Man accused of bringing gun onto campus at Miami Northwestern Senior High School

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 25-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after authorities said he brought a gun onto the campus of Miami Northwestern Senior High School.

Miami-Dade Schools Police identified the suspect in an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News Wednesday as Johnbilly Forestal.

According to the report, officers were notified that a teacher reported seeing a black gun inside a women’s restroom at the school, located at 1700 NW 17th Ave.

The report stated that police attempted to review surveillance video but were unable to because the cameras were “inoperable.”

An officer then began searching students’ belongings in a classroom after explaining the search was a safety check “based on reasonable suspicion that someone might be in possession of a gun.”

Authorities said Forestal was later found with a silver Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver that was inside a green and orange Nickelodeon backpack.

Investigators said he knowingly entered the school campus with the gun.

They said a MDSPD detective responded to the campus, took over the investigation, and impounded the weapon.

After being read his Miranda rights, Forestal spontaneously told detectives that he had the gun for protection and knew he shouldn’t have had it at the school, the report stated.

Forestal was then taken into custody on one count of possession of a firearm on school property.

Forestal’s arrest report did not state why he was at the school.

As of Wednesday morning, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed as “to be set.”

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