts. Harold Aughton/Butler Eagle

The Sample Schoolhouse was originally located along Rowan Road, but was relocated from its decaying foundation in 1999. Julia Maruca / Butler Eagle

Martela Cafe on Mars Valencia Road Julia Maruca / Butler Eagle

Martela Cafe on Mars Valencia Road has been a community mainstay for the past 13 years, well known for soups, sandwiches, and wraps. Julia Maruca / Butler Eagle

Joe Torres shows a custom wallet.