COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – Officers arrested a 16-year-old boy for having a gun in school on Friday in Broward County after students used a text message to alert each other about the alleged threat.
School administrators locked down Coconut Creek High School, at 1400 NW 44th Ave. Teachers and students hid in their classrooms, as officers searched for the gun.
Officers searched for the gun and arrested Tomarion Booker, a student who lives in North Lauderdale. He is facing charges of possession of a gun on school grounds, defacing its serial number, and disrupting a school function.
On Thursday, officers arrested another student in Broward after he allegedly posted a picture of a gun on Instagram while at Whiddon Rogers Education Center, at 700 SW 26th St., in Fort Lauderdale.
An officer found the student in Lauderhill and arrested him after a chase. The student was in possession of a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380, according to the police report.
Noone was injured during either of the incidents.