Police: 2 in custody, BB gun found in backpack after school lockdown

A high school in Florida briefly went on lockdown Tuesday afternoon, with police saying they found a BB gun in a backpack and two people were in custody.

Police tweeted shortly before 2 p.m. that South Broward High School in Hollywood, Fla., had been placed on a Code Red lockdown “as a precaution.”

The lockdown was lifted about an hour and a half later, with police tweeting that they had found a BB gun in a suspect’s backpack.{mosads}

CBS Miami reported that officers had been responding to a threat, but did not say what the threat was. 

Officers are investigating a report of a threat at South Broward High School. The school is under Code Red as a precaution.

— HollywoodFL Police (@HollywoodFLPD) May 21, 2019 

UPDATE: Two suspect’s detained. No injuries. No shots fired.

— HollywoodFL Police (@HollywoodFLPD) May 21, 2019

UPDATE: BB gun recovered in one suspect’s backpack. Two in custody. Charges are pending.

— HollywoodFL Police (@HollywoodFLPD) May 21, 2019

The high school is located in Broward County in a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.