Berkshire Elementary School, located at 1060 South Kirk Road in West Palm Beach, was placed on a code red lockdown on Monday afternoon. A part of the campus was blocked off with crime scene tape. However, authorities said that no shots were fired on the site.
The school was reportedly put under lockdown because the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office was serving a warrant in the area. The school district said no shots were fired on campus, and the school is no longer on lockdown.
Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, said there was no shooting. However, she did not give any other details.
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Several PBSO cruisers were spotted outside the school by local news outlet WPTV. A Palm Beach County Fire Rescue ladder truck was also present. A part of a courtyard on campus was blocked off with yellow crime scene tape.
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Parents could be seen picking their children up from school and walking them off campus.
“Parents rushing the gate, jumping the gate, getting into the school. Lot of parents took power into their own hands and grabbed their kids and tried to get to their kids,” a parent named Darrel told Fox .
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“People was worried and scared. Once the school reinforced that everything was OK and the police came within minutes to cease the crowd and try to conduct a little bit of order, it went roughly smooth after that. But it was crazy at first,” he added.
Meanwhile, the sheriff’s office, in a tweet, said that officers responded to a shooting at the S. Four Seasons road. An injured woman was taken to the hospital.
“At about 11:26 am, we responded to a shooting at S. Four Seasons Rd, in unincorporated Palm Beach Gardens. There, we found a woman suffering from gunshot wound(s), so she was transported to a hospital. The suspect is possibly known to the victim. Anyone with information, DM us,” the tweet read.
No other details have been released.
