Four students were arrested at Norland High School in Miami after a loaded gun was found on the campus Friday.
The school at 1193 Northwest 193rd Street was temporarily placed on lockdown while officials search the school for any other possible weapons. In total, five students - two males and three females - were brought in for questioning.
There were reports that each of the students had possession of the firearm at one point, officials said.
Students said the gun was in a book bag that was passed around in a classroom during first period.
"I was just in class and they called a code red and we were in first period all day long, like for five hours," junior Kadeja Johnson said.
Miami-Dade Schools Police said they received an anonymous tip that there was a weapon on campus.
"This boy had a gun in his book bag, the police came and took him, he gave the bag to another boy and they started checking people's book bags," freshman Sabrina Placide said.
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Placide said the boys asked her to pass the backpack from one to the other but she didn't know there was a gun inside. She said she was taken to the office as part of the investigation.
The other four students were later arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on school property. Three of the students are 15 and the fourth is 16.
Several parents came to pick up their kids early when they heard about the weapon.
"Being a parent, it's nerve-wracking, the first thing I did when I heard was call the school to make sure everything was ok, and by then the lock was lifted," parent Brenda Johnson said.
