HOMESTEAD, FLA. (WSVN) - A domestic incident at Miami Dade College’s Homestead Campus led to a temporary lockdown and a major concern on campus.
College classrooms were cleared out and students were seen being escorted off campus due to the lockdown. The campus was locked down for hours until around 3 p.m. Tuesday.
According to campus officials, this began as a domestic dispute between a male and a female student.
Reports state that things got physical between the boyfriend and girlfriend, and that’s when the woman reported it to police. As she spoke to police, the man involved fled the scene, Tuesday morning.
She later told campus officials that her boyfriend owned a gun. As a precaution, police were called in to search the campus.
The campus was placed on lockdown for several hours. The man nor a weapon was not found.
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“In this day and age, you have to take these situations seriously,” said MDC director of communications Juan Mendieta. “The response is pretty much standard. Whenever anything like this happens, especially when the victim says the aggressor was armed, we have to take these issues very seriously.”
Earlier in the day, students were seen being escorted off the college campus, some with their hands up.
“I was just hanging out with my friends and then the bell rung, and there was an alarm that said just to stay put, and after the bell rung, we saw two police officers come in, and they told us to leave the building immediately,” said one student outside the building.
“There was panic, there was a couple of kids crying ’cause, you could tell they were very, very scared of what could happen,” said another student.
Police said students were never in danger, but as a precaution, they conducted a search of every classroom.
The man involved is no longer allowed to return to class. The woman is currently being treated at a hospital.
Classes are expected to resume at 5:40 p.m.
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