A gun in a backpack put a Broward elementary school on lockdown and a father in handcuffs
Park Lakes Elementary in Lauderdale Lakes went on lockdown for just over an hour Tuesday morning after a gun was found in a student’s backpack, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
BSO said the student’s father, 34-year-old Rasheed Anderson, claimed he “accidentally placed the weapon in the wrong bag.”
Despite the accident claims, Anderson was arrested on two counts of possessions of a firearm for the guns police found in his car on school property; one count of unsafe storage of a firearm, for the gun in the backpack; and one count of disruption of a school function.
The school went on lockdown around 9:20 and was off lockdown by 10:35 a.m.
This developing story will be updated..
This story was originally published April 25, 2023 at 12:09 PM.
David J. Neal
Miami Herald