Police place Doral Academy on lockdown after reports of man with rifle in the area
Doral Academy Preparatory High School was placed on lockdown for about three hours Tuesday afternoon after police received a call about a man with a rifle in the area.
The call came in about 1:40 p.m., according to Miami-Dade police. Rey Valdes, a spokesman for the Doral Police Department, said the report was that the man took out a rifle and an umbrella from the trunk of his car.
However, after searching the perimeter of the school, located at 11100 NW 27th Street, as well as inside the building, police did not find anyone, Valdes said.
Police also checked the school’s security cameras, as well as security cameras on local businesses to see if they picked up anything suspicious.
“We couldn’t find anything,” Valdes said.
Police declared the scene clear shortly before 5 p.m., he said.
This story was originally published November 2, 2021 at 3:02 PM.
