COPLEY TWP: Copley Police Chief Mike Mier said detectives are still conducting interviews in the Aug. 7 shootings that claimed the lives of eight people.Michael Hance, 51, of Goodenough Avenue, killed seven people and wounded his girlfriend in the Sunday morning shooting spree. Hance was shot and killed by police. “We are still actively working the case and have gathered most of the physical evidence from all the investigating agencies,” Mier said. “Detectives finally got a chance to interview Rebecca Dieter on Saturday, the girlfriend of the suspected shooter.”Dieter, 49, was shot several times by Hance, but survived. She remains hospitalized in an undisclosed hospital.Detectives also went to Northern Kentucky to interview Beth Dieter on Monday. Beth Dieter witnessed several of the shootings, including the death of her husband, Craig, 51, who was Rebecca’s brother.Beth Dieter and others ran for their lives, but Hance managed to track down and kill her son, Scott, 11, who had sought refuge in a nearby home. The couple and son were visiting Copley Township from Richwood, Ky.According to police and witnesses, Hance also shot and killed neighbors Russell Johnson, 67; his wife, Gudrun Johnson, 64; the couple’s son, Bryan Johnson, 44; Bryan’s daughter, Autumn Johnson, 16; and Autumn’s friend and Copley High School classmate, Amelia Shambaugh, 16.Mier said detectives are still working on the results of their interviews with Rebecca and her sister-in-law, Beth Dieter.The Summit County Sheriff’s department, which handled the investigation into the shooting scene where Scott Dieter was killed and Michael Hance was felled by police, has completed its work and turned over the results to the county prosecutor’s office.Sheriff’s spokesman William Holland said it will now be up to the prosecutor to determine if excessive force was used by the Copley police officer who confronted and shot and killed Hance. The officer, Ben Campbell, has been on paid administrative leave since the incident. Campbell has filed his written account of the incident, but authorities say he has not yet been interviewed by investigators.Marilyn Miller can be reached at 330-996-3098 or mmiller@thebeaconjournal.com.