The Sheriff’s Office has finished checking Coral Shores High
School room by room as of 10 a.m. and has found no sign of any suspicious
person or suspicious activity. The incident at the school started when a report
was received at 7:48 a.m. of a possible armed subject seen at the school. The
School Resource Officer assigned to the school worked with school
administrators to initiate a lock down of students and teachers and then
immediately began searching, beginning with the media room where the armed
subject was reportedly seen. More law enforcement arrived and a room-by-room
search took place to make sure there was no danger. No sign of any armed
suspect was found. The lock down at the school has been lifted. School administrators
have said the school will remain open, but parents can pick up their kids if
they wish to.
The Sheriff’s Office trains at area schools for just such a
situation and this response was accomplished quickly, safely and completely due
in large part to that training. While the Sheriff’s Office is aware of how
frightening such an incident is to the community at large – especially parents
of children in school – everyone should be aware of how all the agencies
involved in this response worked together to ensure the safety of our kids. The
Sheriff’s Office, Fire/ Rescue, paramedics and school district personnel were
in constant contact and communication to ensure we were all doing what we could
do to expedite the situation.
“We are, of course, relieved that this turned out to be a
false alarm but it is important we all treat any report seriously,” said
Sheriff Rick Ramsay. “The safety of children in our schools and our community
remains the highest priority to all of us here at the Sheriff’s Office.”
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