NORTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) - A young person, possibly a teen, has been taken into custody after showing up outside an elementary school campus allegedly armed with a gun.
Authorities later found a firearm on the individual who, Miami-Dade Public Schools Police said, tried to get on campus at William J. Bryan Elementary, Wednesday afternoon.
“There was a lady talking in Spanish saying there was a kid around the school with a gun,” said a woman.
Lucimara Gomes sent 7News video where a Miami-Dade Schools officer could be seen running past parents with a silver gun in hand that did not look like his service weapon, which was holstered on his person.
“I went looking for the cop around the school because there is always a cop,” said the woman, “so we found the cop, and we showed them the kid. By the time we could find the cop, the kid was on this side [of the school]. A few cops came by and they arrested the kid and took the gun.”
She watched a quick resolution to what had parents on edge and kids on lock down.
“More nervous than ever,” said a concerned parent.
“We had a code red,” said a student.
“It’s disturbing,” said a concerned father. “When you put your kids in school they’re supposed to be safe, you get me?”
More video from Gomes, who’s heard yelling to others what she was seeing before Miami-Dade Schools Police raced up to the area just off Northeast 123rd Street.
In one video you can hear officers yell for someone to put their hands up before grabbing a silver gun and taking a person into custody.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools told 7News the arrestee is not a student of the school but wouldn’t provide an age or any other details.
A similar situation played out last Friday in Fort Lauderdale when a teenager was taken into police custody after a call about a student on campus with a gun at William Dandy Middle, which had also been placed on lockdown.
But in North Miami, parents are thankful for the quick work by the officers.
It is unknown the identity of the person arrested nor what charges they face.
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