SANFORD, Fla. — The 16-year-old accused of shooting his Seminole High School classmate three times will remain in the custody of law enforcement for the next 30 days while authorities determine the next steps in the case.

The suspect, who Spectrum News is not identifying because of his age, made his first appearance before a judge Thursday morning inside the Seminole County Juvenile Justice Center, with his parents by his side. He faces premeditated attempted first-degree murder charges.

“You’ve been at least charged by law enforcement with attempted, pre-meditated first-degree murder charge which is a life felony,” the judge told the suspect.

The suspect is expected to appear before a judge again Feb. 14.

He is accused of shooting Jhavon McIntyre, an 18-year-old senior at Seminole High School, three times inside the school on Wednesday, sending the school into lockdown. 

Investigators said it appears the shooting happened as the result of a spat between the two teens. 

McIntyre was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the shooting. 

His grandmother, Joyce Baker, said McIntyre needed surgery to repair his arteries and went back into surgery Thursday morning to put rods in one of his wrists. 

She and other family members came to the juvenile justice center Thursday, hoping to look the teenager accused of shooting her grandson in the eye.

“I have to wonder, why did he shoot my grandson?" Baker said. "I did speak with my grandson last night, and the first thing he told me was, 'Grandma, he tried to kill me.' But by the grace of God, he didn’t.”

Baker says McIntyre and the family are hurt that this happened. There was no reason to bring guns into any disagreement the two teens may have had, Baker said. A Seminole High School student is recovering Thursday in an area hospital after being shot on campus on Wednesday.  

Now, parents, school officials and law enforcement continue to try to piece together what led up to the shooting.

Meanwhile, it was back to class for Seminole High students.

Additional law enforcement was on campus, and the district had mental health counselors on site to talk with students.

Some parents have said they wonder why they're having class at all.

Investigators say it was an isolated incident, saying the two students involved are believed to have an ongoing spat with one another and that’s what led to the shooting.

“After this incident like that?” Deshawn Smith, a Seminole High parent asked. “We didn’t get any type of, like we got more information from students from the inside than from officers on the outside, so if they’re conducting stuff like that, then there’s no point in sitting there being involved with the school.”

Smith waited hours outside for his daughter, wanting to make sure she was safe.

He said he’s glad the school locked down quickly to protect students but says the simple fact that a gun was able to make it inside shows the district needs to beef up security, and until they do, he plans to keep his child home. 

Seminole County school district officials said there were five school resource officers on campus at the time of the shooting.