Phillip Hawley and Arthur “C.J.” Perez were studying for an upcoming economics exam on Feb. 8, when two disguised men “barged” into the room, guns drawn.

The two Kansas University students, along with Hawley’s upstairs roommate Seth Peterson, would soon be shot by the masked men in an apparent drug rip-off, according to victim testimony Wednesday at the preliminary hearing for two of three people charged in the case.

Rachael Ann Hampton, 21, of Lawrence, and Robert Long, 24, of Lawrence, appeared in court Wednesday as prosecutors presented evidence in hopes that Douglas County District Judge Kay Huff will find probable cause to bind the two over for trial.

Rachael Hampton, 21, makes an appearance in Douglas County District Court Thursday, June 4, 2015.

Hampton and a third defendant, Caleb Chrisman, 22, of Grain Valley, Mo., are charged with aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and three counts of aggravated kidnapping. Long is charged with the same, plus one criminal possession of a firearm charge.

Robert Long, 24, center, made an appearance in Douglas County District Court Thursday, June 4, 2015.

Hawley testified Wednesday that he knew Long through a friend for about a year and a half, and the two had made drug transactions in the past. On Feb. 8, Long came to Hawley’s residence — the basement of 1621 W. 19th Terrace — and purchased Xanax from Hawley. After the transaction, Long left and Perez came over to study.

Soon after, the attack happened, according to Hawley.

“About an hour later, (Long) and an accomplice barged into the basement with guns in front of them,” Hawley said.

“There were no illusions why they were there. We had our nose(s) in books and they had guns in our face(s) before we even knew what was coming,” Hawley said.

Hawley and Perez said that after Long and a man believed to be Chrisman entered, they ordered the students to get on the floor. But when Hawley saw Long allegedly reach for some zip-ties, Hawley stood up.

“I was not about to be zip-tied in my own house,” Hawley testified. “I did not think that the perpetrators were really going to fire off.”

But Long, in fact, did, with at least one bullet grazing Hawley’s ear and neck, causing them to bleed and later scar, according to Hawley. After that, Hawley got down on the ground again.

The incident continued as Perez was shot in the buttock, the bullet passing through his body and out through his abdomen, Perez said. Then, Seth Peterson, who lives above Hawley on the main floor of the home, came downstairs and confronted the intruders.

Peterson said he did not comply with the demands to get on the floor, so he was struck in the head several times with a gun. He fell to his knees, and a “warning shot” was let out. Soon after, someone shot Peterson in the arm.

“I thought it was some college prank and they had paintball guns,” Peterson said. “I was wrong.”

Amid the turmoil, Long allegedly pulled Hawley into Hawley’s bedroom demanding his “stash” of cash and drugs, Hawley testified. The other man (allegedly Chrisman) stayed in the room while brandishing a gun, watching over Perez and Peterson.

Inside his room, Hawley gave Long marijuana, marijuana concentrates, “pills” and drug profits, Hawley said. After Long got what he wanted, he made Hawley lie face-down on the ground and shot him in the back, Hawley said. The bullet passed through his body and exited his chest, puncturing one of Hawley’s lungs.

Long then allegedly grabbed a shotgun from the home, and the two suspects then left. Peterson called police as Perez tended to Hawley, holding his legs up and trying to keep him from losing consciousness, the victims testified.

Earlier that day, Hampton was driving a silver car when Long and another man pulled guns on a different man attempting to buy $100 worth of marijuana from Long, according to court testimony. That man was not injured, but had to surrender his iPhone, cash and wallet to the suspects. Hampton was arrested with Long in Las Vegas in March after a warrant was issued for their arrests.

The preliminary hearing will continue Thursday with testimony by Chrisman. Chrisman has not yet had a preliminary hearing.

The three codefendants are currently in the Douglas County Jail.