Deputies lift Broward school lockdown, investigation over ‘suspicious item’ continues

Broward Sheriff's Office deputies respond to Cypress Bay High School on Tuesday in Weston. (Copyright 2022 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

WESTON, Fla. – Deputies locked down a public school for a few hours on Tuesday in Broward County to conduct a search and an investigation after a student’s report.

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded at about 10 a.m. to Cypress Bay High School, at 18600 Vista Park Blvd., in Weston.

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A student alerted the school’s administration and resource deputies about a “suspicious item found on the campus,” according to Carey Codd, a spokesman for BSO.

“Everyone is safe,” Nadine Drew, a spokeswoman for Broward County Public Schools, wrote in an e-mail to Local 10 News.

Deputies were investigating a suspicious item on Tuesday at the Cypress Bay High School in Weston. (WPLG)

According to the school district, the campus was in a “precautionary lockdown” at about 10:40 a.m., and there was a “secure status” at about 12:20 p.m. City officials announced shortly before 1 p.m. that the school had resumed “normal operations.”

“No immediate threat has been identified at this time. BSO’s investigation is active and ongoing,” Codd wrote at about 1:45 p.m., later adding that “no known threat was made to the school.”

Codd did not describe the “suspicious item.” Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Luis Castro contributed to this report.

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