Police say no threat at J.P. Taravella High School

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Police said they have identified the circumstances involving a "suspicious incident" at J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs and determined there is "no threat or danger" to the school.

Coral Springs police said Thursday morning on Twitter that the "code red" has been lifted.

A view from Sky 10 showed a large police presence at the school.

"It is very scary. You send your kid to school and you don't know if they're going to come back," parent Carleine Desir said.

Students told Local 10 News reporter Saira Anwer that a former male student entered the building with a duffel bag that may have contained a weapon, however Coral Springs police later confirmed that it was actually a current student carrying the bag who happened to resemble a former student. 

Police said another student reported the "suspicious person," although police did not say there was any indication that a weapon was inside the bag. 

"We were all sitting down in class getting ready to take attendance and then the alarm went off," student Zachary Walford said. "The teacher made sure everyone left their bags in the classroom and we were put into two different closets because it was a big class."

Cellphone video from students shows a police officer in a classroom doorway as SWAT officers searched the building during the lockdown.

"The SWAT team and everybody was here, and that kind of made everybody nervous a little bit," student Jesenia Michel said. 

Michel said given the proximity to Parkland, it wasn't easy to stay calm. 

"We just didn't want it to be us, so everybody was nervous, scared, calling their parents and stuff like that," she said.

Although Thursday's incident appears to be a misunderstanding, police said they are still proud of the student who came forward to report a "possible security risk."