ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A few hundred people turned out at the Carver Middle School cafeteria Monday for a town hall meeting, concerned about fights, guns and continued issues happening during or after school hours.

OCPS School Board Member Vicki Felder arranged the town hall to discuss recent events that happened near the campus after school.

Police say a fight broke out off-campus on Thursday, Dec. 2, as students were being let out for the day. They say a 13-year-old boy fired the shots and that the intended target was a middle school student. No one was hurt.

An unnamed 13-year-old boy was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school and carrying a concealed firearm.

A 14-year-old was charged with carrying a concealed firearm. The teenagers do not go to Carver Middle School, according to police.

After about an hour of suggestions and ideas of how to help students, some parents said the school board and police weren’t tackling concerns or issues that they have been bringing up for years.

One of the people in attendance was a Carver Middle School alumnus, Alvin Shipp. At one point Monday, he stood up and said students at Carver are out control. He pleaded to parents to keep their children out of gangs.

“I know these gangs are controlling the streets,” Shipp said outside the town hall meeting. “These gangs are not only controlling the streets, but the schools as well.”

Felder’s goal for the town hall was to bring the community together and come up with solutions.

“There is a special part parents and community members can play to help keep children safe beyond school hours,” Felder said.

Orlando City commissioners Regina Hill and Bakari Burns also offered ideas to help.

“We got to get these guns off the street,” said Hill, city’s the District 5 commissioner.

Burns, who also is a Carver alumnus, said he doesn’t want to see more law enforcement on campus, but he would like help from individuals who can help keep students on the right path.

“Instead of adding resource officers, police officers, what I was thinking about was student safety coaches,” the District 6 commissioner said.

Shipp said he believes parents need to be more involved for things to change.

“Best thing we can do now is we have to reach out, we have to do this as parents,” Shipp said. “Yes, the commissioners and everybody are trying. But politics is politics. This is real-deal stuff now. We’re here because somebody pulled out a gun.”

Orange County Sheriff John Mina was also on hand Monday addressing guns on the streets. He pleaded with parents who own guns to lock them up. \He also promoted and expressed support for the Sheriff Office gun buy-back program as one way to get guns off the streets. ​