The lockdown at North Miami Senior High School was lifted after a weapons threat was deemed not credible. 

North Miami Senior High School was placed under a code red alert, after reports of a gun on campus. CBS reported that students texted about seeing a man outside the school with a firearm.

One student told Fox-affiliated WSVN, “There was an announcement, and it said, ‘Code red, code red,’ like, ‘Get down, go to the back,’ and the teacher told us to go back,” adding, “and we all just sat there, like, thinking it was a drill, but then the bell rang, and we were like, ‘Oh, this is actually for real, like, it’s for real,’ and we all started panicking, and we were quiet, and we were sharing videos and stuff to try to calm down.”

Cops were called but could not find anyone. Authorities have allowed students to be dismissed as they continue to investigate. CBS reported images from Chopper 4 showing a large police presence outside the school located in the 13100 block of NE 8th Avenue.

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Miami-Dade Public Schools reported the school had been placed under lockdown. 

A code red indicates there is a potential or immediate threat within a building or on campus, triggering a full-scale lockdown of classrooms. 

After the incident, a concerned parent told WSVN, “I’m blessed, and I believe I’m not the only one blessed, All of the parents are here. They’re also blessed because otherwise things would be more chaotic for us. We just said, ‘God, thank you.'”

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Parents were concerned when they came to pick up their kids but were told the children could not come out since the school was on lockdown. 

School has been dismissed since this incident and officials have not shared any more details about the circumstances surrounding the lockdown.