PLANTATION, FLA. (WSVN) - South Plantation High School has lifted a brief lockdown after police did not locate a weapon on campus, authorities said.
Plantation Police announced that the school, located at 1300 SW 54th Avenue, had been placed on lockdown on Thursday afternoon after a student found a spent shell casing on campus, prompting concern about a weapon.
After a search, detectives said no weapon was found and the lockdown had been lifted.
Students said the announcement came during lunch.
“We were at lunch, it was a lockdown, they didn’t tell us nothing and we were asking, ‘What’s going on, what’s going on,'” said a student.
Cellphone video posted on social media captured a panicked student population jumping the fence of their school during lunch period as they tried to get away from the possible threat.
The student also told 7News he saw police entering the media room where students were being held during the lockdown.
“I saw a kid get pulled out of the media center. Two cops came in there and took him. I was sitting like 5 feet from the kid,” he said.
Other students said it was weird that this would take place knowing that metal detectors are in place.
“That’s the problem I was worrying about, like how did that get through? And the reason why I was like, ‘We have metal detectors. There’s no way this kid got passed it and isn’t it metal so it should be able to pick it up,'” said another student.
Parents said the thought of a threat is scary to ponder.
“It’s scary to think about but the fact that my son reassured me that he was OK and sad to say we are in a time now where the kids are becoming more used to these kinds of things so they aren’t as anxious and nervous even though us as parents really still are,” said a parent.
Officials say there is no safety concern for the school.
An investigation is underway into how the spent shell casing made its way onto the high school.
Police say no arrest have been made.
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