Miami Carol City Senior High student accused of bringing loaded gun to school had posted photo with weapon on Instagram chat, police say

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — An 18-year-old student at Miami Carol City Senior High School, who was arrested last week for allegedly bringing a gun to school, said he did so for protection, an investigation report obtained Tuesday by Local 10 News stated.

According to the report by Miami-Dade Schools Police, Torrez Ramon Thomas brought a loaded handgun onto the Miami Gardens campus last Wednesday, Nov. 4, and posted a photograph of himself holding the weapon in an Instagram group chat.

Thomas was arrested that same day after school officials received an anonymous tip about a student possessing a gun on school grounds…

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