Miami Beach High ends lockdown following non-credible threat in 911 call, police say
Dismissal was delayed at Miami Beach Senior High School on Wednesday after someone made a non-credible threat against the school about a firearm, sending the school into lockdown, police and the school district said.
Around 1:30 p.m., Miami Beach Police received a 911 call about a threat against the school involving a firearm. No arrests have been made and students and staff are safe, said Miami Schools Police Chief Edwin Lopez.
The two police agencies worked together to search the school, sweeping each building with police dogs. One Miami Beach Senior High teacher told the Miami Herald that everyone followed school protocol by keeping doors locked, lights off and sitting in silence in the classroom’s designated “hard corner.”
Lopez said the school had low in-person enrollment; many students there still learn online. Miami Beach Senior High is located at 2231 Prairie Ave., north of the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Police set up a perimeter and parents were asked to avoid the area. By 4 p.m., lockdown was over and students were dismissed.
This story was originally published May 26, 2021 at 1:59 PM.
