NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida mother is upset and demanding answers after, she said, a woman put a gun to her 13-year-old son’s head as he was leaving his school.
DeAngela Yarborough said the woman could have killed her son.
“Any false move, that gun could’ve went off, and my child’s face would have been opened,” she said.
According to the mother, the incident took place as her son was heading home from Charles Drew K-8 Center, in the area of Northwest 17th Avenue and 60th Street, in Northwest Miami-Dade, Thursday.
At some point, Yarborough said, some students got into a fight, and that’s when another parent pulled up and confronted her son, thinking he was involved.
“She jumps out the car and goes towards my child,” she said.
From there, Yarborough said, things quickly escalated.
“My child don’t back down from nobody, so he took off his book bag and his jacket, and he asks her, ‘What’s up?'” she said, “and when he did that, she went to the car, reached up under the seat and came back and pointed the gun in my child’s face.”
Fearing he’d get shot, her son ran and told school officials, prompting them to place the campus on a brief lockdown.
However, a nearby crossing guard who saw the whole incident said she cannot confirm there was a gun.
“I looked up, I see them exchanging words. He took off running, I ran to the car,” said the guard. “She had something in her hand, and then she sped off. I knew something had happened, and it was wrong.”
But a spokesperson for Miami-Dade Public Schools said a weapon was pulled out.
The statement reads in part, “During dismissal across the school, a parent took out a weapon. Everyone ran back to the school and the school was placed on lockdown.”
Miami-Dade Police said shots were fired near the schools, causing several schools to be placed on lockdown. They also confirmed a woman was seen with a gun outside the campus.
Officials said one subject was detained but was not arrested.
Since the ordeal, Yarborough said she’s suffered numerous panic attacks, worrying about what could have gone wrong.
“I passed out, ’cause I was so mad,” she said.
Now she wants the woman who she said threatened her son locked up.
“I got shot before, in my house. I don’t want that to happen to my child,” she said. “My child is young. If a person has a problem with my child, come to me.”
Police said they want to speak with this woman
If you have any information on her whereabouts, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.
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