MIAMI (WSVN) - Officials took a Miami Edison Senior High School student into custody after he brought a kitchen knife to campus.
Cellphone video that was taken inside the school’s cafeteria showed the student carrying the knife and slamming the tip of the knife into the lunch counter.
Police responded to the high school on Friday morning.
Miami-Dade School officials said the student brandished a knife in front of a group of students.
“From what I know, he had his girlfriend, and they were going through problems, like they tried to fight, and then, when they were [going to] fight inside the cafeteria, he thought he was going to get jumped so he pulled out a knife,” said one student. “With the knife, he ran behind the cafeteria counter, and then everybody started running out.”
School security eventually got involved and took the knife away from the student, officials said. However, the incidents left some students shaken.
“I don’t feel safe because if he can bring it in without getting caught, anybody can do it,” the student said.
The freshman was arrested, and has been charged with a felony and a misdemeanor.
His name has not been released.
No injuries were reported.
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