BUTLER CO., Ohio (WCMH)–Hours after suspected teen gunman James Austin Hancock made his first court appearance on two counts of attempted murder and two counts of felonious assault, the Madison Township community gathered at the high school for a meeting with school leaders.

Hancock is accused of opening fire in the high school lunchroom on Monday. Two students were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds, and two are recovering from other injuries.

Among them was 13-year-old Conner Hamrick, who made one of seven 911 calls minutes after the shootings.

“I’m shocked that the events of yesterday happened,” he said. “‘Cause he (Hancock)’s not that type of kid.

“I was over by the football field which is really far away in comparison to the cafeteria and I called right as we were crawling under the fence.”

Stepdad Scott Lewis attended Tuesday night’s meeting, where parents and administrators are still processing what happened inside the cafeteria.

“It looked like everyone was lively, their spirits were up,” he said. “It was a great experience to talk to other parents and say, ‘hey, you know, we can just share what’s going on and what’s going on personally.'”

Also in attendance was Gabe Hardesty, a friend of Cooper Caffery.

Caffery was one of two boys allegedly shot by Hancock. He is recovering in a Dayton-area hospital.

“He kept saying to himself, ‘why would Austin do this? He’s my friend.'”

School officials say counselors and additional law enforcement officers will be present when classes resume tomorrow morning.  Some kids are ready,

“These events, they happen rarely,” Hamrick said. “And I’m even surprised it happened at Madison ’cause Madison is a generall quiet school.”

Others, not so much.

“The school says they are going to try to go back to normal, but it’s just not going to be the same with everything going on,” Hardesty said.

Sources told NBC4’s Candice Lee that the Butler County Sheriff wants Hancock tried as a adult. That will be up to the prosecutor and a judge to decide.

In the meantime, students say their lockdown drills helped them prepare for something like this. They hope they will never have to use those skills again.