MIRAMAR, Fla. – An 11th-grade student at Miramar High School has been arrested after a loaded gun was found in a bag.
According to Miramar Police, the 16-year-old was detained around 10 a.m. and when a small bag he was carrying was searched, a loaded firearm was found inside the bag. Police stated that the teen has been “uncooperative.” He has been arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on school grounds.
Police said they are not aware, at this time, of any threats posted online by the student who was in possession of the gun.
Tyler Lynwood, a 9th grader at the school said, the school was under a Code Red alert for eight minutes because of the discovery of the weapon. “To some of us it’s like a normal day because something always happens here,” he said.
Also on Friday at South Plantation High School, rescue crews were at the school to cap a gas leak. Then it was alleged that someone was on campus with a gun. The school was put on a Code Red alert, but no weapon was found.
This comes as schools are reporting a flurry of threats in Broward and Miami-Dade districts including a heightened alert after social media posts on the popular platform TikTok threatened violence.
Broward County Schools’ Interim Superintendent Vickie Cartwright said on Friday: “America’s education system is under attack right now. We are under attack by a social media platform that will not intervene when it is necessary,” she said at a news conference.
Last week at another Broward school, a student was arrested after a loaded gun was found inside his backpack at Northeast High School in Oakland Park.
In early November, a 14-year-old boy was arrested after bringing a loaded gun to Boyd H. Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes.
In August, a 17-year-old Miramar High School student was arrested at the school for bringing a loaded gun to campus. In that incident, police located a Glock 26 handgun with one 9mm round in the chamber and a drum style 9mm magazine with 39 rounds in it.
Miramar High is located at 3601 SW 89th Ave., Miramar, FL 33025