SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police were investigating after Ruth Owens Kruse Education Center in Southwest Miami-Dade was struck by gunfire.
Officials responded to the scene after a teacher discovered a window with a bullet hole at the school along Southwest 76th Street and 110th Avenue, Friday morning.
Miami-Dade Police also arrived on scene to assist Miami-Dade Schools Police during the investigation.
According to Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the shots were fired at a nearby park, and the school was subsequently placed on lockdown.
Nearby Terra Environmental Research Institute was also reportedly on lockdown out of an abundance of caution.
By noon, a heavy police presence was still visible on the school’s campus.
No injuries were reported.
Police said the scene is no longer active, but officers are still investigating the incident.
Officials are now looking for a subject who fled in a white Toyota from a nearby neighborhood.
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