NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have taken 13 people into custody following multiple fights at Miami Central High School.
The school was placed on lockdown Tuesday, as police responded to the school, located at 1781 Northwest 95th Street, Tuesday afternoon.
Cellphone video captures some of the brutal beatdowns that took place.
The footage shows large crowds gathered in the courtyard as several students become caught in the chaos.
“Everybody just started shouting, ‘There’s a fight, there’s a fight!’” said a student.
Parents who spoke with 7News said they received calls from their children.
“I was at work. I got a frantic call from my daughter saying, ‘mom, we’re on code red. Code red,'” said Renata Moore. “First, she didn’t know what was going on, but then she said, ‘Oh, they’re fighting all over the school.”
According to officials with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, eight of the people who were taken into custody are students, and the other five are not.
7SkyForce hovered above the scene as two people were handcuffed and put into the back of a police vehicle.
7News cameras also recorded several other students handcuffed and detained by police.
Multiple videos were posted to social media and sent to 7News following the chaos. There is no word as to what sparked the fight, but M-DCPS officials said there were no injuries.
“How can they run up into the school? It’s a concern. They’ve got to be more vigilant of what’s happening in this school,” said Sandra Peyton, a grandparent.
Several parents said they plan to keep their students home.
“I’m going to keep them home for the rest of the week,” said Moore.
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