A student is facing discipline after they brought a BB gun to Margate Middle School Wednesday, prompting a large police response.
Footage showed multiple officers responding to the school on Northwest 65th Avenue.
Broward County Public Schools officials said the discovery was made after a student reported seeing what appeared to be a gun on another student's waist.
The school's resource officer and police investigated and found the student with a BB gun in his backpack.
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Margate Police officials said officers made contact with a student that brought the weapon on campus, and said there was no threat to the school or any students.
The school returned to normal operations after a brief lockdown, officials said.
School officials said the student will face appropriate disciplinary actions.
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Concerned parents said phone calls from the school district alerted them to the lockdown.
“You send them to school thinking they’re safe. Hearing that shocks me, Lord willing he’s in a safe environment, and I can drop him off and come back without any hurt, harm and danger," parent Chad Jackson said.
The incident remains under investigation.
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