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Police responding to reports of shots fired near Brownsville Middle School in Miami, Florida. According to reports, the scene is active inside an apartment complex near Brownsville Middle. Police were at the scene rushing kids quickly into the school.
The reports of shots fired near Brownsville Middle School is just the latest in a string of lockdowns, bomb threats, and shootings that have plagued the United States.
At this time, no suspects or injuries have been reported. The school has been placed on lockdown. The Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools released a statement saying “Unacceptable and reprehensible disturbance to our schools and students. Brownsville Middle School is currently on lockdown after reports of shots fired in the area. Students and staff are safe.”
Over the course of the past few years, shootings such as these have been a scourge upon the country and people have struggled with coming up with a solution. Lockdowns have become all too common as a means of protection when students and faculty are in danger and today is no different.
This incident follows similar incidents at Dodd Middle School in Connecticut, Windham Public Schools also in Connecticut, Pacoima Middle School in Los Angeles, Millennium Middle School in Florida, and US Grant High School in Oklahoma, which are just some of the places where events such as this have occurred.
