A report of a possible weapon on campus led to a tense afternoon at New River Middle School in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, leaving students and parents shaken.
“Everybody just started running to the back of the room where we were told to go. We were all nervous, and so many people were crying,” recalled Logan Covelli, an eighth grader at New River Middle School. “It was just nerve-wracking, very, very scary about everything that has happened.”
According to Fort Lauderdale Police, officers responded to a call at 12:30 p.m. reporting that a student may have brought a gun to school. They arrived immediately at New River Middle School, located at 3100 Riverland Road…