Suspicious Package Cleared at Homestead School

Police have cleared the scene after investigating a suspicious package at a school in Homestead.

Multiple police crews were called to the Gateway Environmental School, a Kindergarten through eighth grade school, located at 955 Southeast 18th Avenue in Homestead to reports of a suspicious package.

According to Miami-Dade Public Schools, the package was later identified as an unidentified briefcase on the first floor of one of the school buildings. The briefcase was checked and cleared.

Miami-Dade School Police led the investigation with assistance from Homestead Police and Fire Rescue crews.

No further details were immediately available.

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