Miami high schooler arrested for bringing BB gun to campus

MIAMI – Police arrested a Miami Northwestern Senior High School student for having a BB gun on campus Friday morning, officials said.

Students tell Local 10 News that the incident occurred during a math class.

According to a parent, whose child was in the class, the teacher stepped out of the room and some sort argument broke out amongst some of the students.

The student with the gun then pulled it out of his backpack to give to a friend, witnesses said. When the teacher returned, she saw the gun and immediately called security.

“This incident was immediately addressed by the school’s administration and by Miami-Dade Schools Police,” the district said in a statement.

According to an officer at the school, nobody was hurt.